Valentine Tea Gift Idea! My Blood Type is Tea T-Shirt from I Love Apparel. . . . .

My Blood Type is Tea T-Shirt from I Love Apparel is the featured fashionable fiber of choice! Having said that…I have a confession to make. I’m deathly afraid of needles! I avoid them at all costs! So-much-so that I couldn’t even tell you what my actual blood type is! So how fitting is it for more reason than one that I adore my new “tea shirt”-My Blood Type is Tea T-Shirt from I Love Apparel?

For about $23 US this makes a great gift for any tea lover! That is the T-Shirt price. They also have it available for purchase in Ladies T and Hoodie if you are interested. They sell this in sizes small up to 5XL. Available colors are black, Navy, and Charcoal and features white and green lettering. The phrase “My blood type is tea” is accented with spays of tea leaves and a cute cup with a tea bag steeping.

I have to say I LOVE the quality, style, feel-just everything about My Blood Type is Tea T-Shirt from I Love Apparel and I think you will, too!


Here’s the scoop!

Where to Buy:   I Love Apparel
Description

Express your love for a good cup of tea with this witty t-shirt. It comes in your choice of black, gray, or navy blue and features white and green lettering. The phrase “My blood type is tea” is accented with spays of tea leaves and a cute cup with a tea bag steeping. Wear this cozy t-shirt while drinking your favorite type of tea and feel the whole world relax around you.

Learn even more about this tea and tea company here!

Guangxi Golden Pearls from Tea Shirt. . . Rolled Tea Pearls!

So far the teas I have had from Tea Shirt have been tasty and I am eager to try more so today I am reviewing Guangxi Golden Pearls from Tea Shirt. I have really liked other Golden Pearl teas I have had from other companies and this one is just as good.

Guangxi Golden Pearls from Tea Shirt is made up of black tea leaves that is hand rolled into little ‘balls’ or ‘pearls’ as the product description says on their website. Dry – Guangxi Golden Pearls from Tea Shirt – smells a bit like chocolate and fruit. Once infused – Guangxi Golden Pearls from Tea Shirt has a stand-alone fruity aroma, naturally!

The flavor on the tongue is a medium to medium-strong black tea with natural fruity notes. What kind of fruit? One sip I lean more towards a berry flavor and another sip I think it’s more like a stone fruit flavor…like a plum. I can’t quite put my finger on it (or should I say my tongue?) Guangxi Golden Pearls from Tea Shirt has a subtle chocolaty pop to it in the middle of the sip as well. This is pretty tasty, indeed! Guangxi Golden Pearls from Tea Shirt is a winner in my book!


Here’s the scoop!

Leaf Type: Black Tea
Where to Buy: Tea Shirt
Description

Premium black tea from Guangxi Province, China. – Handmade pearls of about 1cm in diameter with distinctive golden tips. Fruity and characteristic aroma.

Learn even more about this tea and tea company here!

Tea Apparel: Sweet Tea College Southern Tee Shirt from Sweet Tea Junkie. . . .

Today’s post of the moment? Tea Apparel: Sweet Tea College Southern Tee Shirt from Sweet Tea Junkie!

A while back The Sororitea Sisters attempted to start the hashtag #TeaTeeTuesday! We encourage you to show off your Tea themed Tee-Shirts on Tuesdays on Social Media! Since we are starting to get more and more Tea Apparel in I thought I would post one today from Sweet Tea Junkies!

It’s their Sweet Tea College Southern Tee Shirt. It’s what I would refer to as colligate blue with orange lettering! Personally the blue reminds me of my high school blue and the orange reminds me of one of my favorite college teams the Syracuse Orange! But that is me just being a ‘yankee’ from the north!

The Sweet Tea Junkies school store currently offers this tea shirt in Blue+Orange and Crimson+White color combinations with more to come soon (Purple+Gold, Red+Black, Green+Orange, Garnet+Gold etc.), to accommodate each of their students from the various corners of The South. Are you wondering what the year reference is on the front? Established in 1879 is the year of the first published recipe for Sweet Tea, of course!

This Tea Tee is made and printed in the USA of 100% fine ring-spun combed cotton. It has a durable rib neckband. And is specifically form fitted for a female.

This is a great addition to any tea fan’s closet! Remember…gift giving season is in FULL SWING! Perhaps THIS should be on the list for YOU or someone YOU KNOW!


Here’s the scoop!

