BAMBOO GARDEN TEA
Bamboo Garden Products are the house line for Dragon Horse 'a candy store for the spirit' and a much loved project of Erin, the owner of Dragon Horse. Erin has an extreme sensitivity to scents or products that are not natural. That led her to make her own skin care products, Teas, household cleaners and fragrance blends. That love of creating brought her to our own line of products. We have Bamboo Garden Essential Oils, Carrier Oils and Teas available now.
About our Teas
Belgian Chocolate Rooibos
Velvety chocolate smoothness with decadent notes of truffle melting in your mouth.
Excellent combination of cacao (chocolate) and rooibos.
Rooibos is a healthy tea with no caffeine and full of antioxidants and lots of healthy minerals. Okay, you’re probably thinking, what about the chocolate? The Belgian chocolate to be precise? Good question. As the name would suggest, we’ve blended this wonderfully smooth Rooibos with the all-natural flavoring of Belgian chocolate. The tiny country produces 172,000 tons of chocolate per year and has 2130 chocolate shops within her borders – they know chocolate. In fact, the country is so well known for its chocolate that it gets first dibs on all cocoa exports from the entire continent of Africa. We figured that if you’re going to blend anything, much less chocolate, to a top quality Rooibos, it better be the best. Brew yourself a pot today and satisfy your chocoholic cravings – without upsetting your grand dietary intentions! We think our decision speaks for itself.
Origin: Cederberg, South Africa
Ingredients: Luxury rooibos, calendula petals, cacao bean pieces and natural flavors.
$9.99 for 75 grams in tin container
Blueberry Black Tea
Who doesn’t love Blueberries? The tiny berries are incredibly juicy, sweet and packed full of antioxidants. Intoxicating blueberry aroma and sprightly full flavor of the tiny wild blueberry.
In recent years, blueberries have come to be regarded as a “superfruit” owing to its favorable combination of nutrient richness, antioxidant strength and versatility as an ingredient in other food products. Raise a freshly brewed cup to an amazing berry! Excellent hot or cold. As an iced tea serve with a pinch of sugar.
Origin: Nuwara Eliya, Dimbula or Uva districts, Sri Lanka
Ingredients: Luxury black tea, cornflower petals, blackberry leaves and natural flavors.
$9.99 for 75 grams in tin container
Caramel Cream Rooibos
The opening bars are sweet toffee notes building to a full symphonic caramel. An 'I want
more' finish. Must be tasted to be believed. Reminicent of Crème au Caramel. During the latter half of the 20th century, Crème au caramel became as ubiquitous on the restaurant dessert menus of the world as Irish pubs did on street-corners. And there is good reason for this. Crème au caramel is delectable. Rooibos is a healthy tea with no caffeine and full of antioxidants and lots of healthy minerals, hence guilt free.
Origin: Cederberg, South Africa
Ingredients: Luxury rooibos, caramel pieces, calendula petals and natural flavors.
$9.99 for 75 grams in tin container
Chocolate Mint Rooibos
Dramatic mint notes tempered with fruity rooibos and a hint of chocolate. Has there ever been a flavor combination more ubiquitous than that of chocolate and mint? We’re all familiar with chocolate mint ice cream, chocolate mint bars, chocolate mint wafers – unfortunately, none of these are normally associated with a healthy lifestyle. Well all that has changed with the creation of Chocolate Mint Rooibos herbal tea. Finally, you can enjoy all the minty, chocolatey goodness you love minus the guilt it normally comes with. Rooibos is a healthy tea with no caffeine and full of antioxidants and lots of healthy minerals, hence guilt free.
Origin: Cederberg, South Africa
Ingredients: Luxury rooibos, peppermint, calendula petals, cacao bean pieces and natural flavors.
$9.99 for 75 grams in tin container
Fiji Mango Rooibos
Ooh what an opening – the full Monty mango! Delicious fruit highlights transport one to tropical climes.
Like the island itself, one sip of Fiji Mango Rooibos and you’ll never want to give it up - full bodied, tempered with sweet mango character - it’s a true taste of the South Pacific! Rooibos is a healthy tea with no caffeine and full of antioxidants and lots of healthy minerals, hence guilt free.
Origin: Cederberg, South Africa
Ingredients: Luxury rooibos, natural dried mango, blackberry leaves, calendula petals and natural flavors.
