In my recent July tea box from Zen TeaBar, there were four main teas to enjoy. One particular blend caught my eye instantly, Peach Black Blend, a blend from Zen TeaBar themselves. So far from what I’ve experienced from Zen TeaBar, they cultivate a tea box for you, allowing you the chance to check out teas from companies you may have never heard of or just haven’t taken the plunge and made an order from.
Peach Black Blend is a brilliant Sri Lankan black tea, dried fruit like papaya and peach, blackberry leaves, and calendula petals. When I first opened up the pouch of tea, rich peachy notes instantly filled the air. Team that up with a malty black tea and papaya, you have yourself a wonderful treat.
Brewed with fresh boiled water and allowed to steep for a 3 minutes and allowed to cool for about 5, this tea is a peach lover’s dream. First sip in and you are greeted with this sweet definite peach flavor with a wonderfully seductive malty black tea background. Really nice and a great balance between the added in flavor components and the black tea itself.
As an iced tea, I greedily gobbled this tea down. Still those same black tea malty notes but the peach notes are amped up and really are the driving force yielding such a sweet flavor that makes you want to enjoy the last few days of summer we have in style.
I’m super excited about this tea blend and am sad to say, this pouch didn’t last very long. But I am quite excited to see if my September box will also feature a Zen TeaBar blend. . .I sure hope so!
Here’s the scoop!
Leaf Type: Black
Where to Buy: Zen TeaBar
Description
Chill out with this beautiful blend of premium Sri Lankan black tea, dried papaya, dried peach, blackberry leaves, sunflower and calendula peals. It’s wonderful when iced and elegant when hot.
Learn even more about this tea and tea company here!
Three Reasons Why I Loved This Month’s Zen Tea Bar Box. . . .
With back to school shopping and my work schedule, this month has flown by. It’s time again for that somewhat disorganized rush morning schedule of getting the kids up, making everybody’s lunch, reminding the kids to get up, reminding the kids to get dressed, remind the kids. . . . I think you get the picture.
All of that rushing around and my increased working schedule has been reaching for a good cuppa tea more and more. I think my tea intake has increased by ten fold, which cracks me up since I was already drinking pot fulls of tea each and every day. This is where this month’s Zen Tea Bar Box fell wonderfully into my tea routine.
If you aren’t familiar with Zen Tea Bar, I highly encourage you to take a moment and check them out. For about $10 a month, Zen Tea Bar will send you a sampling of different teas each month- ranging from loose leaf teas to tea bags. This month’s box was full of such a great assortment, but three teas really caught my eye.
Alpine-Berry- Two Leaves and a Bud
Alpine Berry is a lovely tea pyramit/sachet full of fruit tisane goodness. Hibiscus, apple pomace, rosehip shells, and sweet blackberry leaves with a few other ingredients provide this tea with a gorgeous sweet-slightly tart flavor that soothed my crazed heart. Brewed up hot, I wasn’t sure if I would like this tea seeing how much hibiscus was in the tea sachet, but honestly- the sweet flavor really countered the tartness well and I wasn’t left puckering after every sip. Just a simple but very balanced herbal tea that I can only imagine would be a delight iced. I didn’t even have to use honey. I’m looking forward to picking up more of this particular tea.
Pukka Tea and I have a love hate relationship. I seem to either love or really dislike their teas. But this particular blend fell into the love category. Chamomile, hibiscus, rose, and vanilla Flavoring are the key ingredients in this blend.
The most prominent note from this tea bag brewed hot is a smooth vanilla rose flavor with a hint of a tart finish. I drank this tea until the lovely herbs couldn’t give anymore. Womankind was probably my favorite tea included in this month’s box.
Typhoo Tea is a tea company that has always caught my eye while I’m doing a bit of shopping on Amazon, but I’ve never taken the step to add the tea to my cart. Personally, I do not drink a lot of bagged black teas and find myself more of a green and white tea kinda gal.
Brewed up hot, this tea reminds me of my childhood when I was sick and my mom would make me up a cuppa black tea (typically Lipton) with a touch of honey to make me feel better. My mom is a strictly decaf black tea-Lipton- lady who doesn’t stray from her brand. Growing up, she would always bring her own little baggie of Lipton tea bags and her own sweeteners to restaurants. When the waiter would ask her what kind of tea she would like after she ordered hot tea, she would sweetly respond- “None. I brought my own- I just need the water”.
That is why I loved this tea. The flavor was fine. I can’t say the tea itself stood out to me. Malty and sturdy, this tea was a typical no flair sort of black tea. I would have no problem drinking this tea again but I can’t say I would actively jump on the chance to buy more. Where this tea shined for me was it gave me a moment to reflect on memories that I had forgotten about. That is the sign of a good zen-ful moment with a cuppa tea.
I still have a few more teas to check out and enjoy from this month’s Zen Bar Tea Box, but I have to say, I’m already looking forward to September’s box!
