Our Durango guests love traditional teas as much as they love they love our more complex blends! Shortly after becoming a part of the Durango community, we wanted to make a tea gift box just for our Colorado guests! Read about why we chose the teas for our Colorado Gift Box! YERBA MATÉ - We chose this South American tea, because Durango's locals love their Mate! They are educated about the traditional practices and health benefits of drinking this high caffeinated tea! VALLEY ORCHARD MEDLEY - This tea was very popular iced in the summer! We also loved that it had the word "valley," in the name. Colorado is full of valleys, mountains, rivers and all types of landscapes. WHITE PEACH - Coloradans love their peaches!! Peach...
Everyday leading up to Valentine's Day, we posted some of the blends we love and why we love them! Here is a recap of all 14 amazing blends! FEBRUARY 1: MOCHA MATÉ & BERRY Prepared hot and served with honey.Our team likes to refer to this blend as Chocolate Covered Berries!Mocha Mate is one of the higher caffeinated teas that OBTC carries. It gives you the energy without the jitters or the crash that coffee can sometimes cause! It is high in antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, and is a fat burner!Berry is also high in antioxidants! In our Berry blend is hibiscus, which helps lower high blood pressure and bad cholesterol. FEBRUARY 2: POMEGRANATE GREEN & PEPPERMINTServed iced with Desert Wildflower Honey & fresh squeezed lime (and a dash of ginger ale & rum - a mojito...
The Perfect Gift for a Tea Lover The holidays are my favorite time of year! I love time spent with family, the lights, the music, baking, and yes! - I love buying gifts for my loved ones! That can definitely be easier said than done though! Some of my family is super easy to shop for and some are a little tougher! If you have a tea lover in your family, whether they are already a tea lover or if they're about to become a tea lover (😉), here is a little fool-proof gift guide to give you a little help this season! 1. Stainless Steel Infuser - This is the best infuser on the market! - and I've tried several of...
One of our favorite fall seasonal blends is our Pumpkin Pie Chai! As some of our seasoned guests may know, this blend comes out around the month of September and will be available throughout the fall, until the stores run out of their supply at the end of the season. We blended this year’s batch a little differently, and we were so excited to release it a few weeks ago! The Pumpkin Pie Chai is a honeybush tea base, which makes this blend caffeine free and can be enjoyed anytime throughout the day! Honeybush tea is a South African herb that is high in minerals and antioxidants, a natural expectorant, helps lower blood sugar, reduces blood lipids, and alleviates menopausal symptoms.Our blend this...
It is a common misconception that all types of tea are steeped in a boiling water and for a set time limit. On the contrary, each type of tea needs to be steeped at a different temperature, and for varying times, depending on the type of tea and how strong you prefer it. Steeping a tea at the wrong temperature or longer than it's supposed to be steeped can lead to a bitter tasting and/or burnt cup of tea! Below is a list of what temperature each type of tea should be steeped at and for how long! These are our recommendations for the best tasting cup: 175 degrees F Green Teas - 2 to 3 minutes Mate Teas - 3 to 5 minutes...
