Tea Briefings at the Tea Embassy

On this cloudy day we are serving up some delicious teas from our selection of over 200 loose leaf teas! Come taste a complimentary sample of these today and take a break from your spring cleaning.

Zhen Qu is a delicious black tea from Yunnan, China, with a curly leaf shape and a brown and black appearance. This tea has a chocolate hint to it, along with the typical notes of earthy, sweet flavors, characteristic of Yunnan black teas. This is a great tea to try if you are a coffee drinker, offering a robust and rich taste. This is Amy’s favorite tea!

Walnut Green: Nutty blend of organic Chinese green tea, brittle bits, pineapple bits, coconut flakes, walnut bits, almond bits, and flavoring. This tasty green tea is aromatic and acentuated when you add sweetener to your brewed cup.

Blueberry Rooibos:  Rooibos (South African Redbush) is a great herbal alternative to tea because it’s caffeine free, and can be enjoyed right before bedtime.  I especially like this flavor.  One can really taste the Blueberry.  This herbal is quite tart, and for those that don’t like sour candy, as I do, a bit of honey can be added after steeping to neutralize the tartness and bring out the full blueberry flavor.

It’s going to be unusually warm today in Austin, however, it’s never too hot for great tea! Come by and sample these three teas we are offering today! 900 Rio Grande St., Austin, TX 78701 (free parking in the back off 9th street)

Moonlight Tower Tea is a black Chinese tea from Yunnan, fragrant with sweet notes, not too strong—-like the “Moonlight Tower” to enlighten your mind and inspire you to create.

Greenbelt Tea is a new blend that we are offering, named after Austin’s very own Greenbelt trail along Barton Creek. This green tea blend has some green Yerba Mate, rose petals, cornflower blossoms, and flavoring. Come try out this enchanting tea!

Peach Apricot Honeybush

Peach Apricot Honeybush has become a popular herbal blend in our store. Delightful, fruity, herbal tea that is wonderful hot or iced. Honeybush is the sister plant to Rooibos and also comes from South Africa, but has a naturally sweeter taste compared to Rooibos. This tasty blend includes green honeybush, apricot bits, peach bits, orange peels, pineapple bits, papaya bits, and flavoring. Naturally caffeine free.

Today we are sampling three teas, so come by and learn about the different types of teas and enjoy shopping in our historical home!

Organic Darjeeling: Wonderful second flush organic Darjeeling. Has the “muscatel” notes that are unique to the second flush. Second flush refers to the time that the leaves are picked on the farm. The First Flush is the first plucking after the rains in the spring, usually around March in Darjeeling, having a more green appearance and taste. The Second Flush Darjeeling tea is the most well known type of tea from Darjeeling. Brew with boiling water for 3 minutes.

White Pomegranate:Beautiful white tea leaves with a wonderful pomegranate taste. (White tea consists of unprocessed tea leaves, making the flavor delicate and subtle compared to black tea.)

Creativity Rooibos: This flavored Rooibos blends lemon flavors with a touch of spiciness. This naturally caffeine free herbal tisane is great hot or iced. The blend contains rooibos, lemongrass, apple bits, lemon peels, ginger bits, orange peels, basil, red pepper, cardamom, natural flavoring and rosemary leaves. Read about the health benefits of Rooibos tea.

Another gorgeous day today in Downtown Austin! Come by our store and taste these three delightful teas!

Olympic Gold is a Chinese black tea from Keemun and is rolled into uneven balls. Bold, full-bodied taste and a hint of fruit notes.

Apple Green is a tasty organically grown green tea with dried apples, yum!

Allergy Soother: With all the “cedar fever” going around with the pollen counts high, try this soothing herbal tea! Allergy Soother is a great tea to help soothe those allergies this season. This caffeine free herbal blend includes nettle leaves, elder flowers, rose hips, lime blossoms, peppermint, mullein flowers.

Today we are experiencing nice cold weather with beautifully sunny skies! Come and taste the teas we have on sample today.

Winter Dreams: A Chocolate Mint Treat! This blend includes black tea, peppermint leaves, cacao bits, nut crunch, flavoring, red pepper, and wheat crisps. Great with a little milk and sugar. Not just for the winter season.

Mao Jian is one of China’s top ten most famous teas. Organic at origin, this superb curly leaf hand-made Chinese green tea from Hunan tastes light and sweet. Enjoy the fluffy white tips at 2 minutes or a little pungency at 3 minutes.

