So, you all know that I have been working on clearing out the last of my Zoomdweebie’s Tea Blends to make room for more 52teas, ManTeas, and MySweetHoneybush blends. I had a lot of teas pouched up, and I had a lot of tea waiting to be pouched. From the latter, I have created our tea of the week for this week.

I know many of you think I am crazy; I’m confirming your suspicions with this week’s blend, which is TRULY and completely one-of-a-kind and definitely a limited edition blend. I could not recreate this if I tried. In varying and unknown proportions, this tea has all of the following blends mixed into it:

Apple
Apricot
Blackberry
Blueberry
Cranberry
Cherry
Ginger
Grapefruit
Key Lime
Lemon
Lime
Mango
Orange
Peach
Pineapple
Raspberry
Strawberry
Watermelon
Ginger, Peach and Lemongrass
Tangerine
Banana
Honey Lemon
Guava
Cran-Raspberry

There are fruit peels, dried fruit, freeze dried fruit, some ginger and some lemongrass mixed in it. It is spectacularly ridiculous. I’m not sure if you will taste each of the flavors in every cup or if every cup will be a little different, but it will definitely be interesting.

Our Tea of the Week for the week of July 26, 2010

Just $7.99 for 2 ounces (20-25 cups)
with FREE Delivery to the US and Canada!
Get yours while it lasts.

Incidentally, I am going to TRY offering the tea in two- and four- ounce quantities. This is a bit of an experiment for me to see how it goes. You can get one two ounce pouch for $8.99 or two pouches for $12.99. At least until we start running low on pouches, then it might go back to just two ounce pouches.

Hurry! Only 12 left!

2oz. ($7.99)

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Check out all of the amazing blends we have in stock HERE

So, we really want you to subscribe to our email newsletter, and we want you to read the posts we send you. I may not be John Grisham, but I think I write some pretty stirring prose about our teas.

So, our free pouch giveaway contest is going to change. From now on, one or more of our posts each month may contain an invitation like the one below. You must actually have the post in your email inbox to reply to in order to win, so if you haven’t already done so, please take a moment to fill in your name and email address under the “Join Our Mailing List” section on our website. You can opt-out any time you like.

Email Contest!

New Rules: We will collect responses through 11:59:59PM Central Time on Friday. From all of the correct responses we receive, I will select a winner at random using a random number generator and a count of all of the correct replies. The winner will be announced with the posting of next week’s Tea of the Week.

This week’s trivia challenge:

According to http://en.allexperts.com/q/Etymology-Meaning-Words-1474/phrase-derivation.htm the phrase “everything but the kitchen sink” originated in what 1940s radio show?

I just need more room for our 52teas, ManTeas and MySweetHoneybush blends. So we are going to make a once in a lifetime deal.

I’m sorry, but this deal is ONLY for our US customers. We’re going to PACK a USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate Box with tea. We estimate we can get AT LEAST TWENTY 2oz. pouches of tea in each box (AT LEAST). There might be some tins in some of them. There might be some 52teas pouches, ManTeas pouches, MySweet Honeybush pouches. There will NOT be any duplicate items.

Twenty two ounce pouches of our tea has a retail value of $100-160. We’re selling each jam-packed box of tea for $49.99 INCLUDING SHIPPING!

I am going to sell twelve of these boxes and ONLY twelve. Get yours NOW.

Brandon kind of reminds me of a snickerdoodle–a bit spicy and tough on the outside, but warm and inviting once you get to know him.

Brandon likes to make some of his own concoctions at Zoomdweebie’s, asking me to brew him up a little of this with a little of that (or to brew the hot tea into a mug full of gummy bears as I recall…) One of his recent favorites is to blend vanilla and cinnamon teas which he has been hounding me about blending together and naming it “Brandon’s Blend”.

Here then, Brandon, is your fifteen minutes of fame.

Our Tea of the Week for the week of July 12, 2010

Please note that as we start to slow down for these summer months, I will be making smaller batches of each tea of the week. This week we have only 12 pouches left after taking care of our subscribers, so don’t drag your feet, this tea is going to go FAST!

Hurry! Only 7 left!

2oz. ($7.99)

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So, we really want you to subscribe to our email newsletter, and we want you to read the posts we send you. I may not be John Grisham, but I think I write some pretty stirring prose about our teas.

So, our free pouch giveaway contest is going to change. From now on, one or more of our posts each month may contain an invitation like the one below. You must actually have the post in your email inbox to reply to in order to win, so if you haven’t already done so, please take a moment to fill in your name and email address under the “Join Our Mailing List” section on our website. You can opt-out any time you like.

