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Numi Teas have quickly become one of my favorites. Organic and smooth, fair trade and fresh. The varieties are endless, and one of their new additions to the Numi Tea family is Puerh tea. Puerh has a unique history behind it, one that adds to the enjoyment of drinking in its smooth flavor. Numi tells the story of Puerh:
Puerh’s ancient history, filled with secrecy and mystery, dates back before the Han Dynasty to over 2000 years ago. During that time, tea was transported by mule and horse caravans along five main routes known as the ‘Tea Horse Roads’. The first and most traveled road started in the village of Pu Erh (pronounced ‘pu-err’), in the high mountains of the Yunnan Province, China’s most Southwest region near the border of Laos and Vietnam.
Merchants on the trading roads compressed tea for easier travel and to maximize their load. These long journeys from western to eastern China (the size of the U.S.) led to a mysterious but extraordinary process. To the tea traders’ surprise, the tea tasted better at journey’s end then the beginning and yielded additional health benefits. It is said the Last Emperor’s mother, known as the ‘Beautiful Countenance’, was cured of her gout from drinking this amazing tea named Puerh.
The secrets of processing Puerh have been guarded for generations and still remain a treasured tradition. Although all teas come from the same plant, Camellia Sinensis, Puerh is made from a different variety that grows on wild, old, tea trees or bushes, known as ‘broad leaf’, found in the cool, crisp, pristine Yunnan Mountains. Numi obtains its Puerh tea leaves from rare 200-500 year-old wild-harvested tea tree varieties, not the pruned bushes that are 40-50 years.
Although Numi’s Puerh tea won’t travel to you via mule mail, they do provide wonderful Puerh teas in a few different flavors: Emperor’s Puerh (black tea); Mint Puerh; Chocolate Puerh; and today’s giveaway, Magnolia Puerh. The Magnolia Puerh is an organic green tea blend with a hint of magnolia. Between my husband and myself, we managed to drink a box in a matter of a few weeks! It’s mellow and smooth, no bitterness as I’ve found the case to be with Numi, and wonderfully uplifting without the jitters. This quickly became a preferred green tea here at the house.
Now it’s time to enter to win your own box. Numi is giving away one box of Magnolia Puerh tea to a carp(e) libris reviews reader. Enjoy!
Rules for Entry:
1.) Just visit the Numi Tea site and tell me what you liked or learned there. (You may enter once a day – following entries don’t require you to answer the question.) Remember, leave an interesting comment. If I cannot contact the winner, you might be chosen instead based on your comment.
2.) Email subscribers get an extra entry for as long as their subscription is active.
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3.) Blog about this giveaway on your blog with a link back to this post. Come back and leave me a Comment with a link to your blog post. (If your comment doesn’t show up right away, don’t worry – I may have to approve it first. My blog might think it’s spam but gosh darn, I certainly don’t!)
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Feel free to do all four to gain several entries to win! You have until midnight EST on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, to enter.
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this tea sounds truly amazing!
Antioxidants, antibacterial properties, and an entertaining spectacle all in one tea! How can you miss? Thank you for the giveaway.
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Puehr tea sounds like my “cup of tea”
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Never heard of it, but would love to try it
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Have a fine President’s Day today
Just wanted to let you know your links don’t work, but I googled the site! And that doesn’t work either.
OMG!!! these are NOT your average teas, these are works of art!! The flowering tea was mesmerizing to watch open. And I love that floral teapot and cup set, I think this has become my NEW favorite tea website, everything about it is goregous!
happy monday
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I’m utterly intrigued by those flowering teas. I didn’t realize the blossoms are hand-sewn right after the tea leaves are picked (very labor-intensive!). In some of them, there’s a hidden blast of color that isn’t revealed until the blossom has opened. Awesome!
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2/16/09 – Thanks for the giveaway!
Follow up entry: We just saw some flakes of snow – time for a cup o’ tea!
DRY DESERT LIME has always been one of my fave Numi flavors, but it’s hard to find!
I am a subscriber; would love to try the numi magnolia puerh tea.
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Hot tea as a cold winter prize. Sounds about right to me!
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i love numi tea, i’ve been drinking it for some time. i think their chai is really one of the best on the market.
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I like the GEN MAI CHA – TOASTED RICE GREEN tea (Healer tea).
Sounds like something I would really enjoy with my mother.
Would love to try the Cool Mintea Green Iced Tea.
Love the recipes on cooking with tea: “lemongrass salsa” sounds yummy
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bamboo flowering tea set for me
I like just about everything on their website! But then I am a bit of a tea nut…
I really like the puerh mini tuocha (green) – it’s very rich and earthy. The Jasmine Pearls also look great.
Have a lovely tuesday
They have lovely gift sets.. I love the MOROCCAN MINT !!
Researchers have found that green tea was the best antioxidant scavenger of deadly free radicals
Wow…they have so many teas…even iced teas! Hooray, as I am a huge fan of tea. But I’ve never thought of using it in cooking…I’m so glad they include recipes on their site!
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I learned of a number of varieties of tea… and I foolishly considered myself educated on tea! Thanks for the interesting story and link to a cool-sounding company with excellent products.
I like the Bamboo Flowering Tea Gift set. I was interested in the recipes using tea.
I’ve never tried Puerh, so I’m back for another entry. Thanks for the chance to win a new experience.
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I never knew that tea could promote better kidney function and aid digestion. Can I be entered in the contest!
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Is it the last day for entry already? Blackberry flavoured black tea this morning… this time next week will it be pu-erh?
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They sell those lovely flowering teas!
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I learned that: If you are not absolutely satisfied with your purchase, for any reason, let them know. They will promptly replace the item or give you a refund.
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Hmmm, if Puerh tea cured gout (which I’m happy to say I don’t have) for the Last Emperor’s mother, I’d be delighted to give it a try for my puny little ailments! Great giveaway. Thank you.
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