Horsetail Tea

Take it to with you go to watch your kid's soccer practice or serve with a little sugar for a night playing board games with friends. Chun Mee has a pleasant chestnut aroma and the taste is complex, akin to sweetened chestnuts, artichoke, and apricot.

Rooibos doesn't come from a tea plant, but from the rooibos plant, a broom-like legume found in South Africa's shrubland. Is there any flavor greater than that of a rightly cured vanilla bean?

A scented tea that is one of the world's most delicate. Green teas were placed in containers with powerful aromatics such as tangerine peel or cassia bark and allowed to absorb their flavor.

It's highly anti-aging, antiviral, antioxidant, and antibacterial, but not anti-flavor. If chai is an entire percussion section, then green chai is a master musician playing the flute.

To go with it all a steaming cup of jammy black currant tea; black tea leaves, black currant leaves, and tons of fruit flavor provide an indulgent cup. Mornings filled with buckwheat pancakes stacked high and served with spoonfuls of salted butter and...

You call in sick to work and sleep in for a few extra hours. A laid back black tea for when you plan to just lay about all day and blow off your responsibilities. You set the kettle, make some toast, and pour a cup of Blackberry Fruit Tea.

Scented green teas go as far back as the Song Dynasty (960 AD -1279 AD). This basic green tea has been lightly scented and makes for a perfect anytime tea that brews easy and matches salty snacks, Chinese food, vegetable soups, fruit tarts, and chocolate...

It was actually a fraudulent product passed off as the real thing, the tea equivalent of buying an authentic Prada bag from the trunk of a car. However, Earl Grey soon became greatly appreciated for its own unique flavor and thus a new classic tea was...

After that we add heaps of sugar, some more water, and then serve it over ice. (And then fresh lemon, because we're persnickety like that.) You can add a wedge of lemon if you want, but we don't think you'll miss it.

Lastly, fresh mint leaves are steeped in the mixture for just a few minutes to impart a fresh mint flavor. Of course, some people just brew the mint leaves straight up. Morocco has a very important tea culture that focuses on the use of green tea leaves...

Produced in the Zhejiang Provence of China gunpowder tea is a method of forming tea as opposed to a flavor. Not too many teas can be described as explosive, but this gunpowder tea is powerful for a green tea.

According to the Tea Board of India, Darjeeling tea must be grown, cultivated, produced, and manufactured in specific tea estates in West Bengal. Just as true Champagne can only be produced in Champagne, France, Darjeeling can only be produced in the...

Megan, one of our rockstars here at Spice Jungle H.Q. described this tisane as scrumptious and we can't but agree with her. This tisane consists of a candy-like hibiscus base with frills of dried orange peel, dried apple, and tart cranberries.

Yet, from the first sip you can feel vitamins, antioxidants, and a hint of caffeine begin to surge through your body and give you that extra jolt of energy you need to get through your day.

But breathe deep their scent and you'll notice something comforting about their woodsy smell that harkens back to before the Edo era. The flavor is that of dried wood and blessed incense lit for the gods.

It possess a juicy cut of papaya at the front, and a warm drydown of pineapple lingers at the back. Rather, it gently nudges you along. This tea is excellent for any laidback occasion.

The dried leaves are crisp and thin making a beautiful brew when infused. Ceylon Black Tea w/ Silver Tips The tea features prominent, very fine, and wiry silver tips that stand out against the dark slender Flowery Orange Pekoe.

With each sip you can taste the mellow hints of sour-cherry halves accompanied by papaya, pineapple bits, and rose petals. Cherries & Jasmine Blossoms Green Tea This tea Features traditional sencha green tea leaves that are complemented with bold colors...

This tea has a strong finish and can be enjoyed hot or cold. Orange Blossom Oolong Tea This Oolong blend features a deep, bold oolong tea leaf accompanied by accents of orange. Ingredients: Oolong tea, orange blossoms, natural flavoring

This production style involves having the leaves undergo an additional fermentation process after they are dried. Yunnan Pu-erh Tea Pu-erh, sometimes referred to as Bolay, is a variety of post-fermented tea produced in Yunnan province, China.

The leaves are simply plucked and dried making it one of the most prominent green teas available. Green Silk Maofeng This tea is a great example of a fine tasting tea with "minimalist" and "simple" processing.

Due to its shape, gunpowder green tea is very appealing and easy to infuse. Gunpowder Green Tea Gunpowder Green Tea is a classic green tea from China. The tea has a hint of smokiness but leaves a smooth aftertaste.

The sliver sprouts of the tea are neatly coiled and give this tea it's recognizable appearance. Curled Dragon Silver Tips One of eastern China's best known green teas. The tea is fresh and clean tasting with a hint of hazelnuts while the cup features...

The tea is fired at high temperature, altering the leaf colour tints from green to reddish-brown. Hojicha Green Tea Hojicha (ほうじ茶) is distinguished from other Japanese green teas because it is roasted in a porcelain pot over charcoal.

It is this piney flavor that makes this tea perfect to drink alongside cold meat dishes or salty snacks. A little history note, it is estimated that about 15-20% of the tea tossed in the harbor at the Boston Tea Party was Hyson tea.

The Assam is malty and bitter, the Ceylon piney and sour, the Kenyan fruity and floral, and Keemun citric and smoky. If you're a new tea drinker who is used to coffee (or plan on converting a bean-drinker to the way of the leaf) then this is a fantastic...

White Tea's fairy tale isn't the most adventurous one – no dragons to slay and no prince to kiss. Only another sip will tell. However, her kind words and grace will enamor you all the same.