The Color of Surprise
sample tin
fall of 2025
3oz pouch
37¢ per cup
$14
5oz tin
38¢ per cup
$24
"Scuffing through the first fall leaves, Petra drifted into the game she often played with herself: Ask a question that doesn't have an answer. Why was yellow cheerful, she wondered, and why was it always a surprise--even when it came in an ordinary shape, like a lemon or an egg yolk? Picking up a yellow leaf, she held it in front of her face." - Blue Balliett, Chasing Vermeer. A sharper lemon blend for the first of the two color motifs that tangle and begin to draw our main characters together.
Moderate caffeine | Steep at 212° for 4 mins
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ingredients & lore
blended with black tea, natural lemon flavor, lemongrass & marigold flowers
teas: lemon soleil & lemongrass
accented with apple pieces, marigold flowers & orange peel
"Calder, at that moment, looked out his front window to see Petra walking by holding a leaf several inches from her nose. He knew he was kind of weird, but she was exceptionally weird." - Blue Balliett, Chasing Vermeer
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