Here’s the scoop!
Leaf Type: Monthly Tea Subscription Box
Where to Buy: Zen Tea Bar
Description
The ZenTeaBar family is completely in love with our connection to nature!
Kelly, creator of ZenTeaBar.love realized there is more to just a cup of tea. The “ZEN” vibes you feel…that flowing mindfulness, the connection! We should Zenfully sample teas we love! During this process, a few questions came about:
-How can we select the perfect tea with all the tea options available today?
-How do we experience the true benefit of a tea leaf?
-How can we share the “ZEN” vibe?
Through this realization is how ZenTeaBar.love blossomed.
Our goal is to expand a new way for you to Zen-fully experience teas you love in the most comfortable, elegant way possible.
All of our boxes are individually stamped, folded, and packed by hand; and are infused with our team’s Aloha and good vibes.
We’d love to have you along on this ZenTeaBar venture with us!
Mahalo!
Learn even more about this tea and tea company here!
June ZenTeaBar.Love’s Box of Tea Lovin’ Goodness. . . . .
Adulting has been ever consuming in my life recently, in a good way, but that hasn’t left a whole lot of time to sit back and enjoy gorgeous cups of teas.
Enter June’s ZenTeaBar.Love box of goodies. If you aren’t familiar with ZenTeaBar.Love, I highly encourage you to check them out. For $10 a month (that includes shipping), the lovely folks at ZenTeaBar.Love curate a box of tea lovelies that will help reset your soul and get you back on your track. Hawaii natives, the creators of the ZenTeaBar.Love box want to provide a box of tea that really helps create the perfect zen vibes to create that perfect “zenful” moment.
This month’s box was based on the four seasons.
Summer was represented by Adagio’s Citrus Green. A lovely simple green tea with a sturdy helping of citrus flavors to keep summer in check. Brewed up hot, this tea just didn’t resonate well with me but cold brewed- this tea was exactly what I was looking for. (Included in the box were three conveniently packed tea bags.)
Pumpkin Spice Chai was the perfect choice for a fall tea. Art of Tea is one of those companies that I absolutely adore. Their teas are always great quality and I can’t help but gobble them up. This particular take on a pumpkin flavored chai was right up my alley. Brewed hot and made into a latte, this tea screams all things fall and all things pumpkin. The pumpkin flavor is spot on with a creaminess that really helps elevates the cuppa. What I love the most about this tea is that the spices don’t overwhelm the tea like other versions of this tea that I’ve had. A perfectly blended pumpkin loving tea with a hint of spice. (Included in the box was an abundant sample of loose leaf tea in a tin.)
Winter’s tea may have been my favorite. I have tried this tea before but that didn’t disappoint me at all when I saw Chocolate PuErh by Numi Organic Tea. Chocolate lovers, pay attention. This tea is one of those teas that just can’t help loving and I’m not even a big chocolate fan. Brewed hot, this tea has a chocolate creaminess that mixes and mingles so well with the puerh tea. The earthy tones are subdued by the chocolate but it works so well. I’ve always been a big fan of this tea. (Included were three tea bags.)
I’ve always wanted to enjoy a tea from Tea Source so when I noticed Machu Peach-U was in the box to represent Spring, I was excited. Cold brewed, this white tea is divine. Gorgeous subtle floral notes with a peach flavoring that definitely has more of a natural peach flavor than other peach flavored teas that I’ve had in the past. A wonderful white peach tea to keep your spirits bright. (Included in the box was a great sample of loose leaf)
All in all, there was more than 17 cups of tea included in the box. I should also mention that included in this box was tea bag filters and a bamboo teaspoon. For the price, this box can’t be beat and the variety is wonderful. What I love the most is the fact that this may be a way for me to enjoy tea companies that I may not necessarily come across on my own. Plus they include a lovely tea menu that gives you the low down on where you can purchase more of each of the varieties of teas included in the box.
I can’ wait to see what teas are hand packed with love for July.
Here’s the scoop!
Where to Buy: ZenTeaBar.Love
Description
The ZenTeaBar family is completely in love with our connection to nature! Kelly, creator of ZenTeaBar.love realized there is more to just a cup of tea. The “ZEN” vibes you feel…that flowing mindfulness, the connection! We should Zenfully sample teas we love! During this process, a few questions came about:
-How can we select the perfect tea with all the tea options available today?
-How do we experience the true benefit of a tea leaf?
-How can we share the “ZEN” vibe?
Through this realization is how ZenTeaBar.love blossomed.
Our goal is to expand a new way for you to Zen-fully experience teas you love in the most comfortable, elegant way possible. All of our boxes are individually stamped, folded, and packed by hand; and are infused with our team’s Aloha and good vibes. We’d love to have you along on this ZenTeaBar venture with us! Mahalo!
Learn even more about this tea and tea company here!