Teas, Etc. Sale

Teas, Etc. is having a Memorial Day Sale through Monday. It's 20% off all teas, teaware and accessories. I'd suggest their Bai Hao Silver Needle and their award-winning Assam Reserve, but there are lots of great tea (and more) to choose from.

What are you up to this long weekend?

Coffee Blossom Tea

My sister lives in London and gets to travel all over Europe at the drop of a hat. (Lucky!!!) I get some benefits from her location, too -- she helps keep me attuned to European tea trends. A little while back, she sent me a link to a London tea shop where they sell coffee blossom tea. It's white or black tea scented with the flowers of the coffee blossom, similar to jasmine teas. How innovative! Here's an excerpt from their site:

While revisiting Handunugoda Tea Estate in the south of Sri Lanka last summer I came across a coffee bush in full bloom and was overwhelmed by the amazing aroma of the white blossoms. Knowing how jasmine flowers are used to scent tea, I thought it would be interesting to try the same process with coffee flowers so I talked to Herman Gunaratne whose family have been growing tea and cinnamon at Handunugoda for over a hundred years about making this innovative tea...



Cool! It's available worldwide. Here's their full tea list.

Iced TeaZers

Ben and Jerry's recently launched in-store iced teas called Iced TeaZers. It's a blend of white tea, hibiscus and ginger. This fits into the larger trend of regional and national chains like McDonalds, Starbucks and Schlotzsky's releasing house-brewed sweet teas, and of heavily-flavored white teas going mainstream.

On July 29th, Ben and Jerry's sold their new Iced TeaZers for only 99¢ each. QSR Magazine said, "'It's a tea party for your tastebuds,' says Ben & Jerry's TeaZer Guru, Alison Gilbert. 'We're so excited that we're having an official Try Day so people can test drive an Iced TeaZer for only 99¢! This little "brew-haha" is just our way of sharing the love.'"

Has anyone tried them yet? What do you think of them?