Trying Out Eteaket's New Tea Flight

So many of you will know that Eteaket have the most delightful tea shop on Fredrick Street where you can enjoy tasty treats, award winning teas, famous Afternoon Teas, lunches, breakfasts… you can even enjoy a glass of wine or one of their rather special tea cocktails. So if that isn’t enough for you, they now have the most delightful tea store on Rose Street. Here you can browse their award winning tea, learn about new ways to brew your tea and try tea flavours you would never have even thought would work.

If that sounds right up your street then you might want to check out their new Tea Flights. Tea flight and chocolate with tea in it, what more could you want?

Want to be whisked round the world but run out of money after all that Christmas shopping? Is the drudgery of work, sleep, repeat getting you down. Do you want the chance to experience something different?

Then strap yourself in and join the eteaket leaf tea experts on their Tea Flight where you get the chance to explore the wonderful world of tea through a journey of 5 different teas paired with eteaket’s own tea infused chocolate.

Royal Earl Grey – Whole leaf Ceylon tea scented with natural Bergamot oil. Embellished with blue cornflowers to create a truly regal Earl Grey. This is the first touch-down of the tea flight. You’ll find yourself in the beautiful island of Sri Lanka with our Royal Earl Grey brewed on the Tea Dripper. Enjoy our matching tea infused chocolate as you close your eyes and dream of sandy beaches.

Next up is Blooming Marvellous, the second stop is China. Flavoured Sencha green tea expertly blended with bright mallow and sunflower petals, rosebuds, sweet vanilla and fresh tangy fruit. Creates a sweet and slightly floral green tea with bags of personality. This is brewed in a special gaiwain and paired with matching chocolate. You don’t even have to climb any great walls to taste it.

Chilli Rooibos is one that needs to be handled with care. The chilli highlights are built on a base of classic Rooibos tea and vivid wild cherries, rosebuds, safflower petals, peony petals and carrot flakes. This tea has serious attitude. The next stop is Cedarberg a region of South Africa. The Chilli Rooibos is specially brewed in a glowing syphon and paired with matching chocolate. Safer than going on an actual safari and negligible risk of being devoured by lions.

India is the penultimate stop on the whistle-stop tour with Bollywood dreams. It is a high quality black tea is blended with aniseed, spicy and sweet cinnamon, fiery ginger, black pepper, warming cloves and woody chicory roots. Intense and spicy, this tea will take your sense to the heart of Bengal.. Made in a Chai Tea Latte (which they’ll show you how to recreate at home). Of course it’s rounded off with the chocolate to match. You can almost hear the chaiwallahs shouting without having to suffer the old Delhi belly.

And finally you get to taste a little bit of Harris with a Cold Brew version of their new Isle of Harris Gin Tea blend (non-alcoholic and caffeine free). It’s even got hand-picked sugar sea kelp from the Isle of Harris in it. What’s not to like? – We’ve had a try and it is delicious.

What: TEA FLIGHT

Where: Tea Store, 111 Rose St Edinburgh

When: Saturday 18 Feb, 2pm-3pm

Cost: £12.50 per person (max. 6 people)

To keep you going after your fabulous flight round the world of tea you can choose a complimentary 100g caddy of any of the teas we’ve tasted and we’ll even give you 15% off purchases in-store on the day.

Limited availability so grab your tickets while you can.

Our thoughts: We loved it! It was a great interactive hour where I feel like I’ve learned so much more about tea than I thought was possible. Erica’s passion for her brand is very evident and is infectious. You can’t help but leave feeling excited about all the possible drinks you can make with tea. Top of my list is a cocktail so watch this space. We would definitely recommend it if tea and chocolate are your things. The chocolate is delicious and the tea flavours carefully selected only enhance the chocolate.

Did we mention you can also have their delicious tea delivered straight to your door? If this is something you want to find out more about then check out the Eteaket tea club. With your 1st order you’ll get a loose leaf teapot and 100g of loose leaf tea, each month thereafter you’ll receive 100g loose leaf tea. Extra perks include an eteaket tea map and 10% off online. Available as a 3,6 or 12 month subscription.