Tea Tour for Two...er...Six!

I don't know why, but I totally forgot to tell you all about the tea tour we went on when Jana and Keith came to visit us over Thanksgiving. We spent a day in Boulder, CO and went to Celestial Seasonings for their tea tour.

Jana does so enjoy tea, so I knew she'd like the tea sampling at the end. The whole place was fantastically interesting! This dress is made out of tea bags:
The tour was free but they gave out "tickets" to show we were part of the tour.
I want this teapot in my home.
For the actual tour of the factory, you had to be 5 and older. So, Julia and Evan (who was in a lot of leg pain because we hadn't found out about the "big ass" blood clot yet) stayed back and hung out in the tasting room while the rest of us toured the tea factory.
No pictures were allowed of the inside of the factory, but no picture could have captured the pure awesomeness that was the peppermint room. You see, Celestial Seasonings not only makes your regular old black teas; they have a huge selection that has green, white and herbal teas as well. And one of their most popular teas is their peppermint tea which they have to keep in its own separate room in the warehouse because it is so potent that the other teas would soak up the scent and would then be tainted. Not everyone enjoyed the peppermint room. Keith found it more irritating than heavenly. It cleared my stuffy nose (I had a cold) in a bout 3.4 seconds and I wanted to stay and do some deep breathing exercises for about an hour, but the tour guide had other places to take us.

The tour was very interesting. Boulder, CO is the only place that Celestial Seasonings is made so it's the only place you can tour. If you are in the area, I definitely suggest you check it out; especially because at the end of the tour is a tea tasting!
You got to pick from almost all of their teas. The lovely ladies at the counter were helpful in trying to help you find teas that would make your taste buds sing. Elisabeth sampled about half a dozen fruity teas.
Jana was in tea heaven. We all found a few favorites that we needed to purchase before we left.
Even Evan, who is not a huge fan of flavored teas, found a couple that he actually liked that weren't just plain black. Of course, one of them was a high-energy tea with hints of coffee and cola.
If you do take a tea tour and then sample, please remember one thing--you will all need to go potty before driving 2 hours back to your homes. Otherwise, there will be some pit stops on the route home.