$9.99 for 75 grams in tin container
Hawaiian Coconut Rooibos
Island coconut pleasures with hints of rum dryness. Sprinklings of pineapple and coconut pieces enhance a lingering sweet colada finish. Rooibos is a healthy tea with no caffeine and full of antioxidants and lots of healthy minerals, hence guilt free.
This wonderful blend has all the characteristics of the tropical lifestyle loved by the laid-back singer Jimmy Buffet. Based on our caffeine free Rooibos this fruity tea will set the tone for a highly relaxing afternoon. Brew a pot and note how the sweet profile of pineapple melts seamlessly into lingering hints of coconut – your mind will literally fill with visions of the tropics. Fantastic served over ice or piping hot, this is a tea worth singing about. From Honolulu with love!
Origin: Cederberg, South Africa
Ingredients: Luxury rooibos, natural dried pineapple, natural dried coconut and natural flavors.
$9.99 for 75 grams in tin container
Kyoto Rose-Green Sencha
The tea is fresh and smooth with reasonable depth and body. The cherry flavoring and subtle rose hints give the tea a wonderful exotic character.
Hunan Province produces some excellent Japanese style green teas. Early in the new season the tea is a bright emerald green and has the best flavor noted by a spring fresh character with pungency and body. Sencha is commonly used in Japanese tea ceremonies marking events of personal importance. In this type of ceremony it is the ritual that is of paramount importance as the individual or guest is being acknowledged. Flavored tea is a relatively new phenomena and combining flavors with roses and Japanese style green tea is almost considered ‘avant garde’ by our Japanese friends.
Origin: Hunan, China
Ingredients: Luxury green Sencha tea, rose petals and natural flavors.
$9.99 for 75 grams in tin container
Masala Spice Chai
Full bodied tea enhances South Indian masala spices. The finish has cardamom notes peeking out from lively ginger. Superb with milk and sugar.
Piping hot Chai holds a warm place in the heart of India. Although it might sound odd that a scorching hot beverage be so widely enjoyed in one of the world's warmest countries, chai actually cools the body. It does this by raising core body temperature above ambient air temperature. But the best part of course is the exotic tapestry of spice that weaves through each flavorful sip. NOTE: Like our teas, all spices sourced for these blends were grown in sustainable
Origin: Assam and Travencore districts in India. Nandi in Kenya.
Ingredients: Luxury black tea, chopped and powdered ginger, chopped and powdered cardamom, chopped and powdered coriander, chopped and powdered cinnamon, cloves, and black pepper.
$9.99 for 75 grams in tin container
Matcha
There is perhaps no tea on the market today that is as celebrated or as famous as Japanese Matcha. The powdered green tea has been used in the Japanese tea ceremony for centuries and as such is normally associated with the beautifully complex, and rigid procedure. It was believed by the ancient Japanese that tea was a gift of the heavens and as such held great restorative and spiritual power here on earth.
These days, although the Japanese tea ceremony still holds a significant place in Japanese culture, the rules around drinking Matcha have loosened. The ancients were right about something though, Matcha is special, and because of the way it is produced, it is also powerful. Consider these numbers: 2 cups of brewed matcha contains 7 times the antioxidants of orange juice, 20 times that of apple juice, and nearly 20 g of calcium - and that’s just the short list! On a gram per gram basis, Matcha also contains approximately 10 times the polyphenols of regular teas*. The healthy qualitites of the tea have led to the its break from tradition - Matcha can now be found served cold, as an ingredient in health shakes, ice creams, and even baked goods.
So what is it about Matcha that makes it so good for you? The answer can be found in the way it is produced and consumed. Firstly, Matcha is made using pure Gyokuro leaves, a Japanese tea variety that is shaded beneath special mats for 3 weeks before plucking. The shading forces the plants to produce a higher than normal chlorophyll content which gives the leaves a rich green color. Once plucked, the leaves are steamed and dried. Tea at this stage of the process is known as Aracha. Next, the Aracha is stripped of all stems and veins resulting in a pure leaf known as Tencha. Tencha is then stone ground into its finely powdered form. Since it is powdered, no matter how you prepare Matcha, you are actually consuming the leaves - which contain high nutritional value - there is no other tea in the world consumed in this manner. It is said in Japan that because of this characteristic, Matcha is the healthiest natural beverage in the world to this day!
