Campfire Blend from Whispering Pines Tea Company

Tea Information:

Leaf Type:  Black & Rooibos

Where to Buy:  Whispering Pines Tea Company

Tea Description:

It was late autumn in the upper peninsula of Northern Michigan. I had the campfire going steady with pinewood and maple leaves. A slight breeze off of the lake brought me closer to the embers while the call of a Barred Owl and crickets echoed through the empty lakeshore. The wind pushed the smoke towards the full moon. The smoky haze in the air played like the moonlight across the water, giving life to an empty sky. Then, as if rehearsed a hundred times, the entire landscape went silent. All I could hear was the crackling of the fire and my own steady breath. The wind had stopped, the owl and crickets wouldn’t dare make a sound. Even the haunting call of a loon was cut short, echoing across the silvery glasslike waters for what felt like forever. There was only the popping of a fire and the lonely breath of a woodsman. At that moment, sending chills down my spine not even the hottest fire could have warmed, the cry of a lone wolf sang out from the pine forest behind me. The silence was broken and, moments later, the orchestra of nature began singing once again.

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Taster’s Review:

This Campfire Blend from Whispering Pines Tea Company represents a first for me, because I don’t think I’ve ever tried a tea with roasted cedar leaves before.  If I have, I certainly don’t recall it, and I have a feeling that I would have remembered trying a tea with roasted cedar leaves!

That’s one of the things that I really appreciate about Whispering Pines – their blends are crafted without artificial flavors and they utilize locally sourced ingredients like the roasted cedar leaves to create something completely unique, something that you’re not likely to find anywhere else.

And this blend is really quite tasty!  I like the cedar!  It lends a very rustic, woodsy sort of flavor – as does the chicory and cloves.  These three ingredients work very harmoniously together.  This tastes like a walk through the woods.  Leaves crackling beneath your feet as you walk, the air is crisp and fresh.  There is a log cabin not too far away and a fire is burning in the fireplace, scenting the air with notes of wood that is roasting in the fire.  But mostly what fragrances the air is the smell of the trees that surround you.

This tea has a very autumnal sort of taste with it’s resinous cedar leaves, and the warmth of the cloves and chicory.  The black tea adds a rich, flavorful backdrop.  I don’t taste a lot from the rooibos … maybe just a hint of woodsy flavor from the rooibos, but it seems to lighten up the black tea flavor just a little bit so that the flavors of the cedar, chicory and cloves can be experienced.

A really nice cuppa to curl up to – any time of year!  Any time you want to evoke the thoughts of an autumnal walk through the woods, that’s the time to break out this tea and let it take you on that journey.