Contest: What’s your favourite tea from 2017?

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Our American and Canadian tea subscription friends tasted 47 teas in 12 tea boxes last year.

Last year, our loyal subscribers from the United States and Canada savoured 47 different teas delivered in 12 tea boxes and we’d like to know what were your favourites.

From Seattle to Raleigh, Vancouver to Toronto, you tasted the best teas the world had to offer. The creamy, smooth and decadently floral Organic Lavender Cream, the strong blend of straight Ceylon and rich Assam teas in the 1894 Select Orange Pekoe, and the sweet and tart Fruit Basket. We know you had many great teas last year, and it’s easy to forget what you had, but don’t fret! We keep an archive of what we delivered last year. 

I’d love me a free tea box

Let’s hear what you enjoyed the most. Tell us which tea you liked best and why, and we’ll rank the entries. If your favourite tea appears in the top five of the list, we’ll send you a free tea box!

Limit of two entries per subscribers. Closing date is Feb. 2, 2018.

Enter the contest here.

Strawberry Champagne: 3 cocktails and a giveaway!

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I love baking. But this heat wave we’ve been having in Vancouver has been a little less than inspiring. That, plus Bon Appetit’s collection of summer bubbly cocktails got me thinking – what if we could replace the champagne with Strawberry Champagne cold-brewed tea?
The answer: YES.

Some notes:
We cold-brewed the tea in our fridge for about 5 hours by putting 2 tbs of loose tea in a mason jar, filling it with water, screwing the lid on and leaving it in the fridge to cold brew. That’s it! 1 litre was enough to make 1 of each drink.

I would suggest strongly against putting the cold tea through your soda machine (if you have one) to add bubbles. It was a nice idea but…the tea exploded everywhere and the extensive clean-up process woke the baby up for several hours. #neveragain

If you do like (real) bubbly, we think you could play with the recipe a bit and add it!

Ginger fizz (the mocktail) was my favourite, but I’m a little ginger-obsessed, so…

Michael loved the Pomegranate Punch. It’s sweet and fresh and goes down a little too easily.

The French 75 was great – dry and packed a good punch.

Whatever you decide to do, let us know! Post a picture and your comments on Instagram and tag @tea.sparrow, using the hashtag #bringonthebubbles. Our favourite entry will win a free month of tea!

Happy sipping!

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For the Ginger Fizz:

½ oz ginger syrup

5 oz Strawberry Champagne tea

orange slice

Blend the syrup and the cold tea, add a slice of orange and enjoy!

For the Pomegranate Champagne Punch:

8 oz Strawberry Champagne tea

1 oz rum

2 oz pomegranate juice

1 oz simple syrup

lemon slice

fresh mint

Blend the tea, rum and juice, add a lemon slice and a few sprigs of fresh mint. Enjoy!

For the French 75:

1 oz gin

¾ ounce fresh lemon juice

¾ ounce simple syrup

2 ounces Champagne

Add everything to a glass and enjoy!

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