Elora Tea
Winter Spice
Winter Spice
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The perfect tea for those snowy, blustery days. Notes of cinnamon abound with a sweet mild citrus finish. This fabulous blend of black tea, spices, and dried fruit is sure to warm you up, body and soul.
HEALTH PROPERTIES: High in anti-oxidants
CAFFEINE LEVELS: Medium
TEA SOURCING: A true international blend. Sri-Lanka (Nuwara Eliya, Dimbula and Uva regions), Kenya (Nandi Highlands), India (Nilgiri & Kerala), Thailand (Petchabun), TUrkey (Anatolya), and France (Provence).
ETHICS: Ethical Tea Partnership and GMO free
INGREDIENTS: Black tea, Cinnamon, Orange pieces, Lime + Blackberry leaves, Cloves, and organic compliant natural flavors.
THE STORY OF WINTER SPICE
."The sweeping blast, the sky o'ercast, The joyless winter day
Let others fear, to me more dear, Than all the pride of May:
- Robert Burns (1781)
Sweeping blasts, overcast skies and winter. You love it or you hate it. By the sounds of it, Robert Burns loved it every frozen minute of it, and we love spicy winter warm up beverages. On a freezing afternoon or evening, there's nothing like curling up in front of a roaring fire with your hands wrapped around a hot mug of spicy winter goodness. While these beverages have traditionally been wine based, we favor our black tea based Winter Spice blend. This fabulous blend of cinnamon, cloves, dried fruit, herbs and spices is sure to get your taste buds fired up and your mind dreaming of warmer climes. On the nose, delightful notes of thick spice delight while the cup offers cinnamon, pepper and hints of mild citrus. Joyless winter day? Bring it on!
What type of tea do we use, how do we flavor the tea and why do we use natural flavors?
We only use high grown teas from the top 3 tea growing regions of Sri Lanka - Nuwara Eliya, Dimbula and Uva. These three high-grown districts produce flavorful teas that have classic 'Ceylon' tea character which is noted by floral bouquet and flavor notes, touches of mild astringency, bright coppery color and, most importantly - perfect for use as the base tea of our flavored teas. Dimbula and the western estates of Nuwara Eliya have a major quality peak during Jan/Feb, whereas Uva and the eastern estates of Nuwara Eliya have their peak in July/Aug. This 'dual peak period' allow us to buy the best for our flavored tea blends several times during the year, ensuring top quality and freshness.
BREWING INSTRUCTIONS
BREWING INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT TEA: Infuse one slightly heaping teaspoon for each 8 ounce cup with boiling water for 3-7 minutes.
Infuse 6 slightly heaping teaspoons of tea with 1 1/4 cups of boiling water for 5 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 5 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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