January’s Tea Box – 2012
Part of the fun with Tea Sparrow is that I get to try all the teas that make it into our Tea Box. It’s an incredible experience seeing how similar ingredients can produce completely different flavour and aroma profiles, much like wine. It’s been a wonderful and delicious experience, one I cannot wait to share with the tea community.
Florapharm’s Chai American
Delightful and exotic blend from German tea blender Florapharm. Offers an intoxicating aroma from the moment you open the tea till the last drop in your cup.
Ingredients: black tea, cloves, cardamom, orange peels, flavor, cinnamon.
Jenny Dent, Tea Enthusiast – “Sweet cinnamon soulfulness. Lightly steeped, it warms the body, or brew it strong, adding honey and warm milk to make a great dessert tea.”
Rishi Tea’s Earl Grey Supreme
A special reserve for Earl Grey lovers, we infuse a smooth liquoring Keemun and a bold flavored Yunnan with 100% natural essential oil pressed from real bergamot citrus fruits. This oddly shaped citrus fruit from Southern Italy is what gives traditional Earl Grey its flowery and sweet citrus aroma. One of our British customers claims this is the best Earl Grey blend ever. What a compliment!
Ingredients: Organic Fair Trade Certified™ black tea and natural essential bergamot oil.
Michael Menashy, Tea Sparrow Family – “The bergamot scent is intoxicating. After steeping, the taste 100% delivers. With a bit of honey and a spot of milk I can’t wake up to anything else.”
T-Bud’s Midsummer Night
A wonderful blend of green and oolong tea with a dramatic and whimsical play of jasmine, rose and lotus notes to bring out a true theatrical joy.
Ingredients: Green tea, oolong tea, jasmine, rose, lotus.
Jenny Dent, Tea Enthusiast – “This set the mood for our sweet summer solstice party. Wonderful whimsical aroma.”
T-Bud’s Royal Blend
This blend is a traditional English black tea blend scented with bergamot and high notes of caramel, finished with delicate rose-petal accents. This fragrant blend is evocative of English romance and heritage that will awaken the passion of tea lovers.
Ingredients: English black tea, bergamot, caramel, and rose-petals.
Jane Pettigrew, International Tea Sommelier – “This has a very appealing and balanced aroma. Very pleasant. The caramel comes through well but subtly, softened by the roses with a whisper of bergamot.”