Tealightful Treasures Sweet Cherry & Tealightful Afternoon Tea Review
March 17, 2009 by Diana
Filed under Rooibos, Tea review, Tisane, loose leaf
My personal package from Tealightful Treasures
Lisa from Tealightful Treasures of Rochester, New York sent me this adorable package in the mail. She tucked the tea samples into an adorable hand written card. I absolutely love personalized things and attention to detail so they get brownie points for this. Tealightful Treasures is actually a home party company. Meaning they can help you organize your very own tea party in the comfort of your own home complete with fine china and scones. This company has been featured in USA Today, Parents and Rochester Healthy Living magazine just to show you how popular they are.
The two samples I received were Tealightful Afternoon, a black tea, and Sweet Cherry, a rooibos tea. Black teas and rooibos should be steeped 2-5 and 4-6 minutes in boiling water respectively. I used two T-Sac’s two hold the teas and started with the black tea first. I figured I would end with the dessert tea!
Ceylon tea and Rooibos tea
Tealightful Afternoon is a Kenilworth OP (Orange Pekoe) Estate Ceylon (Sri Lanken) Tea. I’ve had many Sri Lanken Teas and I love them so I’m looking forward to this. The smell of this black tea is very mild and the tea is very light. It’s body is comparable to a green tea. It’s not bitter at all. I’m guessing there is a lot of caffeine to this tea, as I’m feeling the effects of it even after a few sips! If you want a tea with a caffeine kick and like a tea with a lighter body, this is the tea for you. Side note: If you prefer teas that are lighter in caffeine and you adore a black tea, go organic. Organic teas actually have less caffeine.
Next is the Sweet Cherry Tea. The ingredients are: rooibos, flavoring, heather petals, and freeze dried sour cherry pieces. I love roobios and all things cherry, except for artificial cherry pieces because of all the food coloring!, so I’m bias to this. This cherry tea is light and delicate on the palate. The smell of the cherry notes are very subtle. If you like rooibos tea and only a hint of cherry, then this is the tea for you. This would be a very good dessert tea after a heavy meal. It would also make an excellent iced tea in the summer with some agave or honey.
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