Banana Nut Bread Honeybush Tea

One sip of our Honeybush Banana Nut tea and you'll feel as though you're standing in the middle of your local bakery, about to take a bite out of a freshly baked muffin! This smooth brew deliciously combines your love of baked goods with our full bodied honeybush tea. So not only is it sugar free, it is caffeine free as well! Making it the perfect indulgence for both morning and night.
 
This tea contains no caffeine | Steep at 212° for 5 minutes.
 
***Allergan warning contains nuts.
 
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Ingredients & Lore:
 
Blended With: Honeybush Tea, Apple Pieces, Cinnamon, Cocoa Nibs, Natural Banana Flavor, Natural Chestnut Flavor & Marigold Flowers
 
The ubiquitous banana took a long time to become a staple fruit snack in the U.S. (the 1870s) and even longer to be featured in a tea cake (the 1930s). However, plain or baked into desserts, the combination of creamy chestnuts and sweet bananas is just what a modern beverage deserves. Add a sprinkle of cinnamon, cocoa nibs, and apple pieces, and you’ll have to go round the world to find anything silkier in taste or more satisfying. Honeybush makes it healthful with its plethora of flavones and other natural elements that fight disease (antioxidants) and improve immunity.
 
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All our tea comes from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. The styles of tea are produced by altering the shape and chemistry of the leaf, rather unromantically called 'processing' or 'manufacturing.' To ensure the best quality and value, we import our teas directly from the countries in which they are grown, working closely with the farmers who tender them.
 
For our flavor teas we use high grown teas from the top 3 tea growing regions of Sri Lanka - Nuwara Eliya, Dimbula and Uva. These three high-grown districts produce flavorful teas that have classic 'Ceylon' tea character which is noted by floral bouquet and flavor notes, touches of mild astringency, bright coppery color and, most importantly - perfect for use as the base tea of our flavored teas. (We have tested teas from various other origins around the world as base stock for our flavored teas, but none of these teas made the grade.) Dimbula and the western estates of Nuwara Eliya have a major quality peak during Jan/Feb, whereas Uva and the eastern estates of Nuwara Eliya have their peak in July/Aug. This 'dual peak period' allow us to buy the best for our flavored tea blends several times during the year, ensuring top quality and freshness.
 
We specifically use only natural flavors. High quality tea tastes good and natural flavors do not mask the natural taste of the high grown tea. (The norm for many making flavored tea is to use overpowering artificial flavors, which can be used to hide lower quality tea). Natural flavors do not leave an aftertaste giving the tea a clean and true character. It should be noted that natural flavors tend to be somewhat 'soft ' and the flavors slightly muted, but for many this is a refreshing change and one of the desired attributes of our naturally flavored teas.