Hello hello!
As the winter temps settle in, we’ve been craving more and more tea. We invite you to revisit our tea menu, and explore what’s new.
Each of our botanical blends are designed to mimic a favorite style of caffeinated tea - for those craving a Green, we have Meadow, an earthy sweet combination of tarragon, lemongrass, and spearmint. The fresh, clean taste and aroma snaps you right back to the spring season!
If you’re hankering for a white tea, consider our Marshmallow blend. Bulgarian marshmallow root, German chamomile and domestic orange peel is smooth on the palate with a citrus finish.
For bolder flavors similar to a black or red tea, consider the Carrot blend. This one includes dried carrots and burdock, South African honeybush, Chinese ginger and Indonesian sweet cinnamon. Reminiscent of a masala chai, this one is great for an afternoon study session.
Our oolong selection is one of Pittsburgh’s finest - Ruby, a qing xin, or clear heart cultivar, has extremely high oxidation, almost more akin to a red or black tea. This tea is complex and rich, but also tropical, tangy and fun to drink! A great option for folks who enjoy the anaerobic coffee selections.
One of our most popular teas has been Buddha’s Hand. Named for the distinctively large leaves, which when fully unfurled are about the size of a hand, and also for it’s soft citrusy scent, similar to the Buddha’s Hand fruit. This tea is oxidized to about 60%, through cool temperature withering, allowing fruit and honey notes to shine. Song Tea then sends this maocha to a roaster for over a week of low convection roasting. This is where the magic of dark chocolate and sugar browning notes begin to appear.
Buddha’s Hand is the ideal tea for daily specialty coffee drinkers - not only is it sweet, complex and rich in texture, the large size of the leaves means many, many extractions are available for this tea. We’ve enjoyed up to ten steeps of this tea in a sitting - plenty to share with friends and enjoy the buzz!
We have a few canisters of this high-grade tea available in store, and we are currently running them on winter special. It is $60 for a can of this tea for home brewing and an origami ceramic mug to accompany. A great gift for yourself or the deserving tea lover in your life. We also always have this tea in store, so feel free to pop in and relax with a few steeps!
Enjoy the winter season, and we hope to see you soon!