Where to Buy: Sweet Tea Junkie
Description
Welcome to your first day of class students, you are now enrolled in Sweet Tea College. Established in 1879 (the year of the first published recipe for Sweet Tea).

We have worked hard throughout the years to bring only the finest degree programs to you.Sweet-Teaology, Architeacture, and a student favorite The history of the South are just a few of the programs offered. Required homework for all students is at least one tall glass of Sweet Tea daily.

The school store currently offers this tea shirt in Blue+Orange and Crimson+White color combinations with more to come soon (Purple+Gold, Red+Black, Green+Orange, Garnet+Gold etc.), to accommodate each of our students from the various corners of The South.
This Tea Shirt is:
Specifically form fitted for a female, not a unisex tee.

Learn even more about this tea and tea company here!

Strawberry & Lychee from Tea Shirt

This is my first tea from Tea Shirt and I’m pretty excited that it’s Strawberry & Lychee from Tea Shirt. But first let me tell you my first encounter with FRESH Lychee Fruit…

I used to work at a grocery store 20-some years ago and I always liked trying the exotic fruits that come in.  One day we received some Lychee and I was super excited to try it!  I peeled off the reddish spiky skin/shell and sucked out the fruit that was a slimy white.  It almost looked like a small white onion.  It smelled and tasted like paint thinner!  I’m NOT joking!  I must have gotten a BAD lychee because everything lychee I have had since hasn’t been like that THANK GOD!

Now I’m NOT saying that THIS Strawberry & Lychee from Tea Shirt tasted like paint thinner!  It’s just that silly story is something in the back of my mind each time I try something with Lychee in it now!  I’m giggling as I write this but I wasn’t laughing at the time!

Anyhow…Strawberry & Lychee from Tea Shirt…is a nicely flavored green tea.  The strawberry cuts the lychee and the lychee cuts the strawberry!  They work well together and play nicely with the green tea base!  This Strawberry & Lychee from Tea Shirt receives a THUMBS UP from me because it’s pleasant, fruity, tart, and does NOT taste like paint thinner! haha.

 


strawberryLychee_00_1024x1024Here’s the scoop!

Leaf Type: Green Tea
Where to Buy: Tea Shirt
Description:

Flavoured Green Tea

Ingredients: green tea (94 %), flavouring, freeze-dried strawberry pieces, freeze-dried lychee pieces, Jasmine blossoms, rose petals

Preparation: Use one teaspoon of loose leaf tea per person.

Learn even more about this tea and tea company here!

Caramel Carrot from Tea Shirt

Tea Information:

Leaf Type:  Herbal

Where to Buy: Tea Shirt

Tea Description:

Flavoured fruit & vegetable tea blend

Ingredients: carrot flakes, apple pieces, pineapple cubes (contains sugar), cocoa peel, cream-caramel pieces (sweetened, skimmed, condensed milk, sugar, glucose, molasses, butter fat, wetting agent, emulsifying agent), flavouring, safflower.

Preparation: Put one heaped teaspoon of loose leaf tea per person into 100°C water for 8-10 minutes.

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Learn more about this tea here.

Taster’s Review:

Caramel Carrot from Tea Shirt has the same feel to it as one of 52Teas’ amazing concoctions! The tea blend immediately called to me. I love the odd teas that are out there and love checking them out. This is one odd tea, that is for sure!

First off, Caramel Carrot has a very unique look. I swear the tea looks like trail mix. Huge chunks of carrots, apple pieces, and what looks to be a caramel cube.  Looking at the ingredient list it really makes me wonder what the wetting agent and emulsifying agent are. Two words I can’t say I’ve ever seen in a tea before!

After looking over the package and not really being sure how to steep the tea, I went with what the packaged recommended.  100C and 10 minute steeping time. The dry leaf itself had an unusual sugary like smell to it. One that I wasn’t too keen on but I was going to see this tea thru to the end!

First sip in and I have to say this to is something else. I can’t say I like nor can I say I dislike the tea. There is an unusual sugary caramel flavor that flows thru the sip mixed with a bright carrot flavor.  It seems odd to be sipping on a liquid and getting a true carrot flavor, but that is exactly what is happening.  I don’t really get any of the apple or pineapple notes. They could just be contributing to the sugary finish.

So all in all, a fun tea to try. Just can’t say that I would enjoy cup after cup of Caramel Carrot from Tea Shirt. It was a fun cuppa while it lasted tho!

On to my next tea adventure!