In the wild, the tea plant can reach 10 – 15 meters tall, but to make it easier to harvest its leaves, it is pruned to a height of about 1.10 meters from the ground. Tea plants are cultivated in tea-gardens which often give their names to certain growths of tea. It grows easily at altitude (Darjeeling teas are grown in the Himalayan mountains). A high level of humidity, lots of sunshine and plenty of rain make the ideal planting conditions. The tea-plant is an evergreen tree which grows in tropical or sub-tropical regions. When I traveled to Hawaii years ago, my friend Paige teased that I was the only one she knew that wanted to drink hot tea in the tropics. My first few cups were mostly milk and sugar, but I grew to love the brew and look forward to a cup daily. Our British father was a tea-drinker, so as young girls we wanted to follow suit. So are you a tea drinker? Please let me know via the poll below. We call our sustainability story “Blended With Care: From Seed to Sip”, and we’d like to take you through it in eight steps – from the farmers’ fields to your teacup. We want to offer the best products and help our consumers make the best choices for themselves and their families.
Celestial Seasonings and our parent company, Hain Celestial, stands up as leaders on important topics such as GMO labeling, sodium and sugar intake and animal welfare. We think it’s important to share with you the steps we take to ensure that our teas are of the highest quality, deliver the great taste you expect and are produced in a way that protects the Earth’s natural resources. It was a perfectly wonderful afternoon in every way.įrom their website: Celestial Seasonings was founded more than 40 years ago with one goal: to provide delicious, high quality teas that are good for our customers and good for the world.
Sleepy Time was the first of two herbal blends, and remains the most popular around the world. One of the things I liked when the teas first hit the market, were the pretty designs on the package along with an inspiring quote. It’s no wonder mint tea is so good when you have a cold. The moment you walk into the room your eyes water and your sinuses open. The mint is quite potent, and would quickly infuse all the other ingredients if stored together. There is one special room set aside for peppermint and spearmint. They essentially recycled an assembly line once used for packing cereal. I also loved the fact that the equipment used for packaging the tea dates back to the forties. They have a simple assembly line, along with pallets of herbs and spices stacked floor to ceiling. It’s all “tea” to me, and I’m happy to consume green, Jasmine, Rooibos, also know as redbush, and vanilla flavored herbals.Īs factories go, Celestial Seasonings is small. The tour guide pointed out that 80% of what they produce is not actually tea, but an herbal infusion. Then Celestial Seasonings came along in the seventies, and I was an herbal convert. Over the years I switched from black tea with milk and sugar to tea with just sugar. Mom on the other hand drank black, instant coffee.
My dad drank tea, so of course my sister and I wanted to drink tea, too.
I grew up drinking black tea, mostly Red Rose Tea, a Canadian brand dating back more than a century. My current favorite, and an award winner too * Celestial Seasonings Rooibos Madagascar Vanilla
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