The Quality of Twinings Specialty Tea Blends Comes to the K-Cup®!

300 Years of Innovation and no Sign of Slowing -
Twinings Announces Partnership with Keurig Single-Cup Brewing System

NEW YORK (February 8, 2006) - From tea chest to tea bag to K-Cupr, Twinings North America continues to make it easier for consumers to discover and enjoy a great cup of tea. The venerable tea blender announced today that five of its most popular flavors will soon be available for use with Keurig's high-end single cup gourmet brewers, giving tea lovers everywhere a reason to rejoice. The five specialty tea blends will be Pure and Natural Green Tea and regular and decaffeinated versions of English Breakfast and Earl Grey. The decaffeinated English Breakfast and Earl Grey varieties will be the first decaffeinated black teas offered for the Keurig brewers. All five tea blends are excellent sources of antioxidants.

For nearly 300 years, Twinings has worked to provide its consumer with the best tea experience possible, and the partnership with Keurig fits perfectly with this philosophy. "Much like Twinings, Keurig is a company with a passion and commitment to making a high-quality product. This partnership will give still more consumers, both at home and in the office, the best tea experience possible," says Marketing Director of Twinings North America, Michael Cobb. "This partnership gives quality seekers another way to enjoy Twinings. Whether it's via the ever-popular tea bag or K-Cup technology, we're thrilled to provide our customers with the chance to enjoy a convenient, rewarding tea moment - one cup at a time."

The Keurig K-Cup system creates a technologically sophisticated mini-brewer to deliver a great cup of tea time after time. The perfect amount of tea and a pure paper filter ensure that legendary Twinings quality without having to grab the kettle.

"We couldn't be more excited to add Twinings to the Keurig family," added Nick Lazaris, chief executive officer of Keurig. "They are an undisputed leader in the tea world, and partnering with Keurig means that our customers will benefit from 300 years of tea expertise in the 45 seconds it takes to brew a cup."

The new Twinings K-Cup varieties will be available in packs of 25 for a suggested retail price of $13.95, becoming available in the first quarter of 2006. Interested customers should visit either www.twinings.com or www.keurig.com to purchase.

About Twinings North America, Inc.

Since 1706, Twinings tea has been at the forefront of the tea trade, providing rewarding tea moments to consumers around the world. Customers in more than 100 countries enjoy Twinings products. The broad range of Twinings flavors provides a rich selection of black, green and herbal teas available in both teabag and loose tea packages. The black teas and green teas are all rich in antioxidants. Twinings is available across the United States in leading grocery stores, mass merchandisers, specialty stores and online at http://www.twinings.com/.

Twinings North America, Inc. is part of Associated British Foods, an international food, ingredients and retail group. The group is one of Europe's largest food companies with annual sales of œ5.2 billion and over 35,000 employees.

About Keurig

Keurig is a single cup brewing pioneer in North America and first introduced its gourmet single cup brewing systems to offices in 1998 and to home users in 2002. Keurig systems brew more than one million cups of gourmet coffee and tea every work day-and 1 billion cups since inception. Keurig is a privately held American company located in the Boston area. For more information please visit www.keurig.com or call 888-CUP-BREW.