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==Present day==
[[File:Tea Estate in Bandarawala.jpg|thumb|170px|Dambatenne Tea Factory, Thomas Lipton's first tea plantation located in [[Badulla]], Uva Province, Sri Lanka]]
Lipton teas are atea [[Tea blending and additives|blendblends]] are selected from many different plantations around the world, from well-known producing countries, including [[Tea production in Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]], India, Kenya, and China. Lipton Yellow Label is blended from about 20 different teas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.time-for-tea.com/producing.asp |title=Lipton Tea can do that: Producing the Finest |publisher=Unilever |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111104522/http://www.time-for-tea.com/producing.asp |archive-date=11 January 2009 }}</ref>
 
Apart from the usual black leavesleaf tea (with the long-standing Lipton Yellow Label brand), the company markets many other varieties, both asincluding green leaf and ready-to-drink beverages.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40C10FA3E550C708DDDA00894DE404482 | work=The New York Times | title=Brewing for the True Believer; Tea's Got a Brand New Bag | first=Florence | last=Fabricant | date=13 September 2006 | access-date=7 May 2010 | archive-date=20 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020165816/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40C10FA3E550C708DDDA00894DE404482 | url-status=live }}</ref> These include green teas, flavoured black teas, [[herbal tea]]s, Lipton Linea (a "slimming tea") in Europe, and Lipton Milk Tea in various Asian markets. Lipton's owner Ekaterra sells PG-Tips tea in the UK, and does not retail any Lipton-branded products except Lipton Ice Tea which is still part of Unilever.
 
In a number of markets, including Japan, Russia and Australia, the company is advertising the benefits of [[theanine]], which has [[Psychoactive drug|psychoactive]] properties.<ref>{{cite web|title=LIPTON Tea & Your Health |url=http://www.liptont.com/tea_health/performance/index.aspx |publisher=Unilever |access-date=26 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924230548/http://liptont.com/tea_health/performance/index.aspx |archive-date=24 September 2010 }}</ref>