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Congrats to @AmazonV – she has won our great prize pack from @sleepytimebear and Celestial Seasonings! Stay tuned for more draws and contests in the future!

Back in January we ran a very successful Celestial Seasonings Contest for a case of Decaf Lemon Jasmine Green Tea, well, Sleepytime Bear is back, and this time with a prize pack that will blow you away!

You could win:

• Decaf Sleepytime Lemon Jasmine Green Tea
• Celestial Seasonings Tin Tea Caddy
• Celestial Seasonings Magnet
• Celestial Seasonings Lip Balm
• Honey Sticks

What do you have to do? It is pretty simple.

1. Follow @Sleepytimebear on twitter, or “Like” SleepyTime Bear on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/SleepytimeBearTea
2. Comment in this post with your twitter name, or the name you are following Sleepytime Bear with on Facebook so we can confirm your entry.
3. For an extra entry, re-tweet: I just entered to win an amazing prize from @allabouttheleaf and @sleepytimebear – you can 2! Enter here: http://is.gd/h6GFcp #iaatlcontest

One random winner will be chosen from the commenters on this post that have met the above requirements.

This contest runs from Monday March 7th, to Monday March 14th – so you have a full week to figure out this Facebook and Twitter thing!

So get on this now – and win this amazing prize pack from Celestial Seasonings!

The rules of the contest are as follows:

1. You must be following @allabouttheleaf, otherwise we cannot contact you via DM if you win!
2. You can re-tweet as many times as you like, but there is only one extra entry per person.
3. Duplicate accounts created by the same person for the purpose of entering will be disqualified.
4. You must re-tweet the message above EXACTLY to gain the extra entry, otherwise we cannot track your tweet.
5. This contest not open to employees of Celestial Seasonings.
6. Contest ends Monday March 14th – one random winner will be contacted via DM on Twitter for their shipping details.

Just in case you needed more convincing, take a look at some of the Tea Reviews for Celestial Seasonings Tea that our reviewers have posted over the past year or so.

Well, these pearls certainly are downy…I felt one of the little balls of tea and it was soft and fuzzy. The jasmine smell is sharp and sweet in the dry leaf, and makes me wonder if the taste will be the same.

I used approximately two teaspoons of pearls, in two cups of water, for three minutes (give or take ten seconds, as I initially forgot to start my timer, oops). At the end of three minutes, the brew was very watery, so I let it sit for two minutes more. At this point, I’d like to take a moment to say that while I enjoy the challenge of matching up just the right steeping time with just the right amount of leaf and water to make a delectable cup, I do wish that more companies would give what they believe the ideal steeping conditions to be, even if it’s a rough estimate, since not all teas are created equally, and generalizing conditions does not always work out. Regardless, the extra two minutes seems to have helped immensely, as there is greater unfurl to the leaves and more colour to the liquor.

The jasmine scent is just as sharp in the completed cup as it was in the dry leaf. And the taste….Wow…that’s incredibly…mediocre. Thankfully, the sharpness of the jasmine hasn’t come through in the taste of the liquor, yet everything about it is very average. The flavour is smooth, and light, and has a nice jasmine scent and taste, but, all in all, it just seems to be lacking something in a big way.

I enjoyed drinking it, but Jasmine Pearls are one of my favourites, so that could bias me a bit. I give it a 65 out of 100 on my personal enjoyment scale.

You can purchase the Downy Pearl Jasmine directly from the Mark T. Wendall Tea Company website.

Congratulations to @dolls123 for winning this contest! Stay tuned to more contests from It’s All About The Leaf

It’s All About The Leaf has teamed up with Celestial Seasonings for this great contest!

Celestial Seasonings has been in business since 1969, and is currently the largest specialty tea manufacturer in North America. That translates to more than 1.6 million cups of Celestial Seasonings tea served daily – that is nothing to be sniffed at!

With It’s All About The Leaf quickly becoming one of the most popular Tea Review sites online, it was only natural that we should team up together to offer this contest

It is very simple, just follow @allabouttheleaf on twitter (visit www.twitter.com if you do not already have an account), and retweet the message below.