Has a jammy-like smoothness with a very satisfying full cup. Gyokuro leaf base gives a light astringent finish.
Origin: Izu, Japan
Ingredients: Luxury green gyokuro.
$16.99 for 30 grams in tin container
How to make Matcha Tea
We all know just how good green tea is for us and especially Matcha Tea. Matcha is the only tea that the whole leaf is used. It contains an astounding 7 times the antioxidants of orange juice. Matcha tea can be 'whipped up' very quickly using a fork, but the ceremony of making your Matcha Tea makes the occassion very special and can set the tone for the whole day!! Here is a crash course on Matcha Tea making.
Ceremonial Matcha: Please note that in order to brew Ceremonial Matcha you will need a set of Japanese tea ceremony tools. (Bowls, scoops, and a whisk).
1. Prepare tea bowls by warming them with boiled water.
2. Prepare your Matcha whisk by soaking the tip in the boiled water in one of the bowls for about 10 seconds.
3. Pour the water out and dry the bowl with a paper towel.
4. Using your teaspoon, add 2 scoops of Matcha to each bowl.
5. Pour 1/3 of a cup of your hot water into each bowl.
6. In a slow "m' motion, submerge any loose bits of Matcha that may be floating on the surface of the tea.
7. Whisk the tea more briskly in a back and forth motion until the surface of the Matcha becomes frothy.
8. Consume immediately. (In Japan, it is customary to drink the entire bowl in 3 quick slurps).
You may find the taste of Matcha Tea a bit strong at first. It can be an acquired taste. The purists may cringe but we have found that adding a bit of soy or almond milk to the frothy tea makes it more of a Matcha Latte. Vanilla is particularly yummy.
Panda Pearls of Luck White Tea
Tiny hand-rolled tea buds unfurl to release their mild springtime tea flavor. The shape is made to resemble Panda bear tears, which are a symbol of good luck.
White teas are considered by some to be the purest in the world. Spring buds are plucked, dried and sorted. No pan firing or steaming, no fermentation, just pure tea. Traditionally these are grown on small freehold plots. Some growers produce only a few hundred pounds per year. White Tea contains very high levels of antioxidants.
Origin: Fujian Province, China
Ingredients: Luxury white tea.
$26.99 for 30 grams in tin container
Peach Apricot Black Tea
Makes an absolutely tremendous iced tea! A ‘flavory’ and tasty combination of mellow peaches with deep full flavored apricots.
What makes our luxury flavored teas stand out from the rest? Premium leaf: Light & flavory 100% exclusive High Grown Ceylon teas from estates above the 5500 ft level. 100% All-Natural Flavorin. Ethical Production. Our teas are sourced from premium ETP certified estates and our chemical free process means they taste great and are good for the Earth at the same time.
Origin: Nuwara Eliya, Dimbula or Uva districts, Sri Lanka
Ingredients: Luxury black tea, natural dried papaya, freeze dried peach and apricot, blackberry leaves, sunflower, calendula petals and natural flavours.
$9.99 for 75grams in tin container
Flower Teas
Delight your senses with incredible handmade artisanal tea creations. These artisan teas conceal worlds of mystery and soft flavors deep within their shell-like exteriors. The techniques used to create them have been handed down from generation to generation and haven't changed in centuries. If you look closely, you can even see the string used to tie the broad-leafed, spring production tea, chosen leaf by leaf by the artists themselves
3 Flower Burst
Smooth and satisfying green tea notes. The peach character of osmanthus comes to the fore with
hints of jasmine and lily.
Origin: Yunnan Province, China
Ingredients: Luxury green tea, lily, jasmine and osmanthus blossoms.
$2.50 per piece
Cote D’Azur Garden
The show is phenomenal and the cup is elegant green tea with a bouquet of floral notes.
Origin: Fujian Province, China
Ingredients: Luxury green tea, amaranth and marigold blossoms.
$2.50 per piece
Lovers 3 Flower
Almost sweet. Floral notes of lavender and jasmine blend well with premium early season green tea.
Origin: Yunnan Province, China
Ingredients: Luxury green tea, lily, amaranth, jasmine and lavender blossoms.
$2.50 per piece
Tiffany Rose Melody
Soft rose notes grace the cup. A perfect complement to early spring green tea.
Origin: Fujian Province, China
Ingredients: Luxury green tea, amaranth and marigold blossoms.
$2.99 per piece
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