TEALIGHT TEA TASTING- Coconut Banana Colada, Vanilla Carmel Chai, and Carrot Cake Rooibos

 

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We did a little Tealightful Tea tasting at work today.  It cracks me up how everybody has different taste buds.  Melanie and I love the same type of foods- but I found today we differ with our flavor in teas.  I knew that Dawn and I differed in our tea tastes, but I surprised Melanie and I differed so much.

 

 

Our first sample today was Coconut Banana Colada. I was not a fan of the banana taste, but Melanie really liked it.  I did like the aroma if that counts :)

 

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Next we tried Vanilla Carmel Chai.  Now this one we both liked.  This one was my favorite tea we tested today.

Vanilla Carmel Chai is $18.50 for 4 oz.  You are able to get at least two cups out of each serving.

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Our third tea was one I was really looking forward to trying...Carrot Cake Rooibos.  This was my LEAST favorite and it was Melanie's MOST favorite.

Carrot Cake Rooibos is $12.50 for 4 oz.  You can get at least two cups per one serving of tea

 

I then took it down to the other end of the building to get their thoughts.  Jared said he liked it. but he did not think the name "Carrot Cake" fit for the name.  Judy added sugar and said it was okay, she said it was a little better with sugar.  Dawn said it was ok too. 

Ah, the fun we have trying all these teas at work!!!

Win this 3 cup teapot!

 

Win a 3 Cup Teapot!!!!

Place a $25.00 Tealightful tea order at my open house on Saturday, June 15th or place an order now and you will be entered to win this tealightful 3 cup teapot.  This is a value of $18.50

You can contact me for your order!  Feel free to browse the website to see all the great products.

 

http://www.tealightfultreasures.com/order.html

 

Want to get 4oz of free tea too????

If you set up a time with me to have an in home tea tasting party, you will receive a tea of your choice.  Set up the date for the party with me before June 12, 2013.(the party does not need to be before the 12th, but I want to get the date on the calendar before the 12th) This value is $24.00

 

 

National Ice Tea Day, June 10, 2013

TEALIGHTFUL- Hawaiian Mist Ice Tea

For $9.00 you get 2,  1oz pouches to make 2 gallons of tea.  The tea is natural with no high fructose corn syrup, no artificial colors or flavors.

  I actually made 2 gallons of tea out of 1, 1oz pouch of tea.  So, really you can get 4 gallons of teas for $9.00

 

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I thought I would use my new loose leaf ice tea maker from Tealightful today!  I made Hawaiian Mist for the office.  I put the loose leaf bag in the filter, added hot water and let it steep for 4 minutes.  It was not quite strong enough, I figured because the water was not boiling like the recommend, so I let it steep another 3 minutes.

I then poured the tea concentrate into a gallon pitcher and added the rest of the water.

 

I left the tea in the kitchen for my co-workers try it.  I got a mixed review.  I had one guy who really liked it, another who said it just tasted like flavored water.  Two girls added sugar and said it was okay.  Another said she liked it.  I think that we all thought that it needed more flavor, so I would let it steep even longer.  I did like the hibiscus flavor.

TEALIGHTFUL Heavenly Blooms Rooibos

I am selling Tealightful teas, so I am trying a bunch of the teas to see what I think.  I liked this one. 

I look forward to you trying this tea. Have a home party and I will be glad to have you try this tea. I love the taste of elderberries and lavender in this tea.

 

 

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check out all the great ingredients in this tea, so great!!

This tea has a real nice color...

SMITH TEA- Big Hibiscus

About this Tea

The cabernet of hibiscus teas. We join luscious red hibiscus with Indian sarsaparilla, ginger, pink rose petals, and elderflowers from Europe. Deep red, complex, nuanced and caffeine free, this tea almost needs a corkscrew.

 

 

I went and visited Smith Tea when I was Portland this year, and I loved it!  You can get Big Hibiscus in loose leaf form 4oz for $10.99, or 15 sachets for $11.99

http://www.smithtea.com/

Ingredients- Hibiscus flowers, Indian sarsaparilla root, ginger root, natural flavors, rose petals, elderflowers and lemon myrtle.

 

This tea is strong and bold and I really enjoy it!

Kerrie Berry Tea aka Blueberry Tea at Heartland Point

 

Heartland Point in Orrville has a real nice unsweetened ice tea, which is what I have gotten in the past.  But, I then decided for an extra .30 I would get a "shot" of flavored syrup.  So, I went for the blueberry...They said I was probably the first to get blueberry in my ice tea.  I told them to call it the Kerrie Berry Tea.

https://heartlandorrville.com/heartland-point

 

 

Ask Val for the Kerrie Berry Ice Tea...see if she knows what you are talking about, I bet she does!

CLAIRE BAIE- Raspberry Tea

I purchased this tea at Menards the other night.  It's light on sugar, and the taste is alright.  I am not sure why I am always trying bottled teas.  The only bottled tea that I really like is Snapple Peach.  But, I guess it is important for my blog to keep trying tea to see if I can discover some great new tea out there. :)

Amish Salvage Store has tea!

I found this local (local to me) salvage store has a great deal on teas!!!  If you are traveling South on the Kidron Road you go just shy of two miles past the Kidron Rd/250 intersection.

 

 
 
 



 The store has lots of things, but the treat I found today was TEA!!!
they have some loose leaf tea, boxed tea, and bagged tea.  I wanted to try some of the flavors, and the best way to do it is to buy a few bagged teas.  Here you can get one bag of tea for .10.  This is a great way to try a bunch of teas. See the box, it is full of bagged teas.