That is IT! Once you tweet the message below BEFORE January 21st, and you will automatically be entered into the contest to win…

1 CASE (6 boxes!!!) of Sleepytime Decaf Lemon Jasmine Green Tea

Just tweet the following message, exactly as it is, without the double quotes: “RT: @allabouttheleaf Follow @SleepytimeBear and join his weekly #CSTeaTime sessions every Tues. from 3-4pm EST to win prizes! #IAATLcontest” or click on this link to go to twitter automatically, and have this message pre-filled for posting.

The rules of the contest are as follows:

1. You must be following @allabouttheleaf, otherwise we cannot contact you via DM if you win!

2. You can rewteet as many times as you like, but there is only one entry per person.

3. Duplicate accounts created by the same person for the purpose of entering will be disqualified.

4. You must retweet the message above EXACTLY to qualify to win, it is also how we track the entries.

5. This contest not open to employees of Celestial Seasonings.

6. Contest ends Friday January 21st – one random winner will be contacted via DM on Twitter for their details.

Just in case you needed more convincing, take a look at some of the Tea Reviews for Celestial Seasonings Tea that our reviewers have posted over the past year or so.

Holy giant rose-buds Batman!

That’s the first thing I see when I opened the tin – these large, well-formed rose buds that haven’t lost their colour or their scent – proving that they’re relatively fresh. They’re so big that at first the tea seems to be all roses – but that’s mostly because the other components are so much finer – green rooibos, curled little tea leaves, and small fruit bits. The tea does smell like roses, but it’s roses with something rich, fruity, and tropical-ish mixed in with it – a very appealing scent in my opinion, I could just sit here sniffing the tin.

The rose isn’t over-powering in the tea, though I think it’s very much the star of the show. I’ve never had plain green rooibos, so I’m not quite sure what it’s supposed to taste like as opposed to red rooibos, but I can tell you that I’m not getting any of the woody-earthy flavour that I usually associate with rooibos teas. What I can taste is that exotic, sweet flavour from the mango pieces and a tiny bit of a citrus zing. Despite the white silver needles and the jasmine pearl this tea is supposedly decaffeinated, though it doesn’t have that thin, watery taste characteristic of many decaf blends. Of course, apart from a few hints here and there of jasmine (mostly hidden by the rose) I’m not really tasting much actual tea at all! So it’s more like a herbal infusion, which is fine by me, I need a better selection of ‘nighttime’ teas in my cupboard.

It’s an interesting mix and maybe it’s the rose, but drinking it makes me a feel a bit girly – in a good way. I don’t think I’ve ever some across a blend with a flavour combination like this, and it’s perhaps a little ‘busy’ but it’s great for someone like me who enjoys a bit of variety now and then.

I gave this a Steepster rating of 81/100

You can purchase the Xaouen directly from the 52teas website.

Jasmine has been scenting and flavoring tea for almost as long as tea has been grown in China. The aromatic qualities of the jasmine bloom and the aromatic qualities of the tea plant are one of nature’s perfect matches.

As you may be able to guess, I’m very fond of jasmine pearls – it’s my favorite way to have jasmine in tea. And I’ve had jasmine pearls that were amazing, and some that were downright icky. The jasmine pearls from Golden Moon tea were at neither extreme – but much closer to awesome than icky. They’ve got a lovely, balanced aroma, and a good flavor.

The package directions say to brew for 2-4 minutes at water slightly below boiling. My first infusion I tried at approximately 170 degrees for 2 minutes. The aroma of the liquor was fairly light, and the flavor was very delicate. But it was a little too delicate for me. So I tried the next at 185 for 4 minutes. And it was just about where I wanted it, a good balance of the jasmine and green tea, both flavorful and perfumed. I was also able to get a third steep out of the leaves without much loss of flavor.

The problem I have with this tea is that while balanced and nice, it’s lacking a “wow” factor. I wouldn’t tell anyone not to have this tea; it’s a good tea. But I wouldn’t send anyone specifically looking for it.

You can purchase the Jasmine Pearls directly from the Golden Moon Tea website.