Morgantau Green Tea from Tealicious Tea Company

Tea Information:

Leaf Type:  Green

Where to Buy:  Tealicious Tea Company

Tea Description:

A blend of high grade green Sencha tea, rose petals, beautiful blue cornflowers and brightly colored yellow sunflowers. This offers a refreshing and smooth flavor that awakens your taste buds.

Learn more about this tea here.

Taster’s Review:

Spring is here!  Signs of spring are all around me, from the beautiful pink plumage of the trees that line the streets in my neighborhood, to the promenade of the proud robins hopping around the lawns, to the bright yellow daffodils that pop up in random patches along the roadsides.

This tea seems a perfect choice to sip when contemplating the magic of spring.  It is a gorgeous tea, not only to the eye with its colorful petals and lush, green tea leaves; but it is also lovely to the nose and the palate as well.  The aroma is so incredibly beautiful, with hints of fresh grass and the air that sweeps over rose blossoms in the spring. That divine fragrance filled the kitchen as this tea brewed, and the brewed tea – while its bouquet is quite a bit softer than the dry leaf – it still holds on to hints of that flowery, fresh scent.

The tea tastes very much the way the aroma led me to believe:  it tastes fresh and lively, with delightful floral touches.  It isn’t an overwhelmingly flowery tasting tea, though.  The rose is the strongest of the floral tones, and it is more like a whisper of rose flavor rather than a powerful rose taste that you might experience from a rose scented tea (a rose congou, for example).  Here, the floral notes are much more delicate, but I like the way they enhance the overall cup.

The green tea is a very bright, refreshing tea with floral notes of its own, which are highlighted by the presence of the flower petals in this blend.  There are vegetal notes and a buttery undertone.  There is some astringency to this, but not much.  It’s more like a slightly dry feel to the tongue in the aftertaste, followed by a lingering floral note.

A lovely tea to enjoy these early days of spring … or any time of year for that matter!

Champion Black from Shanti Tea

Tea Type: Black Tea

Where To Buy: Shanti Tea

Product Description:

A strong morning blend of Tanzanian and Asamese black teas, made exclusively for Clean Air Champions, a non-profit organization whose mission is improve air quality by working with respected athletes to educate and inspire Canadians to adopt practices and lifestyles that enhance both environmental and personal health.  10% of the proceeds from the Champion Green and Champion Black teas is contributed to this great organization.

 

Story

The Champions

Presently, over 120 active and/or retired National Team, Olympic and Paralympic athletes from across Canada have joined as members of Clean Air Champions. These Champions are passionate about our mission for a variety of reasons: many suffer from respiratory illnesses worsened by air pollution which can be detrimental to their athletic careers; others have careers in medicine or environmental sciences and understand the seriousness of the issues as they relate to human health and our planet; while others are concerned about the lack of exercise, and increasing rates of obesity and asthma in today’s youth. Whatever their reasons, these athletes are committed and passionate about helping to fulfill the mission of Clean Air Champions.

 

Learn more about the Clean Air Champions on their website.

Tasters Review:

Our friends at Shanti Tea in Canada have done it again!  They’ve come out with another lovely black tea.  And not just any black tea…a ChariTEA!  (Read above if you haven’t already)

The aroma of this one is that of a fairly strong black tea.

What really made me swoon was the color after infusing it!  It’s a gorgeous deep burgundy color.  Both the aroma and the color of the tea made me crave the bold taste from there-on-out!

This is a bold – but not bitter – black tea.  It’s malty yet well-rounded!  The aftertaste is pretty pleasant, too.  It’s smooth on the tongue and warms the heart!  I really REALLY like this tea!  This is one of those unflavored black teas that everyone should have on hand!