Happy Witch Blend from Sunshine Cottage

One of my favorite Etsy shops is Sunshine Cottage. They offer great flavored teas, tea accessories, and other wonderful items sure to make you smile.  So naturally when I saw they had a tea named Happy Witch Blend.. . I was all over it!

il_570xn-1020800878_kguvHappy Witch Blend is a mix of sweet apples, cinnamon, spices, and a touch of vanilla flavoring. A wonderful fall treat to be sure. I grabbed my tea pot and instantly started steeping.

A few minutes later, I had myself a gorgeous brew waiting for me to try. This tea had one of those amazing wonderful fragrances that make you just sit back and enjoy the moment.

One sip in and this tea was exactly what I was looking. Fresh sweet apple notes mingling with a mix of different spices that remind you of chai.  The vanilla did give way to a sweetness that I noticed right away.  The black tea base lent itself to subtle malty notes that I found myself really enjoying. They contrasted nicely with all of the sweet notes coming from the vanilla and apple flavoring. happy-witch-blend

As good as this tea was without any add ins, I think a touch of honey would really elevate the tea even more. Or even a shot of whiskey or brandy. . .which is what I did along with a dollop of cream and a dusting of cinnamon on top.

This tea became a decent flavored tea to an insanely amazing treat. Perfect for those cold fall/winter nights that will soon be upon us here in the Midwest. Rich, decadent, sweet, with that heat that really resonates with you.

Simply delicious however you enjoy the tea!


Here’s the scoop!

Leaf Type: Black
Where to Buy: Sunshine Cottage

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Make your inner witch happy with this wonderful flavored black tea. Hand blended it’s full of sweet apples, cinnamon and spices, with a touch of vanilla for smoothness – It’s magical!

Learn even more about this tea and tea company here!

Inner Fire from Urbal tea

Inner_FireTea Information:

Leaf Type:  Herbal

Where to Buy: Urbal Tea

Tea Description:

This blend helps you burn fat and promotes weight loss by boosting your body’s ability to metabolize.

100% herbal quality ingredients: Dandelion leaf, Chickweed, Bilberry, Horsetail, Fennel, Yarrow, Eleuthero, Burdock root, Green Rooibos, Cinnamon, Rhodiola root, Dandelion root, Wuyi Wulong Oolong, Ginkgo, Yerba Mate, Green Mate, Licorice Root, Red Clover, Tulsi, Hibiscus, Blueberries, Cinnamon, Calendula flower, Corn Flower, and natural flavors.

Learn more about this tea here.

Taster’s Review:

Oh my goodness! I have been on the hunt for the perfect herbal tea forever and I may have just found it! This tea is it!

Urbal Tea is a new company to me that focuses on herbal teas to get your body healthy.  I was super excited to try Inner Fire, a tea with Yerba Mate and Green Rooibos.  I have such a thing for green rooibos yet I haven’t found a red rooibos blend that I really like yet. I couldn’t wait to steep some of this up.  This herbal smells like sweet honey apple cinnamon loving right out of the pouch!

Brewed this up with my Sei Sei Tumbler and boiling water, let it steep for about 10 minutes.  Allowed the brew to cool for a moment and took a sip.  Because the dry mixture was simply amazing, I had high hopes and wishes that this tea would translate into a marvelous flavor.  And it has!

This tea is everything you need and want out of an herbal tea.  The sweet honey like flavor from the green rooibos provides a lovely base flavor.  The cinnamon gives that spice flavor that is more is leaning more to the sweet side.  Yes, there is hibiscus in the mix but it provides a well needed contrast to all the sweetness going on in the cup.  This is one of the best herbal teas I have ever had to be perfectly honest.  The flavors are spot on and scream fall.  I would love to try this mix with an unflavored black or green tea to see if I can create a lovely fall apple cinnamon tea.  I’m excited to play around with this mix and see what I can come up with as a cold brew too.  Glad I have a big bag of this one!

But as it sits, this tea makes you long for days when you can snuggle with a book, grab your favorite sweater and blanket, and lose yourself for a few hours.  Seriously, this tea is that good!