Limited edition Lipton’s iced tea-scented pens to go on sale

Japanese stationery company Zebra is celebrating the 10^th anniversary of their Sarasa Clip pens, which is why they have teamed up with world-famous tea maker Lipton to launch a unique line of ball-point pens. Coming 19 September are 10 pens each with the aroma of a different flavor of Lipton iced tea sold in the Japanese market.

The 0.5-millimeter ball-point pens will be sold individually for 157 yen (US$1.60) or in packs of five for 787 yen ($7.93). For the five-packs here’s a rundown of the color and flavor combinations available.

Set A

Straight Tea Scent
Black

Grape Tea Scent
Magenta

Vanilla Tea Au Lait Scent
Light Blue

Muscat Tea Scent
Green

Lemon Tea Scent
Yellow

Set B

Milk Tea Scent
Blue

Peach Tea Scent
Pink

Valencia Orange Scent
Orange

Apple Tea Scent
Red

Caramel Au Lait Scent
Brown

So the next time you’re frantically jotting down notes you can break for a moment of relaxation and take a good, long whiff of your Lipton-scented pen. And for those of you with health concerns about excessive ink fume inhalation, don’t worry: I’ve been sniffing permanent black markers since I was a child and had no Japanese stationery company Zebra is celebrating the 10^th anniversary of their Sarasa Clip pens, which is why they have teamed up with world famous tea-maker Lipton for a unique line of ball-point pens. Frrrrgt

Source: PR Times via Entabe (Japanese)