Email Contest!

New Rules: We will collect responses through 11:59:59PM Central Time on Friday. From all of the correct responses we receive, I will select a winner at random using a random number generator and a count of all of the correct replies. The winner will be announced with the posting of next week’s Tea of the Week.

This week’s trivia challenge:

We did not get a SINGLE entry into last week’s contest… because… I upgraded part of our website and inadvertently disabled the email newsletter! So, no one got the email last week! DOH!

Well, I guess that makes it a little easier for this week. We’ll just use the same question!

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iced_tea iced tea makes up about what percentage of all of the tea consumed in the United States?

This week’s tea ought to help. It’s our premium black teas blended with real dried cranberries, freeze-dried strawberries and natural flavors. Just the thing for a delicious iced tea after what seems like two months of 110-degree weather here in Wichita, Kansas.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I am!

Please note that as we start to slow down for these summer months, I will be making smaller batches of each tea of the week. This week we have only 12 pouches left after taking care of our subscribers, so don’t drag your feet, this tea is going to go FAST!

Our Tea of the Week for the week of July 12, 2010

Hurry! Only 11 left!

2oz. ($7.99)

Add to cart

Check out all of the amazing blends we have in stock HERE

So, we really want you to subscribe to our email newsletter, and we want you to read the posts we send you. I may not be John Grisham, but I think I write some pretty stirring prose about our teas.

So, our free pouch giveaway contest is going to change. From now on, one or more of our posts each month may contain an invitation like the one below. You must actually have the post in your email inbox to reply to in order to win, so if you haven’t already done so, please take a moment to fill in your name and email address under the “Join Our Mailing List” section on our website. You can opt-out any time you like.

Email Contest!

New Rules: We will collect responses through 11:59:59PM Central Time on Friday. From all of the correct responses we receive, I will select a winner at random using a random number generator and a count of all of the correct replies. The winner will be announced with the posting of next week’s Tea of the Week.

Congratulations to Susie, who won a free pouch by correctly answering last week’s challenge!

This week’s trivia challenge:

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iced_tea iced tea makes up about what percentage of all of the tea consumed in the United States?

You put your Earl Grey in my Jasmine!

Yeah, okay, so I was thinking of doing an Earl Grey or a Jasmine and neither seemed special enough for 52teas, so I figured, “We’ll do BOTH! In ONE tea!” So here it is, our awesome Chinese sencha blended with real jasmine blooms natural jasmine flavors and just a hint of natural bergamot flavors. It smells good enough it’s making me want to lick the mixing bowl.

Our Tea of the Week for the week of July 5, 2010

Just $8.99 for 2 ounces (20-25 cups)
with FREE Delivery to the US and Canada!
Get yours while it lasts.

Incidentally, I am going to TRY offering the tea in two- and four- ounce quantities. This is a bit of an experiment for me to see how it goes. You can get one two ounce pouch for $8.99 or two pouches for $12.99. At least until we start running low on pouches, then it might go back to just two ounce pouches.

Hurry! Only 11 left!

2oz. ($8.99) 4oz. ($12.99)

Add to cart

Check out all of the amazing blends we have in stock HERE

So, we really want you to subscribe to our email newsletter, and we want you to read the posts we send you. I may not be John Grisham, but I think I write some pretty stirring prose about our teas.

So, our free pouch giveaway contest is going to change. From now on, one or more of our posts each month may contain an invitation like the one below. You must actually have the post in your email inbox to reply to in order to win, so if you haven’t already done so, please take a moment to fill in your name and email address under the “Join Our Mailing List” section on our website. You can opt-out any time you like.

Email Contest!

New Rules: We will collect responses through 11:59:59PM Central Time on Friday. From all of the correct responses we receive, I will select a winner at random using a random number generator and a count of all of the correct replies. The winner will be announced with the posting of next week’s Tea of the Week.

This week’s trivia challenge:

Easy one this week: What fictional starship captain famously requested “Tea. Earl Grey. Hot”?

I love creating new honeybush blends so much, that I decided we needed a new platform just for my honeybush blends. You will find all kinds of honeybush blends on the new website, with more to come. So, by way of introduction to the new site, here is our Tea of the Week for June 28th, 2010, MySweetHoneybush.com‘s Lemonbushomile.

And WOW, you guys are going to LOVE this. It is red honeybush blended with chamomile, lemongrass, lemon peel, hibiscus, lemon myrtle, and natural lemon flavors. It is SOOOO delicious and relaxing, hot or iced. Personally, I am not a huge chamomile fan, but blended with the sweet red honeybush, it is amazing!

