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Check out the most recent Tea Recipe of the Month! It's cool, refreshing and you can tailor it to suite your tastes. Those of you who like to be creative please send us your combinations with your comments so we can share them with others. You can also find this new recipe on FB and Twitter!
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This tea is part of Cozy Teapot Shop's Limited Edition Tea Collection. The packaging is wonderful, a beautiful copper tin, with double lid that guarantees that no air or moisture will be sneaking in to rob your tea of its flavor.
Upon opening the tin, you will be rewarded with lovely brown and green curled leaves, and an intriguing fragrance that is woodsy, floral, and fruity all at once. It is fun to watch these leaves brew, as they unfurl to coppery brown and sage green full and uncut leaves, creating a gorgeous light, coppery color liquid.
While I realize I’m about to sound a lot like the description provided by Cozy Teapot Shop, this flavor is indeed smooth and buttery, with hints of fruit and even some earthy floral notes, with very little astringency. The first infusion, in fact, I would say that there is no astringency at all, and in the two subsequent infusions (you can get three very flavorful infusions from the same measurement of leaves), there is but a whisper of astringency. This would make an excellent afternoon, or late afternoon tea.
The flavor of the tea does offer some natural sweetness, so if you’re one who likes a sweetened tea, taste it before you add the sweetener; you might find it right at your liking without that addition. As I’ve mentioned in numerous reviews, some sweetener does bring out the more gentle flavors of a tea (especially true for a flavored tea); however, in this tea’s case, I fear that a heavy hand with sweetener may kill some of the smooth richness of this tea.
While this tea would taste excellent iced, be aware that chilling a tea does often masque some of the flavors of a great tea such as this, so, I would recommend to enjoy it at its full potential and drink it hot. And this truly is a great tea, one of my new favorite Oolongs! I highly recommend seeking out your own tin today!
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Cozy Teapot Shop wishes you a happy holiday season full of times of quiet remembrance and the joy of a new beginning. Spring is upon us bringing Easter, Passover and many other family times for celebrating. What better way to celebrate or recover from the holidays than with a tea party. I know you’re thinking it might be a little warm for hot tea and I’m tired of going, going, going. Who says your tea party has to serve hot tea? Why not make a special iced tea. Darjeeling tea is wonderful over ice and is not what we usually think about serving cold. Why can’t your tea be a quiet relaxed time with family or friends. No special foods that will take you days to put together, but something simple like fresh fruit, cheese on toast and a bought sweet. The purpose of the tea is a time to slow down, get with friends or family and celebrate life.
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Cozy Teapot Shop is giving away tea with each teapot order through the month of April. Try one of our herb teas over ice for a refreshing drink. Or be creative and create your own mix. Would love to hear your tea mixes. Send me some recipes and when they are posted on the site you'll get a 10% coupon to use on your next order. Anxiously waiting to hear from you!
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WOW1!! Just got word we will be adding new The Teapottery teapots from England. These wonderful quirky teapots are handmade and will always make you smile. We'll let you know when the get added to the site, so until then. . .
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Valentine is upon us! Those with new sweethearts anxiously await to see how romantic or practical their sweetheart is. Will they be swept off their feet, maybe go dancing or have a quiet evening at home. If your sweetheart doesn’t have the most romantic experience of your life planned, what says you can’t plan one? Maybe not on such a big scale since you won’t know until the last minute. Start off with a pot or pitcher of tea something rather simple unless you know their taste for tea. Then have some finger sandwiches, not those girly ones, but ones with real meat and follow this up with a dessert tea with scones, tarts or something along that nature. This is where most teas end, but not our Valentine’s tea, oh no. This is when you bring out the bubbly or a favorite wine along with some nice cheese and fresh fruit. You have just created a Valentine memory that will not be forgotten.
My husband and I have been together for more years than most of you are old :-) this is still one of our favorite ways to spend a quiet evening together.
