Sunday, April 19, 2009

Blackstrap Project Complete








The final product for my Blackstrap Tea Co. project. Might possibly hit Etsy, may not. I formulated three blends: The Raj, Mistisa, and Absinthe.

The Raj
An alluring blend of organic darjeeling, heady lapsang souchong, ginger, cardamom, allspice, crushed cloves, cinnamon, anise, orange rind, and the warmth of tellicherry peppercorn.

Mistisa
A charming bouquet of fragrant jasmine green tea, rich allspice, crushed cloves, and whole rose blossoms. Aromatic notes of rum and vanilla.

Absinthe
Using original period recipes, an addictive assortment of spritely peppermint, gunpowder green tea, anise, cardamom, fennel, and sweet licorice root.

The product labels are an original design (notice my blog banner?) adapted for black tea tins using a toothed khaki cardstock with custom made "B" monogram wax seals.

2 comments:

Norrie said...

Ambience candles are ambient.

Those are just lovely.
Did you have a wax stamp/seal kit for the black seal on the front of the tea?

C. R. Dimalla said...

Thanks!
Actually, I had a company custom make them for me to be exact sizes and colors (so on, so forth) so that I could better fit them to a label design. They even came with adhesive backings. Pretty nifty.