So, go visit our new website to see all of the cool honeybush blends we are creating. The Lemonbushomile is available there and (temporarily) here. Enjoy!

Our Tea of the Week for the week of June 28, 2010

Just $7.99 for 2 ounces (20-25 cups)
with FREE Delivery to the US and Canada!
Get yours while it lasts.

Hurry! Only 14 left!

2oz. ($7.99)

Add to cart

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No contest this week. Stay tuned for your next chance to win! Congratulations to last week’s winner, Oksana B., who won a free pouch of tea from 52teas!

I know I promised some folks a honeybush blend this week, but I’m working out a few more details on that blend–stay tuned. For this week, we have a truly unique and delicious blend of green yerba mate with lime/lemon and coconut. This is really delicious as an iced tea, the creamy notes of the coconut and the tangy citrus notes do battle for the attention of your tastebuds. I had a big icy stein of this earlier and it’s really, really delicious. You’re not going to want to miss out on this one.

If you are not familiar with Yerba Mate, you might want to read what we wrote about it here.

Our Tea of the Week for the week of June 21, 2010

Just $7.99 for 2 ounces (20-25 cups)
with FREE Delivery to the US and Canada!
Get yours while it lasts.

Incidentally, I am going to TRY offering the tea in two- and four- ounce quantities. This is a bit of an experiment for me to see how it goes. You can get one two ounce pouch for $7.99 or two pouches for $12.99. At least until we start running low on pouches, then it might go back to just two ounce pouches.

Hurry! Only 9 left!

2oz. ($7.99)

Add to cart

Check out all of the amazing blends we have in stock HERE

So, we really want you to subscribe to our email newsletter, and we want you to read the posts we send you. I may not be John Grisham, but I think I write some pretty stirring prose about our teas.

So, our free pouch giveaway contest is going to change. From now on, one or more of our posts each month may contain an invitation like the one below. You must actually have the post in your email inbox to reply to in order to win, so if you haven’t already done so, please take a moment to fill in your name and email address under the “Join Our Mailing List” section on our website. You can opt-out any time you like.

Email Contest!

Congratulations to last week’s winner, Jessica E., who won a free pouch of tea from 52teas!

New Rules: We will collect responses through 11:59:59PM Central Time on Friday. From all of the correct responses we receive, I will select a winner at random using a random number generator and a count of all of the correct replies. The winner will be announced with the posting of next week’s Tea of the Week.

This week’s trivia challenge:
In 2005, Coca-Cola used the Harry Nilsson song “Coconut” to promote their Diet Coke with Lime, altering the signature verse to “put the lime in the coke, you nut”. Name three other acts who have covered the song “Coconut”.

Anyway, whenever the family got together at grandma’s house, she had these extravagant meals planned that frequently started with fruit cocktail. I can’t say why this fact has stuck in my memory more than others, but I remember the Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve dinners with fruit cocktails all around to start. I remember thinking it was like getting dessert before dinner.

So, in memory of my grandparents, here’s our delicious Chinese sencha blended with real peach, pear, pineapple and natural peach, pear, pineapple and maraschino cherry flavors. It’s so delicious, you could serve it as a first course.

Our Tea of the Week for the week of June 14, 2010

Just $7.99 for 2 ounces (20-25 cups)
with FREE Delivery to the US and Canada!
Get yours while it lasts.

Incidentally, I am going to TRY offering the tea in two- and four- ounce quantities. This is a bit of an experiment for me to see how it goes. You can get one two ounce pouch for $7.99 or two pouches for $12.99. At least until we start running low on pouches, then it might go back to just two ounce pouches.

Hurry! Only 25 left!

2oz. ($7.99) 4oz. ($12.99)

Add to cart

Check out all of the amazing blends we have in stock HERE

So, we really want you to subscribe to our email newsletter, and we want you to read the posts we send you. I may not be John Grisham, but I think I write some pretty stirring prose about our teas.

So, our free pouch giveaway contest is going to change. From now on, one or more of our posts each month may contain an invitation like the one below. You must actually have the post in your email inbox to reply to in order to win, so if you haven’t already done so, please take a moment to fill in your name and email address under the “Join Our Mailing List” section on our website. You can opt-out any time you like.

Email Contest!

Congratulations to last week’s winner, Janice (AKA teagirl1), who won a free pouch of tea from 52teas!

