PBT Journey

  • What is Blueberry Tea?

    by Robert Marino
    This tea offers all the flavor and character of ripe, plump berries, captured in 100% all-natural flavoring oil.  Crafted with our proprietary blend of Ceylon black teas, this is truly a cup worth writing about.  Amazing hot or poured over ice.  Sip into some blueberry perfection.
    Posted in Black Tea, Blueberry Tea, Google Algorithm, Perfect Cup of Tea

  • What is Maple Tea?

    by Robert Marino
    Created from sap harvested from the mighty Sugar Maple tree, Maple season begins when winter's cold weather gives way to the warmer winds of spring.
    Posted in Black Tea, Google Algorithm, Maple Tea, Perfect Cup of Tea

  • What is Ice Wine Tea?

    by Robert Marino
    Ice Wine is typically made of Vidal grapes, normally used to produce a table wine.  It has a relatively thick skin enabling the grape clusters to withstand the elements.  Ice wine is difficult to produce - not only do the grapes have to withstand the elements - but the crows and other birds find Vidal grapes particularly tasty.  After the "fight" with the elements and birds, the grapes go through weeks weeks of fermentation followed by a few months of barrel aging. 
    Posted in Black Tea, Google Algorithm, Ice Wine Tea, Perfect Cup of Tea

  • What is Peach Apricot Tea?

    by Robert Marino
    What makes the fruits go so well together?  Their delicate, intensely sweet flavor profiles.  The characters of both fruits together blend into a harmonious explosion of citrusy goodness.  And what makes them blend so well with a high grown Ceylon tea?  The answer to that question is the natural acidity and astringent qualities of both.  Peach and apricot - 4000 years of history can't be wrong! 
    Posted in Black Tea, Google Algorithm, Peach Apricot Tea, Perfect Cup of Tea

  • What is English Breakfast Tea?

    by Robert Marino

    Afternoon tea was the invention of Anna, wife of the seventh Duke of Bedford.  At the time custom dictated only two planned meals per day: a hearty breakfast and a late evening dinner.  Anna in an effort to ease the "sinking feeling" began instructing her servants to prepare tea and cakes in the late afternoon.  Thus began a fashionable habit which still exists today.

    Posted in Black Tea, English Breakfast Tea, Google Algorithm, Perfect Cup of Tea

  • What is Earl Grey Tea?

    by Robert Marino
    The secret lies in the fact that we never use flavoring oils to mask poor quality teas.  Rather, we select a premium blend of black teas hand harvested from some of Ceylon's premier gardens.  To this we add 100% all natural flavoring oils (in this case, oil of bergamot)  and roll it all in stainless steel drums until each leaf is thoroughly saturated and coated in luscious flavor.
    Posted in Black Tea, Cream Earl Grey Tea, Earl Grey Tea, Google Algorithm, Perfect Cup of Tea