Silver Tips Tea Blog

February 29th comes around once every 4 years so we asked you to tell us what you would do with your extra day this year. The response was incredible. Thanks to everyone who played along! We selected our 3 winners from among them - Lori, Joyce, and Thomas - and notified them today.

The winning entries were:

1st place prize winner of a $20 Online Gift Certificate goes to Lori F.

2nd place prize winner of a $10 Online Gift Certificate goes to Joyce I.

And the 3rd place prize winner of a $5 Online Gift Certificate goes to Thomas K.

There were so many wonderful entries that we wanted to share some of the others with you:

"SLEEP SLEEP SLEEP" -Ruth

"Have...

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In the late 19^th century, the English basically had two meals a day – a hearty breakfast with meat and bread, and then dinner.  The Duchess of Bedford, it is said, needed an in-between meal to get her through this long period between these two meals.  She began serving finger foods around 5 o’clock and thus began ‘afternoon tea’.  A few years later, an enterprising Scotsman named...

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February - the month of Love! Everyone says I love you with flowers and candies, but tea-infused cupcakes may just be the way to the heart! 

Our chocolate cupcake is infused with Black tea. Try using Assam TGFOP or Grand Keemun. The Buttercream frosting is infused with our very own St. Valentine tea. Delicious and made with love - find Love in a tea leaf this Valentine's Day!

You can download a printable version of the recipe HERE!

Love is in the Air, and in your Teacup. Yes, it's Valentine's Day again, and nothing says romance like these Teas.

• St. Valentine
  Our specially-blended Valentine's Tea is a Black Tea with red fruits, rose and vanilla, comes packed in a red bag, and is on sale all month long.
• Crush On You
  Caffeine-Free Rooibos with mango, lemon, passionfruit, grapefruit and charming rose buds.
• Passion Berry
  Flavored Black Tea with Passionfruit and Berries. Not too sweet, not too tart!
• Sweet Indulgence
  Honeybush & Rooibos blended with strawberry, raspberry & chocolate flavors and sprinkled with flowers. Naturally non-caffeinated.