rave! hot cinnamon spice tea

My friend Shannon (who I have mentioned here before) recommended this tea to me a week or so ago as being a fabulous afternoon “pick me up” drink. Her food and drink advice is always good, so I immediately ordered a tin of the sachets (the triangular design of the sachets allows the tea leaves to expand more than a standard tea bag – and besides that they’re very cute).

This showed up over the weekend and before I even opened it, I was in love with it.  First of all, I love tins – of any kind – and this one is a gorgeous deep copper color and octagonal as well!  Then I opened the tin and the smell of spice and cinnamon was immediate and intense … filling the room.  Yum!

Of course it didn’t matter that it was 95 degrees out, I had to make a cup of tea right then. So very very good.  It’s naturally sweet, and spicy enough to tingle just a little bit as you sip along.  I’m toying with the idea of making this as an iced tea – we’ll see how that goes.

From a being healthy perspective, tea – both green and black teas – contain antioxidants and tannins that are good for you; the same types of tannins that are found in red wines that are beneficial to heart health.  Also, believe it or not, tea contains small amounts of fluoride, which helps keep teeth and bones healthy and has been shown to help prevent osteoporosis.  And, of course, if you’re restricting your eating to try to lose weight, a cup of tea in the afternoon, especially a spicy/sweet blend like this, can take the edge of off hunger or a craving, and help you manage your appetite and avoid a snack attack!

So this tin has been relocated to my office for afternoon pick-me-ups and I’ll be ordering another one to keep at home.  After that, I can buy bags of the sachets to refill the tins with at a slightly lower price. The tin above is the Harney & Sons Hot Cinnamon Spice Tea 30 Sachet Tin and runs $10.95 plus shipping.  There’s also a smaller 20 count tin, as well.

For the month of July you can use the coupon code SUMMER12 and get 12% off.

<em>This post is not a sponsored post, I have not been paid or compensated to post it, and Harney & Sons have no idea who I am.  I just really really really like this tea and wanted to blog about it. </em>