An Apple A Day

Cover art by Karla Nolan

March 2, 2009

Teas As You Please, and Help Plant Trees




Honey Vanilla Chamomile, Mint Magic, Sweet Apple Chamomile, Tropic of Strawberry, Country Peach Passion, Bengal Spice.

Vanilla Strawberry Rose, Perfectly Pear White Tea, Powerfully Plum White Tea, Chocolate Raspberry Bliss, Almond Sunset Dessert Tea, English Toffee, India Spice Chai, Decaf Sweet Coconut Thai Chai, Honey Vanilla White Chai…..These are just some of the tantalizing 90 tea concoctions from Celestial Seasonings.


So many varieties--An actual blend master, Charlie Baden, oversees the development of new blends. And every one of them is a box full of the promise of a satisfying, tantalizing aroma and taste all infused into a health-full beverage—herbal or not. Even the packaging is delightfully inspiring. Celestial’s bestselling tea in the entire specialty tea category is Sleepytime. Says a company spokesperson: “People can’t get enough of the tea and the Sleepytime bear!”


Celestial Seasonings earth-friendly approach to making tea includes a focus on sustainable harvests, ethical trade practices and minimal packaging, which saves more than 3.5 million pounds of waste from entering landfills annually.


All this is great but add a little something for the environment and you have the perfect blend of personal enjoyment and responsibility. By simply purchasing tea or clicking on a mouse, Celestial Seasonings tea drinkers can support the planting of trees in developing countries and help promote environmental and economic sustainability around the world. Celestial has partnered with the non-profit Trees for the Future to support the planting of more than one million trees in developing countries. These trees promote economic and environmental sustainability in nations where it is desperately needed.

If you love tea and respect the environment, all you have to do is purchase Celestial’s all-natural teas between now and March 31, 2009. You can also visit www.celestialseasonings.com/trees, where can participate in a free, interactive, Web program that turns “virtual trees” into reality.


There are regional favorites and so many varieties that even some very good things must come to an end so on their website is a page --
http://www.celestialseasonings.com/products/discontinued.html showing discontinued teas but also suggesting replacements for your retired favorites.


So sip and click.






6 comments:

  1. I am amazed that there are so many different varities. I am going to try them all, if I can find them.

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  2. Since my name is close to Celestial, I have been a big fan and now I can feel virtuous, not only about buying something good for me, but by helping trees. Thanks for letting us know anout this. My friends and I enjoy reading all your write-ups.

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  3. That is so great! Nice to see a company giving back. Count me in!

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  4. Not only are the teas delicious--the boxes are so pretty I hate to throw them away...

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  5. I have many favorites among these teas....and it is so nice that they keep adding more..I will never get bored!

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  6. I like that have regular--not really regular, they seem more special--teas as well as herbal.

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