New Rules: We will collect responses through 11:59:59PM Central Time on Friday. From all of the correct responses we receive, I will select a winner at random using a random number generator and a count of all of the correct replies. The winner will be announced with the posting of next week’s Tea of the Week.

This week’s trivia challenge:
Which actress played the part of Hyacinth Bucket?

I know we are normally all about the flavored teas, but here’s something a little different. If you are a tea newbie (like we all were at some point), then you might not know this but teas from different regions of the world have very different flavor profiles. Rainfall, altitude, and soil conditions all have an impact on the final leaf. It may all come from the same plant, but the result is very different depending upon where it is grown: from the valleys of Assam to the high mountain grown “Ceylon” teas of Sri Lanka.

Interesting aside: Although it is generally accepted that the best teas in the world come from India, China, Japan, Sri Lanka and Taiwan, currently, the number one exporter of tea to the United States is…. drumroll, please… Argentina!

Argentina produces a third-rate, mechanically harvested tea which the big grocery store teabag brands use to fill their teabags. This is one of the main reasons why specialty tea companies like ours can exist. Our teas are 1000% better! Okay, off my soapbox now, and back to the tea at hand…

What we have here is a collection of some of the best single-estate Assam teas we could find, blended together to give you

The Essence of Assam

Contains: Dinjan/Kondoli Estate Extra Bold FOP, Dejoo/Greenwood Estate STGFOP, Rembeng Estate Organic FTGFOP, Oakland Estate TGFOP, Oakland Estate TGFOP, and Greenwood Estate Classic STGFOP.

(If you are wondering about those letters, they are simply a measure of the leaf size. Contrary to popular belief, Orange Pekoe (OP) is not a type of tea, it is a leaf size rating. It is the smallest of the whole leaf classes. Flowery Orange Pekoe (FOP) is next, then Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe (GFOP), followed by Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe (TGFOP), and finally, Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe (FTGFOP–otherwise known as “Far Too Good For Ordinary People”). A leading ‘S’ in front of any of these grades indicates that the manufacturer considers it “Superior”).

So now that you have been schooled, you really need to give this Assam blend a try. I think most tea enthusiasts would agree that the basic characteristics of a good Assam tea is that it is a bold, dark blend with some honey-like characteristics, particularly when combined with cream and sugar. I personally think this blend with a bit of cream and sugar tastes like a Bit-O-Honey in a mug.

Get yours while you can!

Just $8.99 for 2 ounces (20-25 cups)
with FREE Delivery to the US and Canada!
Get yours while it lasts.

Hurry! Supplies Limited!

2oz. ($8.99) 4oz. ($15.99) 8oz. ($29.99) 1lb. ($49.99)

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Instead, here’s a blend of real Margaret’s Hope Estate Darjeelings blended with real orange peel and natural orange and cream flavors. It’s a Dreamsicle Darjeeling. There’s some purists out there who might find it an outrage that we would create a flavored blend with what is known as the “Champagne of teas”, but we’re not scared. Give this a shot and you’ll be wondering why no one has attempted it before.

Just remember that Darjeeling is a bit more delicate than most black teas. Some tea nerds would argue that it is technically an oolong, as it is only oxidized about 90%. The upshot of all of this is that you have to steep it in water just below the boiling point (180-190°) for three to four minutes only.

So, without further ado, here is our orangey-creamy, delicious darjeeling tea of the week:

Our Tea of the Week for the week of June 7, 2010

Just $8.99 for 2 ounces (20-25 cups)
with FREE Delivery to the US and Canada!
Get yours while it lasts.

Hurry! Only 7 left!

Add to cart

Check out all of the amazing blends we have in stock HERE

So, we really want you to subscribe to our email newsletter, and we want you to read the posts we send you. I may not be John Grisham, but I think I write some pretty stirring prose about our teas.

So, our free pouch giveaway contest is going to change. From now on, one or more of our posts each month may contain an invitation like the one below. You must actually have the post in your email inbox to reply to in order to win, so if you haven’t already done so, please take a moment to fill in your name and email address under the “Join Our Mailing List” section on our website. You can opt-out any time you like.

Email Contest!

Congratulations to last week’s winner, Carla Pallay, who won a free pouch of tea from 52teas!

New Rules: We will collect responses through 11:59:59PM Central Time on Sunday. From all of the correct responses we receive, I will select a winner at random using a random number generator and a count of all of the correct replies. The winner will be announced with the posting of next week’s Tea of the Week.

This week’s trivia challenge:
According to our post, darjeeling should be steeped for how long at what temperature?