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Primula 12-Pack Flowering Black Tea, Earl Grey Tea |  | Brand: Epoca Inc.
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $14.99
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Seller: MMP LLC
Rating:  14 reviews
Color: Brown
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 3 x 3 x 6.5
MPN: 313396
Model: TBE-2012
UPC: 741393216882
EAN: 0741393216882
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| Features:
| • | The package includes only black tea with 12 different color flower arrangements | | • | Black tea has the most caffeine of any type of tea due to the fermentation process, but only half the amount of a comparable cup of coffee | | • | It is also believed that there are certain healing benefits for brewing flowers | | • | The health benefit guide included in the canister will take you through this journey | | • | Each flower will steep; Makes over 250 cups of tea |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Charm your favorite tea-drinker with this gift set of flowering Earl Grey black tea. A collection of 12 tea flower balls, the set features a blend of black tea leaves with Earl Grey flavorings and all-natural dried flowers hand-sewn together by artisans in China. As each tea ball steeps, it slowly unfurls into a stunning floral arrangement, adding beauty and surprise to the pleasures of teatime. Each ball can be steeped three times, for up to 250 cups of tea total. For elegant gift giving, the tea comes in a pretty canister with images of the flowers inside and a green cord. Flowering teas are best viewed in glass mugs and teapots, both of which are made by Primula and other companies. Gift sets of flowering green tea and white tea are also available. --Emily Bedard
Product Description
Turn any tea time into a display of floral flavor. This bold Earl Grey black tea blend brews a truly classic cup, contained within a fancy flower that blossoms beautifully as it steeps in hot water.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 14
 Beautiful & Delicious May 17, 2010
jdh (Seattle, WA)
It's a bit unusual to find black teas tied into flowering rosettes. Most of what I run across are green and white flowering teas. This collection of twelve little balls, each with a different floral center, is a delight to watch through a glass teapot as it blooms and a treat to sip once it's ready. It is definitely more subtle compared to other Earl Greys, but its floral and herbal wisps are an exquisite compliment to the classic & easily recognizable black tea with bergamot base.
That said, you can't ask too much from one little ball. The package says 12 balls/36 steeps - makes over 250 cups. I have not found this to be at all realistic. The most tea, at its best, that I've been able to extract is one ball in 16 oz of boiling water for three to five minutes, max. Any longer and the tea just stews. Steeping in more than 16 oz of hot water and the result is unremarkable, losing much of its artisan characteristics. Subsequent steepings have nowhere near the delicate complexity of the first, leaving you with a disappointing cup of colored hot water. It's not exactly a frugal expense - you really can't expect more than 24 oz of tea from one 12-ball package, though the 24 oz you do get is remarkable.
Very good! May 4, 2010
Cara (Maryland)
This is surprisingly good tea! I expected it to get bitter the way most black teas do when they oversteep, but this never oversteeped. I don't normally drink Earl Grey, so I'm not sure what it's *supposed* to taste like... but this was quite tasty and pleasant! Some of the flowers aren't terribly pretty, but I still like the tea overall.
this was a gift May 3, 2010
Hana (OC, CA)
This was a gift to refill a flowering teapot set I bought last year. Haven't used them yet but the package was cute and came on time.
tea tea January 26, 2010
V. Do (New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Grows delightfully and it is a pleasure to watch it, either by yourself or with the person you share the cup of tea.
 Not what I had expected October 9, 2009
JMarie (Wisconsin, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I saw this labeled as Black Tea/Earl Grey Tea I expected a deeper, more intense cup of tea. These brew up very light, almost like I'm drinking a very watered down cup of my regular Earl Grey tea.
The only "positive" comment is that I do find it interesting to watch them expand and flower when I pour in the water. While I'm sure there are many people pleased with this product, I really don't think it's worth the money I paid.
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