Fiery Cinnamon Spice Black Tea

This bestselling hot cinnamon spice tea is a bold combination of sweet, spicy cinnamon with bright, full-bodied Ceylon black tea, and a touch of warming clove and lively orange peel. Very warming with hot sweet cinnamon spice notes, and a clean, richly aromatic freshness. Spicy, crisp finish. Hot cinnamon spicy goodness! Great blended with other teas!
 
Black Tea | High caffeine | Steep at 212° for 3 minutes.
 
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Ingredients & Lore:
 
Blended With: Cinnamon, Black Tea, Cinnamon Spicy, Orange, Natural Spicy Cinnamon Flavor & Cloves
 
Throughout history, the scent and flavor of cinnamon has intoxicated royalty and peasants, lovers and cooks, guests and hosts. Cinnamon’s essential oil and cinnamaldehyde give this inner tree bark all you need to cure the blues, brighten the spirit, and ameliorate indigestion, and the common cold. It is a spice with a bite, turning both savory and sweet foods into morsels of distinction, and creating teas ambrosial to delight and excite the palate while relaxing the body. Choose our Fiery Cinnamon Spice for your next celebration and enjoy a firecracker in a cup.
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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.