Hook ‘Em Horns (Blood Orange) Herbal Fruit Tea: Texas Longhorn fans are celebrating their win over the Texas A&M Aggies. Our tribute tea is a citrus lover’s dream, with blood orange flavor. It’s a naturally caffeine free herbal blend of apple bits, hibiscus, rosehips, orange, and lemon peels & flavoring.

It’s a foggy day this morning! Come in and clear your mind and relax while you taste these teas we have on sample:

Chocolate Almond Cookie: Delicious black tea blended with orange peels, cocoa, coconut, almond bits, peanut bits, rose blossoms, and flavoring. A wonderful winter treat!

  

Fog Tea

Fog Tea: Grown in the mist and fog of the southeastern mountains of China, this organic tea has the richness of a Japanese green tea, yet the more subtle notes of a great Chinese green tea. The fog makes the tea more green with chlorophyll, adding richer notes to this unique tea. A wonderful tea for those tasting green tea for the first time.

Peach Apricot HoneybushPeach Apricot Honeybush has become a popular herbal blend in our store. Delightful, fruity, herbal tea that is wonderful hot or iced. Honeybush is the sister plant to Rooibos and also comes from South Africa, but has a naturally sweeter taste compared to Rooibos. This tasty blend includes green honeybush, apricot bits, peach bits, orange peels, pineapple bits, papaya bits, and flavoring. Naturally caffeine free.

Today we have a great Chinese black tea, a wonderful green tea, and a soothing herbal tea. Come by and taste these for free!

Olympic Gold is a Chinese black tea from Keemun and is rolled into uneven balls. Bold, full-bodied taste and a hint of fruit notes.

Barefoot in the Park is an excellent green tea that is fairly new to Tea Embassy. Originating in the Guang Dong province of China, this Spring tea has a smooth, sweet taste. It’s a beautiful, light green tea with a silky finish.

Regeneration is an ayurvedic blend of herbs & spices to regenerate you. This herbal tea includes cinnamon, rosehips, chamomile, chicory, apple bits, lemongrass, raspberry bits, ginger, cardamom, lemon peels, fennel, and cloves. Enjoy this delicious and soothing tea at Progress Coffee along with some of their local and organic foods!

We are starting off the New Year by offering some great teas today! A naturally grown black tea from Manipur, India, an organically grown green tea from WuYi China, and a tasty herbal fruit tea with grapefruit and orange flavor. Come by and sample these teas for free!

Jaimisi Tea comes from Manipur, India, not far from Assam. This hand-crafted, naturally grown, black tea is a great breakfast tea, offering a bold, full-bodied cup of tea, similar to a blend of Assam (malty & sweet) and Darjeeling (green & muscatel or wine). Steeping time at only 3 minutes 15 seconds is all that is needed to enjoy it.

Fog Tea

Fog Tea: Grown in the mist and fog of the southeastern mountains of China, this organic tea has the richness of a Japanese green tea, yet the more subtle notes of a great Chinese green tea. The fog makes the tea more green with chlorophyll, adding richer notes to this unique tea. A wonderful tea for those tasting green tea for the first time.

Sunrise Blend has a fragrant aroma of grapefruit and orange, making this naturally caffeine free fruit herbal tea a wonderful citrus blend. Blend includes Apple pieces, carrot flakes, blackberry eucalyptus leaves, beetroot pieces, hibiscus, lemongrass, flavoring, freeze dried tangerine-orange pieces, & orange slices. This is a great tea for the Winter season while grapefruits are in season!

Today we are serving up three great teas, an artisan tea from the Black Sea, the exotic green tea in the Moroccan tradition, and a tasty caffeine free herbal blend of chocolate, almond and rum.

Natela’s Gold: Handmade in the peak of the Spring season, Natela brings this treasured tea to you from the Caucasus Mountains in the country Georgia. This black tea has a sweetness with hints of pine and cedar, making it a wonderful tea for afternoon or evening. Enjoy it while supplies last! This tea is similar to the Georgian Beauty tea we also sell, so if you like the Georgian Beauty you’ll also enjoy this one!

Moroccan Mint Green Tea

Moroccan Mint Green Tea: Chinese Gunpowder green tea blended with mint leaves, tastes like you’re in Morocco. Add lots of sugar to drink it like the Moroccans do. Also tastes nice with honey. Check out Jonathan’s travel journal about tea in Morocco!

Savannah Rooibos is a great herbal blend with rich flavors of cocoa pieces, almond bits, and chocolate-rum flavoring. During these cool months, this makes a great dessert drink with sweetener and whipped cream on top!