20.1.12

Tea!


One of the hightlights of our trip to Colorado was a tour of the Celestial Seasoning's Tea factory. I have been drinking Celestial Season's Tea since I was in college and that was a loooooong time ago. All of Celestial Seasoning's tea is made in Boulder, Colorado and when we drove into the parking lot we saw a very colorful store front with graphic images taken from the art used on the tea boxes.
The tour begans in the tasting room where several teas, both hot and cold, were brewed and ready for tasting as well as individual cups of any tea we wanted to try. The tasting room not only has tea but also the original artwork used on the boxes. If you haven't looked carefully at the boxes, take a moment and pull out your teas and look at them. They have lovely illustrations. In addition they have a collection of artist made teapots that were great fun to check out.
After the tasting and a short film we went onto the factory floor and it smelled like heaven! There were bags of herbs and teas stacked to the ceiling. One of the rooms we went into was the peppermint room. They have to keep peppermint seperated from the other ingredients because it has such an intense smell. If it was kept with other ingredients it would start to change the flavor of the other herbs and spices. After standing in the room for a few minutes I could feel my head and sinuses start to clear!
Of course, the tour ends at the gift shop where I scooped up a few boxes of tea and a cute little dish in which to 1put my used tea bag. If you ever find yourself in Boulder, Colorado check out the Celestial Seasonings tea plant!

5 comments:

Suztats said...

I love their teas, too! Sounds like a fun tour. And tasty.

Yvonne said...

Sounds like so much fun and interesting too. If I'm ever up that way I will be sure and go on a tour.

Mhairi said...

This has gone on my bucket list. I have been drinking their teas for ages and a tour around their factory would be the ultimate tour. It sounds like a really interesting tour.

Mary Helen-Art Saves Lives said...

I have been under the weather and soothing m aching body wit Celestial Teas for 48 hours. What a great journey! Peace, Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart

Mosaic Magpie said...

Thank you for visiting me and leaving me a comment so I could find you! The tour sounds neat and I would love to visit that peppermint room!
Deb