if you lose the words, that glass had sure better come off looking might sweet tea-ish, which isn't happening yet. the straws look like cocktail straws, long island tea-ish. nice pun work though.
the thing about filtered photos is that they look like filtered photos. is there any chance that you could - instead of taking a photograph of your still life - draw it?
like the new sugar packet font. i would have to agree about the white.
I really like the contrast between the pink and the T colour ( I'm english hence the U in colour) on the olive green. would maybe work better on the blue and yellow if the liquids orange was another colour otherwise i would buy this.