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.

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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!

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?

Our caffeine-free African Honeybush (I know this is two Honeybush blends in a row, but I couldn’t resist), blended with dried pineapple and just a touch of freeze dried cherries and natural flavors. We’ve included the natural essences of cake, pineapple, brown sugar and even a hint of maraschino cherry to top it all off.

Not only are we offering a great blend this week, but in honor of Mother’s Day, we will send it to your mom FREE with any gift Tea of the Week subscription. Now through Mother’s Day, order any Tea of the Week subscription (starting at just $47 for six weeks of tea delivered anywhere in the US or Canada), and we will send a pouch of our Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Honeybush as an added bonus! Check out our Tea of the Week plans HERE. Your mom will love you for it. (Well, okay, your mom will probably love you anyway, but I bet you would be her favorite for a little while!)

Our Tea of the Week for the week of April 19, 2010

Just $7.99 for 2 ounces (20-25 cups)
with FREE Delivery to the US and Canada!
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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!

The tenth individual (one reply per person, please) to reply to this post via email with the correct answer to the following question will receive a free pouch of tea! Question: According to www.trinigourmet.com the invention and popularity of pineapple upside-down cake had to wait until canned pineapples were available, which did not happen until Jim Dole perfected a method of tinning them in what year?

This blend features our premium Bai Mu Dan white tea blended with real dried pineapple dices, freeze dried mango and papaya dices, freeze dried banana slices, our signature honking big coconut flakes and all natural flavors. As I wrote on the label, it’s like a tropical fruit stand exploded–IN YOUR MOUTH!

Our Tea of the Week for the week of February 22, 2010

Just $7.99 for 1 ounce (20-25 cups)
with FREE Delivery to the US and Canada!
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No contest this week. Sorry. Have to get the other teas posted and I am already behind. Check back with us next week!

We blended our premium black teas with dried bananas, dried pineapple, organic cacao nibs, vanilla beans, freeze dried strawberries and freeze dried cherries. The result?

DELICIOUS! With the first sip you get the sweetness of the bananas, strawberries and pineapple, then the chocolate and vanilla and faint hint of cherry follow as a soothing aftertaste. We thought maybe there were too many flavors in it, that everything would become muted and muddied, or, we thought, it might turn out so that one flavor dominated the rest so that it was pointless to have so many flavors, but honestly, this blend could not have turned out more perfect. It is every bit of the banana split experience in a tea.

This limited edition blend is going to go FAST, so get yours today before it sells out. You will not be disappointed.

Our Tea of the week for the week ending 06.28.09

Banana Split Flavored Black Tea

2oz. (20-25 cups!) DELIVERED* for just $7.99

*FREE Delivery to the US and Canada!

If you have not had the chance to try this tea yet, you are cheating yourself out of a wonderful experience. It is as amazing hot as it is iced. Enjoy!

Our Tea of the week for the week ending 06.21.09

Pina Colada Honeybush

2oz. (20-25 cups!) DELIVERED* for just $7.99

*FREE Delivery to the US and Canada!
*REDUCED shipping charges for overseas orders! (Add $2 for 2-4oz, $4 for 8oz, and $8 for 1lb.!)

Tea Tip of the Week

Sencha literally means “roasted (煎) tea (茶)” but in fact, it has become synonymous with the steaming method used in the production of Japanese green teas, so our Chinese sencha is actually steamed instead of pan-fired (like most Chinese green teas) to stop the oxidation process. This makes it a bit lighter and sweeter.

So, hopefully this was a happy accident, but I just realized (now that we’ve blended this up and are ready to roll with it) that our inspiration for this week’s tea, Mr. or Mrs. Submarinelight MAY have been referring to a TYPE of guava commonly refered to as the pineapple guava, rather than a combination of guava and pineapple. I re-read the orignial post on our forum, and I suppose there is no way to know for certain, but at any rate, here is my interpretation: Our lovely sweet green Chinese sencha, real freeze-dried pineapple and dried guava and the essence of both pineapple and guava. Enjoy!

Our Tea of the week for the week ending 03.14.09

Submarinelight’s Pineapple / Guava Flavored Green Tea

2oz. (20-25 cups) DELIVERED for just $7.99

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