Otago Summer Fruits, Japanese Genmaicha and Governor Grey

I was talking with a lovely Chinese lady yesterday who enthused about our Otago Summer Fruits 'we have nothing like this in China', so I thought I'd include it in this weeks selection.  I'd also like to send our best wishes to everyone in Christchurch.  What with school closures, continued earthquakes and general upheaval life can't be getting any easier.  I admire your courage people of Christchurch.

Otago Summer Fruits  
Stone fruit goodiness with pretty little yellow rose buds and even carrot flakes.  Unlike so many teas with a rich red colouring based on rosehip and hibiscus, this tea brews a more delicate pale pink, taste is light, sweetish and delish.  There's a very good reason this tea is one of our best selling fruit numbers.

Japanese Genmaicha Green Tea  
Savoury.  If I had to use one word to describe this tea it would be savoury.  The toasted rice/green tea combination goes perfectly with savoury food or for those who don't like our sweeter flavoured green teas.  Once a month we have Sushi Tuesday here at tea HQ, always accompanied by Japanese Genmaicha because that's how we roll.

Governor Grey  
When we first introduced this version of Earl Grey it was called Lady Grey but then we received a very threatening letter from Twinnings about trade mark infringement, so we drew on New Zealands heritage and came up with our very own Governor Grey.  The Governor is a good general Earl Grey with the addition of citrus.  In the words of another famous tea vendor 'do try it'.
My selected picture of the week is entitled 'put the kettle on' - too funny