Anna said

Help me find this tea!!

I have spent several days searching for this tea for a friend… A tea she enjoyed very much at our favorite tea place that, unfortunately, closed its doors in August.

I thought if I could find a match for her favorite tea, that she would not pine away.

So, the tea blend: It was called American Carnival, and included a very strong apple flavor, but also included vanilla AND caramel – and it was a BLACK tea. I have found several herbal teas similar but… just not the same.

If anyone knows of something that sounds similar, I would be very appreciative. I have looked into blending my own, but that is so new to me that I don’t really trust myself with it!

Thanks everyone. :)

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Liquid Proust said

It is possible that they sourced it, do you have a picture?

This sounds like something that Lupcia or David’s Tea will be able to replace for your friend; but you may have to add the vanilla or caramel yourself to the black apple blends (this is quite easy to do).

Anna said

I have very little to go on, really… “Ride the Ferris wheel, smile, giggle, and laugh your cares away — guilt-free as you tickle your palate with our version of the American carmel-vanilla apple.” That is literally all the description they have off the website (which I am surprised is still operational..).

How would you go about adding in one or both of those flavors to say.. just a regular black apple type tea?

Thanks for the quick response.

Liquid Proust said

Well, the most important thing is the black tea base… there are a plethora of black teas out there. Do you have the site or a picture of the tea? For vanilla flavoring there are two different ways to go: before or after. This is the same with caramel, except you can make your own if you’d like.

Dexter said

Maybe?

226 Caramel Apple (aka: Heartwarming Blend)
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Fine tea
Origin: House Blend
50 gms = $6.50
Ingredients:
black tea, caramel bits, apple pieces, marigold, almond slivers,
natural almond, apple & caramel flavors.
http://in-tea.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-Tea-Menu.pdf

Dexter said

I found the web site that I think you were quoting from. It’s fully operational. It let me build a cart, get shipping. I didn’t place the order but it looked like I could have. Maybe they just closed the actual store. Maybe send them an email and see if you can still order online….
http://vintagetealeaf.com/contactus

Liquid Proust said

Their description tells me nothing :/

Liquid Proust said

I’m kind of bias… but I like my Etsy peeps:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/246915015/apple-pie-spice-black-tea?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_e-home_and_living-food_and_drink-coffee_and_tea&utm_custom1=e4a32094-b5d9-41e0-9250-a5bbee449f55&kpid=246915015&gclid=CjwKEAjw1f6vBRC7tLqO_aih5WISJAAE0CYwvfI85wqmk6o_kEurZ1HWy-lLmaEVQD1m-ir7FMWVURoCVOLw_wcB

https://www.etsy.com/listing/248534505/loose-leaf-black-tea-caramel-apple-pie?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_e-home_and_living-food_and_drink-coffee_and_tea&utm_custom1=e4a32094-b5d9-41e0-9250-a5bbee449f55&kpid=248534505&gclid=CjwKEAjw1f6vBRC7tLqO_aih5WISJAAE0CYwdjbOODCoq96q82cHfJq_wn9llHZBoGKZe62yoGmh7RoCEzXw_wcB

https://www.etsy.com/listing/228017736/caramel-apple-delight-blended-loose-leaf?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_e-home_and_living-food_and_drink-coffee_and_tea&utm_custom1=e4a32094-b5d9-41e0-9250-a5bbee449f55&kpid=228017736&gclid=CjwKEAjw1f6vBRC7tLqO_aih5WISJAAE0CYwI7vZXiQLUtUg4LiNRdoN6qpfqAbIfkOi42qYP5P-rxoC2z3w_wcB

Just a few random options/possibilities

Anna said

Wow thanks everybody for all the great input. I have actually emailed them but as of yet no reply – and I sent a message to their facebook page with no reply as well… I am going to try one of these ones from Etsy, or a blend I found on Adagio. Hopefully it is close! Again thanks everyone for the input, it helped me out so much.

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