{"product_id":"northern-lights-aurora-borealis-lively-and-lovely-tea-a-fave","title":"The Northern Lights Tea – Magical Citrus \u0026 Bergamot Black Tea","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eOf all the wonders visible from Santa's Village, there is one that can still bring the workshops to a standstill.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Northern Lights.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen great ribbons of green, blue and violet begin moving across the Arctic sky, doors open. Elves emerge into the snow. Work is temporarily forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven after hundreds of years, Huatua still goes outside to watch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd it was beneath those lights that \u003cstrong\u003eThe Northern Lights Tea\u003c\/strong\u003e was created.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis wonderfully complex North Pole blend begins with \u003cstrong\u003eblack tea and bergamot\u003c\/strong\u003e, before opening into apple, blackberry, tangerine and orange, fragrant lemongrass and ginger, colourful hibiscus and cornflower, rosehips, liquorice root and an extraordinary collection of fruits, roots and botanicals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuatua designed it deliberately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe wanted a tea that behaved rather like the aurora itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt first familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen suddenly something else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCitrus rises brightly through the cup before deeper fruits appear beneath it; warming ginger follows; floral and botanical notes drift through afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo two sips seem quite identical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the blend also draws upon centuries of plant lore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBergamot\u003c\/strong\u003e has acquired associations with prosperity and good fortune in European magical traditions. \u003cstrong\u003eGinger\u003c\/strong\u003e has long represented warmth, vitality and fire. \u003cstrong\u003eBlackberry\u003c\/strong\u003e appears throughout British and European folklore, while \u003cstrong\u003erosehips\u003c\/strong\u003e belong to the ancient symbolism surrounding the rose — love, protection and the mysteries of the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven the unusual \u003cstrong\u003eschisandra berry\u003c\/strong\u003e has an extraordinary history. Used for centuries in East Asian herbal traditions, its Chinese name \u003cem\u003ewu wei zi\u003c\/em\u003e means \u003cstrong\u003e\"five-flavour fruit\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, referring to its remarkable combination of tastes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuatua thought that particularly appropriate for a tea inspired by a sky containing so many colours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet the real story of this blend belongs to an old Elven belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong before Santa's Village existed, northern Elves believed that not every heartfelt wish immediately found the place where it belonged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome became lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA hope quietly made but never spoken. A dream abandoned too soon. A wish made for somebody else rather than oneself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese, they believed, travelled north.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd on certain winter nights, when enough had gathered at the very top of the world, the sky would begin to glow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Northern Lights were those wishes \u003cstrong\u003efinding their way again\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuatua does not claim the story is true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut there is a tradition at The North Pole Tea Shop nonetheless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the aurora appears, he brews a pot of Northern Lights Tea and carries it outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Elves stand beneath the shimmering sky, warm their hands around their cups and quietly think of something they hope will someday come to pass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNobody says their wish aloud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat, apparently, is very important.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor according to Huatua:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Some wishes travel further when nobody tells them where to go.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFrom The North Pole Tea Shop\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black Tea, Oil of Bergamot, Apple, Carrot Flakes, Blackberry, Eucalyptus, Beetroot, Hibiscus, Lemongrass, Freeze-Dried Tangerine Pieces, Orange, Ginger, Schisandra Berries, Cornflower, Liquorice Root, Rosehips, Natural Tangerine \u0026amp; Orange Essential Oils\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharacter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bright, complex and aromatic, with lively citrus, fruit, warming botanicals and fragrant bergamot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNorth Pole Tradition:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Wishing Tea\u003c\/em\u003e — traditionally brewed beneath the Northern Lights while holding one unspoken hope for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrepared according to the traditions of Huatua, Tea Master of The North Pole Tea Shop, Santa's Village.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Montana Farmacy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55597036437880,"sku":null,"price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0050\/8628\/1818\/files\/TheNorthernLightsTea.jpg?v=1788096538","url":"https:\/\/christmasimaginarium.com\/en-ie\/products\/northern-lights-aurora-borealis-lively-and-lovely-tea-a-fave","provider":"The Christmas Imaginarium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}