Black Lemon Tea by Shanti Tea

Black Lemon

A classic summertime drink, our lemon iced tea is a blend of premium black tea, sunflowers, Lemon Peel, and lemon essence. Unsweetened and delicious.

While black tea is in this blend is native to Sri Lanka, America is often credited with the invention of iced tea as we know it today. English and American cookbooks from the 1800s show that tea has been served cold since the early nineteenth century. The oldest recipes in print are made with green tea and not black tea and were called punches. The tea punches went by names such as Regent’s Punch, named after George IV. Iced tea’s popularity parallels the development of refrigeration such as the icebox (refrigerator), and the commercial manufacture of pure ice, which were in place by the middle of the nineteenth century.

5 Tasting Notes

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Thank you to TeaEqualsBliss for sending me a bit of this tea.

Right… so, most of the lemon teas that I’ve been tasting lately have been a sweeter, lemon-curd-like kind of creamy and sweet lemon taste. This… is not that kind of tea. This tastes like straight up, strong, bold black tea with a squeeze of lemon in it. Not sweet. Just tea and lemon. Some sharp notes from the sunflower. Very simple. But that’s not a bad thing. In fact, it’s rather refreshing.

A nice cup. Good one with which to start the day.

2011-12-03 15:00:27 -0500

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Well, I would have added more info on this but they are currently running maintenance on their website…no worries…I will certainly be having this one again! This is lovely! The lemon in this tastes VERY genuine! If you are a lemon fan PLEASE try this!!! The Black tea is of medium strength but the highlight and yumminess definitely comes from the lemon!

2010-11-29 08:38:55 -0500

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