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Tea Review: Shanti Tea Kapha Balance

February 9th, 2012 By: Geoff

There is some merit to it, as far as I’m concerned. People – in general – can be placed into three body categories or “doshas” – Kapha, Pitta, and Vata. I happen to fall into the Kapha category…er…with Pitta tendencies. In Ayurvedic practices people can be split doshas. Kaphas…

Tea Review: Shanti Tea African Carnival

December 5th, 2011 By: Spencer E

Ah, this tea smells tasty. The aroma of the dried leaf is very fruity, if also a bit floral. There are some spicy tones as well. It would appear the mixture is composed of rooibos, rose petals, and perhaps some dried citrus, among other things.

For my first infusions, I steeped a teaspoon…

Tea Review: Shanti Tea Lemonade

October 25th, 2011 By: Cynthia

7 minute brew time with boiling water. Very pretty blend. Green and yellow “grass” like cuttings are sprinkled throughout this lemony blend. Champagne colored brew.

Tea Review: Shanti Tea Pitta Balance

October 13th, 2011 By: Cynthia

As I peered into the sample bag, I was struck at the beauty of this blend. It needs to be stored in a glass container just to admire the tapestry of colors. Think miniature potpourri…

Tea Review: Shanti Tea Red Chocolate

April 12th, 2011 By: Judy Lo

This tea from Shanti Tea is aptly named “Red Chocolate” as it is made of Rooibos (Red Bush) and cocoa shells. Rooibos is a herbal tea that grows naturally in the wild in South Africa. It is naturally caffeine-free which makes it a perfect beverage for the evening as well as for kids…

Tea Review: Shanti Tea Lemonade

April 11th, 2011 By: Gretchen

There’s a smell that you get from cold lemonade on a hot day. It’s the smell of sweet refreshement, a tang of sour and a scoop of sweet. It’s a smell of people outside at a country fair, sweating in unison, but happy to be there because of the gorgeous day, the riot of color and activity…

Tea Review: Shanti Tea Spiderweb Oolong – 2

March 2nd, 2011 By: Judy Lo

Since all teas come from the Camellia Sinensis plant, it is the way in which the leaves are processed that determine what the tea looks like, tastes and smells like – that is – what type of tea it ultimately becomes in the end…

Tea Review: Shanti Tea Spiderweb Oolong

February 21st, 2011 By: Gretchen

Spider webs conjure up ethereal visions of delicate pale films of almost nothing. Wisps of white that disappear in the sunlight. Shanti’s Spiderweb oolong initially seems strangely misnamed. The leaves are short, black and twisted, but very tangible and more like spiders…

Tea Review: Shanti Tea Mango Black

January 12th, 2011 By: Cynthia

Inside my sample I find small, broken leaves with a few yellow marigold petals. The dry smell reminds me of black tea with a hint of something sweet. Two teaspoons in boiling water with a three minute infusion produces a rich brownish red tea. The taste…

Tea Review: Shanti Tea Silver Needle

January 4th, 2011 By: Judy Lo

After tasting and loving Shanti Tea’s Cherry Sencha, I was excited to try their silver needle, but I was rather disappointed. Well, I guess whether or not you will like it, depends on your expectations. To me their silver needle is just too far off from the characteristic mildly sweet…

Tea Review: Shanti Tea Cherry Sencha

December 10th, 2010 By: Judy Lo

First let me preface this review by saying that the flavour cherry has been instilled in my mind and forever associated with the cherry flavour Children’s Tylenol I had to take as a child for cold and flu. Smell and memory are connected…