I recently tried this red tea from Celestial Seasonings. They have the most gorgeous packaging, and when some colleagues at work bought me this while I was sick, I was intrigued…. Red tea is not normally my thing, it not really being “tea” any more than any other herbal remedy, but the African inspiration of this blend kinda sucked me in. And the cool lion, of course.
It was pretty good. Something about the vanilla reminded me of other not-tea beverages, and gave almost a medicinal quality to it. It was okay straight but i decided to add milk and sweetener and in general I liked it. I still like how the ingredients all revolve around Africa – not something I have every day.
Will it replace Salada and Earl Grey? Not likely. But when I’m feeling fickle or bored, it may be just the thing!
2 responses so far ↓
1 mari // May 26, 2010 at 10:01 am
hey! I like tea so of course I like your blog!
I found red tea off-putting until I started reading the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. It’s set in Batswana and every other page they’re drinking red tea….it’s weird!! I couldn’t stop craving it! 
keep up the good blogging.
2 teablogger // May 30, 2010 at 1:48 am
thanks very much! I am still not sure what I think about red tea, but it’s intriguing. maybe i should check out that series! any book where they’re drinking tea every other page is worth a shot. ;-]
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