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Bella Coola. While the name sounds Italian, in reality it is anything but. The name belongs to a First Nations village on the central western coast of British Columbia. The people of Bella Coola, also known as the Nuxalk settled at the mouth of the Bella Coola River many generations ago. As improbable as it might sound, it was during a visit to this remote community that our Master Blender first conceived of the blend that would come to be named after this magical corner of the world.
Our Master Taster had flown up to the community in a small sea-plane to take in some fishing during a stop over on his way home from an estate visit in Sri Lanka. It was the height of summer, mid July, when he found himself sitting on a wharf waiting for a fishing boat to come pick him up. It was a hot day so he went in to the local store, looking for something cool. His eyes fell on an orange popsicle, which he purchased and began to enjoy. The moment was perfect. The sun hung lazily in the sky. Seabirds called overhead. The village children teased him good-naturedly. It suddenly dawned on him, "This is the best popsicle I've ever had in my life!" (We told you the story sounded improbable.)
The next thought he had involved the recipe for this tea blend - apple, orange, hibiscus and rosehip. Upon returning home he determined to create the tea and name it after the town where he'd experienced the most perfect afternoon of his life, Bella Coola. The resulting herb and fruit tea achieved almost the same level of perfection. The cup was tart, sweet with notes of orange and pineapple lifting above an apple-y base. Create your own perfect moment by brewing a pot today. (Note: on the subject of popsicles, Bella Coola makes great ones. Simply make a pot of tea, pour into a popsicle mold, et voila!)
Tea Type: Organic Caffeine Free Herb and Fruit Tea
Country: Blend of various organic dried fruits and herbs from Canada, USA, Thailand, and Spain
Ingredients: Apple + Orange + Rosehip pieces, Hibiscus petals, Natural flavors.
Cup Characteristics: A predominant orange character with the lovely sweetness of pineapple.
Infusion: Tending pinkish.
Brewing Hot
Bring filtered or freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil. Place 2 teaspoons of herb & fruit blend, 1 tea bag or 1 Q3 single serve packet for each 7-9oz/200-260ml of fluid volume in the teapot. Pour the boiling water into the teapot. Cover and let steep for 5-10 minutes according to taste (the longer the steeping time, the better the flavor as more fruit and herb flavor is extracted). Garnish and sweeten to taste.
Brewing Cold
Iced tea brewing method (Pitcher): (to make 1 liter/quart): Place 12 slightly heaping teaspoons of herb & fruit blend, 6 tea bags or 6 Q3 single serve packets into a teapot or heat resistant pitcher. Using filtered or freshly drawn cold water, boil and pour 1 1/3 cups/315ml over the herb & fruit blend. Steep for 5-10 minutes. Quarter fill a serving pitcher with cold water. Pour the tea into your serving pitcher straining the tea or removing the tea bags. Add ice and top-up the pitcher with cold water. Garnish and sweeten to taste. A rule of thumb when preparing fresh brewed iced herb & fruit tea is to increase the strength of hot brew since it will be poured over ice and diluted with cold water.
Iced tea brewing method (Individual Serving): Place 2 slightly heaping teaspoons of herb & fruit blend, 1 tea bag or 1 Q3 single serve packet into a teapot for each serving required. Using filtered or freshly drawn cold water, boil and pour 6-7oz/170-200ml per serving over the herb & fruit blend. Cover and let steep for 5-10 minutes. Add hot tea to a 12oz/375ml acrylic glass filled with ice, straining the tea or removing the bags. Not all of the tea will fit, allowing for approximately an additional serving. Garnish and sweeten to taste. A rule of thumb when preparing fresh brewed herb & fruit tea is to increase the strength of hot tea since it will be poured over ice and diluted.
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