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Rocky Mountains Tea - National Park Loose Leaf Tea


Rocky Mountains - National Park Tea
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"The trail compels you to know yourself and to be yourself and puts you in harmony with the universe. It makes you glad to be living. It gives health, hope, and courage, and it extends that touch of nature which tends to make you kind." -- Enos Mills

Rocky Mountains National Park

Enos Mills, a naturalist, nature guide, and lodge owner, lived in Estes Park, and spent his free time writing books and articles promoting the area to tourists. He began to worry that the increase of tourism would also bring commercial business and industries, therefore destroying the land and mountains he came to love. Mills travelled the country using his speeches, photographs, and writings to lobby for a national park. In 1915, his efforts, and those of other conservationists, were successful and the Rocky Mountains were established as the 10th US national park.

Rocky Mountains National Park In 1929, the same year as the incorporation of Simpson & Vail, the park had its final boundary expansion and construction on roads in the park began. With the rise of the automobile industry accessibility of the Rockies was crucial to its success. Trail Ridge Road construction began when millions of Americans became unemployed during the Great Depression. President Franklin Roosevelt created programs to employ people, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). This work relief program offered jobs to unskilled workers to help conserve and develop natural resources on government lands. With their assistance, the National Park Service was able to complete construction on Trial Ridge Road, a road with world famous views of the park.

The Rocky Mountains, as of 2018, is now the 3rd most visited park in the US, partly due to the breathtaking views the park provides. Our black tea blend literally tastes like you're walking down a trail surrounded by tall pine trees. Warm and comforting, this tea makes you wish you could sit outside and view the snow-capped mountains. The amber colored cup has a light musky raspberry taste that perfectly complements the pine tree aroma of the sage.

Ingredients: Black teas, raspberry leaf, raspberry flavor, sage leaf, and raspberry pieces.

Brew tea at 212º - steep for 3 minutes.

4 Ounces of loose tea makes approximately 50 cups of tea.

Please note that the photo is shown for our 4oz tin. We are also offering this in a 4oz pkg size, which will come in one of our double lined bags labeled with the name of the tea.


We DONATE 10% of all tea sales in this line to help preserve our beautiful National Parks. The percentage from the Rocky Mountains Tea sales goes to the Rocky Mountains Conservancy, the official non-profit of the park. The Rocky Mountain Conservancy promotes stewardship of Rocky Mountain National Park and similar lands through education and philanthropy.


Rocky Mountains National Park In 2016 I started, while in college, working here at Simpson & Vail. I've enjoyed exploring the world of teas and decided in 2019 to combine my love of tea with my passion for the great outdoors. My goal with this line is to do my part in preserving the beautiful lands designated as national parks and to raise awareness for why the parks are so important. I've seen only a small portion of the unique lands we call National Parks, however, I'll continue exploring until I've seen them all.
Allegra
Customer Reviews
Bringing nature to your mouth! 7/26/2020
Excellent idea of S&V to develop a series of National Park Teas! It did taste like taking a trip into nature. The notes of sage are quite distinct, so you had better be comfortable with that. Of course, there is also raspberry to balance it. All in all an unusual flavoured tea for the nature lover.
Thomas
 
Raspberries are in bloom, y'all 5/18/2020
This tea is a black tea with raspberry and sage. The raspberry is DEFINITELY front and center. Would you like to lie in a field of wildflowers and look at the mountains while snacking on raspberries? If so, this tea has you covered. Now, the raspberry is very evident to me, it's also in the smell. But I made a cup for Dustin, who LOVES raspberries but has a bad sense of smell, and he said it just tasted like good tea. So, berries are in the mouth of the beholder. This tea wants you to wake up on a cold morning in the mountains and dream of raspberries.
- Chandler, GA
 
Maybe good for iced tea 4/16/2020
I brewed this tea as suggested and found it to be quite bitter. The raspberry notes did come through. Perhaps instead of the recommended three minute steep, two would produce a less bitter taste. I think this would be better iced than hot.
- Kerry Cottone, MI
 
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