Mighty Leaf Tea
Organic Hojicha from Mighty Leaf Tea
A new year, a new tea. Hojicha is a roasted Japanese tea that consists predominantly of the stalks of the tea plant. It is, according to Harney, a relatively recent invention, dating back to 1920. The rise of mechanical harvesters had meant that there was an excess of tea stalks after harvesting. Seeing the waste, a Japanese merchant in Uji took the stalks and started roasting them. Hojicha was born.
Teavana, Mighty Leaf Tea and Bana Tea Company specials
Just a quick note to let you know about two specials currently being run by this month’s Tea Finely Brewed sponsors.
Teavana are offering free shipping on all orders (no coupon codes and no minimum orders required) between now and Wednesday, December 9th.
Bana Tea Company have a special 20% discount for Tea Finely Brewed subscribers. Quote 3838383838 at checkout.
If you run a tea shop and would like to know more about advertising on Tea Finely Brewed, please get in touch.
Special Deals for September
So call me slow, but over the past week I’ve seen a few different tea sellers promoting some great specials. If you’re looking to buy some tea, now’s the time!
- Mighty Leaf Tea
are giving a 25% discount off selected black teas. This offer runs out on September 25, so you have to act quick. If you’re looking for a good place to start, try their Organic Breakfast Tea.
- Numi Organic Tea
is offering a 25% discount on their flavoured pu-erh teas. Get 2 boxes of their pu-erh tea for $14.95 when you quote Coupon Code NMP99. This offer runs out after September 30.
- The Tea Spot are donating 10% of all their sales in September to prostate cancer survivors.
Organic Breakfast Tea by Mighty Leaf Tea (review)
The nature of a breakfast tea is to be robust. It is there to awaken. And it needs to be able to handle a drop of milk.
As a result, many lower grade breakfast teas tend to be brutish. You feel awake after drinking them, but your lips are puckered, your mouth is dry and you had to choke down those last few sips. Inevitably, the tea used for this is the scraps — the dust or fanning that remains after factories have pushed out the higher end teas. Because the tea is so small, it infuses quickly; but it also lacks the character you will find in teas made with larger bits of leaf.
25% off for new Mighty Leaf Tea customers
While browsing through Mighty Leaf’s website in preparation for the review I just posted, I noticed that they have a great offer on for people who haven’t tried their tea pouches before: Buy your first tea pouches from Mighty Leaf and get 25% off.
There are actually three separate offers – one for herbal tea, another for black tea
and a third for green tea
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Darjeeling First Flush 2009 from Mighty Leaf Tea
I have just now enjoyed my first taste of 2009’s first flush Darjeelings, courtesy of Mighty Leaf Tea. This year, Mighty Leaf have chosen Mim Estate for their single-estate Darjeeling offering. It’s a great choice: Mim Estate’s first flush serves admirably as a well-rounded black tea and a great example of that quintessential Darjeeling flavour.
