It’s been snowing here for days. For weeks. Since before Thanksgiving, much of the Northeast has been under a thick blanket of snow that is burying my driveway, making the neighborhood chainlink fences slowly disappear. The kids on our block are all so bundled up that, when I can see them around the snowdrifts, I can no longer tell who’s who. And although we’re in the midst of the holiday season, I could use a little warmth and sunshine. Perhaps an African Summer. As it turns out, the mug just to my left is filled with a steaming brew of African Summer tea from Red Leaf Tea. It may taste of summer, brimming with honeybush, lemongrass, and flowers like hibiscus and marigold, but I’m also enjoying a much-needed immune system boost from these very herbs. Rose hips, safflower, lemon myrtle, and eucalyptus are also in the mix, making this loose leaf tea blend not only pleasing to the palate, but to the eye as well.
I’ve been enjoying my African Summer tea with honey, a beautiful German linden flower honey, which has been a perfect complement. And since the tea naturally caffeine free, I’ve been able to curl up in the evenings with a good book and a mug of tea, followed by a good night’s sleep – just the thing when it’s snowing and blowing outside. If it ever does thaw out, which is hard to imagine right now, African Summer would make a lovely sun tea. But in the meantime, I’ll be drinking it hot, envisioning the heat of the Sahara Dessert, wondering if Hemmingway ever drank the same.
Enter to win your own 3.2 oz. size African Summer tea:
1.) Just visit Red Leaf Tea. Then come back here and tell me something you liked or learned there; or perhaps you have a suggestion or idea for the company. They’d love to hear what you have to say! (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.
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i had never even heard of red tea so that was something new:) thanks!
I would love to see some Moroccan gunpowder mint tea on the site!
Need to find something like that
Back again for another entry… The tea sounds absolutely delicious and I hope I win. Thank you!
Aliya D.
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My friend SueRae, a former model, introduced me to Red Tea, and its health-giving properties. Thanks for introducing me to the website, and please enter me in the giveaway.
I really like the tea cups that have the flowers on them. So pretty.
The blooming tea sounds very interesting as well.
love to try it, never heard of it
I love that rooibos has antioxidants, and that it doesn’t have caffeine. A perfect combo!
Darjeeling is considered the Champagne of black teas. It is my favorite!
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I learned that Red Leaf Tea (Rooibos) is rich in antioxidants and it is caffein free.
I learned that red tea is not caffeinated- Yay! I can drink it!
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In Blooming Teas, the ingredients are sewn together by hand into bundles or rosettes, which when steeped in hot water take on stunningly beautiful shapes.
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Sleeping Beautea–This herbal concoction is ideally made for drinking 3 to 4 hours before bedtime, and will definitely help relax your body and mind.
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12/27/08 – Thanks for the giveaway!
Cool. Thanks!
I like that the African Summer contains citrus and rosehips that help boost your immune system.
African Summer sounds like a good tea to keep you hydrated when you have a cold. Rose hips are an especially good source of vitamin c, and eucalyptus is good for the sinus’s.
I did not know that king of tea…. it’s seem to be a good tea
hope to win that nice tea !
I love the jasmine bud tea. I’ll bet that’s incredibly flavorful
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I like the Chocolate Chai tea.
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Back again for another entry… I love tea, in all it’s myriad varities and distinctions!
Aliya D.
First time here but I love tea.
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Oh, yum! These teas look wonderful – I would really like to try the organic Earl Grey.
I do have one small suggestion regarding their website. When I click the “Unique Tea” link, it takes me to an error page that says “Restricted Area”. So, that would be one small thing they could update.
Thanks so much for the giveaway!
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That their teas are selectively chosen to deliver an experience you won’t get from store bought tea.
is it suppose to be better than green?
The appropriately named rooibos draws its name for the plant’s rich reddish tinge.
I learned that Black Tea can hold it’s flavor for several years!
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I love the Organic Hawaiian Christmas Berry Honey!
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Red is my favorite kind… very robust!
I heart the wide variety of teas.
I found out there is red tea, never knew that. Love tea!!!!!!!skyxsky27{at}gmail.com
I love all the loose teas…..smile I love tea…thank you for the sweepstakes
I never realized loose tea cost less, I thought it cost more.
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I wish they had a bigger selection of green teas because I drink it every day and would like more variety.
They have a variety of loose leaf gourmet teas.
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I had no idea what Pu-Erh tea was, which is a large leaf named after the Pu’er county near Simao, in Yunnan, China. They say it’s how tea truly should be.
The Red Sunset tea sounds great, especially for this time of year (I too live in the cold Northeast). I love that it contains rose petals too, and that they ship for free.
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