 

I got 40 individual bagged teas for $4.00- what a deal!!  Now I can see if I like the flavors without buying a whole box.

If you live out of town, but want me to grab you some teas to try, just contact me.  I would happy to grab you a bunch teas and mail them to you.  Can't pass up .10 a piece!!!

Now I can store my tea in the great tote my dad made me.  Want a tote?  My dad will make them for $60.00 a piece.  It is a great way to store and see your teas.

TEALIGHTFUL OPEN HOUSE

I am so excited to start selling Tealightful teas!!!!  I received my starter kit this week and now I am having an open house this Saturday, June 15th from 1-4pm.  Contact me for directions to the open house.

I ordered a thirty-one Utility Tote to carry all my Tealightful teas to my home parties.  Thirty-one is having a special for the month of June. If you spend $35.00 you can order the utility tote for $10.00.  I got my personalized, and so can you for an additional $7.00.  The utility tote is normally $35.00 on it's own.  You can order from my friend Carrie. http://www.mythirtyone.com/carrieguenther  Thirty-one ships anywhere in the USA.  I love my tote!!

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So many teas!!!!

 

come to my open house and try some ice teas too!!!!!

even my cat wanted to take a look at my new products

 

I will be making scones and dips too.

 

I am all set for a party at your house.  Set up a party today!!!!

 

Come to my open house this Saturday, June 15th from 1-4pm and learn all about Tealightful!

 

RITUALS- Orange Spice Black Tea

 

I was at City Steak House in Wooster tonight, http://citysquaresteakhouse.com/

With my dessert I ordered a cup of hot tea.  I was excited to see it was a brand  I had never drank before.  I was disappointed it was a "paper" bag tea, but pleasantly surprised to find I enjoyed it.  I had some milk in the tea and it was divine!  I tried to find a website, but all I can locate is their address.  The tea was so good that I gave one of the ladies with me some to take home and try and I took an extra one for myself.  It was very flavorful.

 

 Rituals Coffee Company
 9755 Patuxent Woods Dr.
Columbia, MD 21046             
443-259-2168

What tea goes best with painting???? Starbucks Passion ice tea!

BEFORE...

 

http://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/tazo-tea/shaken-iced-passion-tea

 

I had a Starbucks gift card...so I figured what better treat for NATIONAL ICE TEA MONTH, then to have an ice tea as I paint.  I like to get the ice half sweetened and I think it is so refreshing!!!   You know that this tea has to be good, since this is the SECOND time I have blogged about it in less than three months!

An infusion of hibiscus and natural tropical flavors, lightly sweetened and hand-shaken with ice.

 

Nutrition Facts Per Serving (16 fl oz)

Calories 80	Calories from Fat 0
	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g	0%
Saturated Fat 0g	0%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg	0%
Sodium 0mg	0%
Total Carbohydrate 21g	7%
Dietary Fiber 0g	0%
Sugars 21g
Protein 0g
Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0% Calcium 0% Iron 0%
Caffeine 0mg**

 

 

AFTER...

 

 

I think the tea helped me achieve the perfect shabby chic look....okay maybe not.  I don't want you to think that all you have to do is drink Starbucks Tazo Passion Tea and you will be able to paint a room, but it might not hurt to try it yourself!

3 peach snapples....regular black, light white and diet....

 

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I love love love my Snapple Peach tea with black tea.  But, the other day when I was at the grocery store, I noticed a new passionfruit peach tea. I thought this was the perfect time to try it and taste test it.  I figured I would try the diet as well, since I had never had the diet one.  Would I be swayed from my favorite bottled tea of the last 10 years?????

 

So, after my own taste test...  The regular Peach tea won hands down!!!!  The passionfruit peach teas was too sweet, and the diet peach tea was awful.  I hate the taste of aspartame!!!!! Plus aspartame is soooo bad for you.  I will be sticking with my regular peach tea...I don't even mind the extra calories.

Peach Regular Black
To Peach their own. Smooth Snapple tea, perfect peach flavor. We made it just for you from the Best Stuff on Earth.

nutrition facts for 16Fl oz :
Calories	160
Total Fat	0 g	0%dv
Sodium	10 mg	0%dv
Total Carbohydrates	40 g	13%dv
Sugar	39 g
Protein	0 g

ingredients: FILTERED WATER, SUGAR, CITRIC ACID, TEA, NATURAL FLAVORS

Peach diet:
Smooth Snapple tea, perfect peach flavor. You won't believe this peach of a tea could have this much taste and still be called diet.

nutrition facts for 16Fl oz :
Calories	10
Total Fat	0 g	0%dv
Sodium	15 mg	1%dv
Total Carbohydrates	0 g	0%dv
Protein	0 g

ingredients: FILTERED WATER, CITRIC ACID, TEA, ASPARTAME, POTASSIUM CITRATE, NATURAL FLAVORS, MALIC ACID

Lightly Sweetened Peach Passionfruit with white tea:

How about a refreshingly light tasting, all-natural white tea with an exciting twist of peach and passionfruit flavor? How about we make it nice and sweet, but not too much? What if we put all of your beverage desires into one 80 calorie poem in a bottle that we make from the Best Stuff on Earth? Hey, we love you too.

nutrition facts for 16Fl oz :
Calories	80
Total Fat	0 g	0%dv
Sodium	10 mg	0%dv
Total Carbohydrates	19 g	6%dv
Sugar	18 g
Protein	0 g

ingredients:FILTERED WATER, SUGAR, CITRIC ACID, WHITE TEA, ACEROLA FRUIT EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVORS