Elora Tea
Nutcracker
Nutcracker
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Holiday marzipan notes with a sweet finish of rooibos. Delightfully smooth and comforting.
HEALTH PROPERTIES: Medium Anti-oxidant level.
CAFFEINE LEVELS: Caffeine Free
TEA SOURCING: South African Rooibos, Thailand, plus Ontario and Quebec, Canada.
INGREDIENTS: Rooibos, Papaya pieces, Almond pieces and organic compliant natural flaavors. Plus Candy, which contains Icing sugar, Modified corn starch, Corn starch, Fractionated palm kernel oil, Cellulose gum, Soya lecithin, Vanillin, Polysorbate 60, Confectioner's glaze, Sugar, Wheat starch, Maltodextrin, Gum arabic, Shellac & Colourings.
ETHICS: Ethical Tea Partnership and GMO free
THE STORY OF NUTCRACKER
Proving that success doesn't always happen overnight, the Nutcracker, masterpiece of composer Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky underwhelmed Russian critics in the debut performance in St. Petersburg on the 18th of December, 1892. Now, well more than a century later, the ballet is so well enjoyed that for many, the Christmas season simply isn't complete without taking in a performance.
The tale, which focuses on the adventures of a little girl, Clara, her brother Fritz and a magical nutcracker that comes to life, takes viewers on a magical journey starting in a 19th century German chateau and ending in the Land of Sweets, ruled by the beautiful Sugar Plum fairy. At this point in the story, the children, as well as the audience, are enchanted by the kingdom's various inhabitants - Chinese Tea dancers, Russian Candy Cane dancers and Danish Marzipan Shepherdess dancers, among others.
This list of performers sounds like a fabulous recipe for a soothing winter tea blend. So to honor Tchaikovsky's memory, we've decided to blend exactly that, a fabulous tea guaranteed to put a smile on your face even on the longest winter's nights. Based on a luxury Rooibos, we've added the flavors of marzipan and fruit finished off with delicate snowflake candy quins and tiny silver ball candies for a dash of added theatrical flair. Like the ballet itself, this is one performance you don't want to miss.
BREWING INSTRUCTIONS
BREWING INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT TEA: Infuse one slightly heaping teaspoon for each 8 ounce cup with water brought to a rolling boil (85 degrees Celcius) for 3-7 minutes.
Infuse 6 slightly heaping teaspoons of tea with 1 1/4 cups of boiling water for 7 minutes. Quarter fill a serving pitcher with cold water, and add the infused tea, straining the leaves, to the pitcher. Add ice and top-up the pitcher with cold water. Add lemon and sweeten to taste. A rule of thumb when preparing fresh brewed iced tea is to increase the strength of hot tea since it will be poured over ice and diluted with cold water.
Infuse 1 slightly heaping teaspoon of loose tea with 6 ounces of boiling water for 7 minutes. Add the tea to a 12 ounce glass, filled with ice, straining the leaves. Add hot tea to a 12oz/375ml acrylic glass filled with ice, straining the tea or removing the bags. Add lemon and sweeten to taste.
NUMBER OF CUPS: 15-20 cups from each 50 grams of tea, with a single use of the leaves. Loose leaf tea is traditionally infused 3 times, with a different flavor profile following each infusion. Accordingly, each 50 gram bag can make up to 60 cups of tea.
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