When traveling I like to try a local tea or something that is generally related to the area. For example, in Utah I found Prickly Pear Cactus Ceylon Tea. In Key West I found both Key Lime Black Tea and a fruit blend key lime tea. And in Alaska... well, I got tea imported from AK's former owner, Russia. :) Anyway, tea is awesome, and when I was in Ottawa recently I came across some tea that I found intriguing...
Inuit Tea!
Keeping with my fascination of far-off lands, the Canadian Arctic completely fascinates me. Until I can afford one of those awesome looking arctic exploration cruises, I'll have to settle for quasi-traveling via Wikipedia and Flickr. And drinking tea!
I came across a variety of Inuit tea while looking around an awesome
tea shop in Ottawa, ON. Yay! I opted for the variety box, which contains each of the five flavors. What are the flavors, you ask? They are:
The website goes into great detail about the teas, noting the
ingredients as well as a bit about each tea. Other pages on the site provide information about
each plant and details about the
harvest. Their dedication to keeping the tea traditional, from the use of traditional plants to hand-picked ingredients ("No mechanical equipment is employed at any phase of production.") is quite impressive!
As for how the teas actually taste, they're great! Very earthy, and an interesting blends of flavors.
Ground Juniper Tea
Now for the sad part: the website only offers help for finding this tea in Canada. :( You can always email them suggestions!
Other Awesome Teas
For the heck of it, here are photos of some of the other location-related teas I've found.
Prickly Pear Cactus Tea
Virgin, UT
Fruitblend Key Lime Tea
Key West, FL
Maps
You didn't expect me to blog about something like this without creating a related Google Map, did you?!
View Location-Related Tea in a larger map
