{"product_id":"holiday-sleigh-ride-in-snow-spiced-pear-winter-warming-tea","title":"Sleigh Ride Spiced Pear Tea – Festive Spiced Pear Black Tea","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThere are journeys made because one has somewhere to go.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd there are journeys made simply because \u003cstrong\u003ewinter is too beautiful to remain indoors\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSleigh Ride Spiced Pear Tea was created for the latter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery winter, once the snow has grown deep enough to cover the roads of Santa's Village, the old sleighs are brought from their summer stores. Runners are polished, harness bells checked, lanterns filled and horses brushed until their coats shine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen, as evening falls, the sleigh rides begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuatua created this wonderfully warming black tea for precisely such nights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRich \u003cstrong\u003eblack tea\u003c\/strong\u003e carries the delicious flavour of sweet pear surrounded by warming spice, producing a cup that tastes every bit as inviting as it smells.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inspiration for the blend, however, is much older.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003epear\u003c\/strong\u003e has accumulated a remarkable collection of symbolism across the centuries. In different cultures it has been associated with longevity, prosperity, affection and abundance. Its long-lived tree made it a natural symbol of endurance, while its generous fruit came to represent the rewards of patience and cultivation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuatua particularly liked one idea:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethat something which takes time to grow is worth travelling home for.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd so Sleigh Ride Spiced Pear became one of the North Pole Tea Shop's traditional \u003cstrong\u003eJourney Teas\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn winter evenings, flasks of it are prepared for sleigh parties leaving Santa's Village. Wrapped in blankets and accompanied by the gentle rhythm of hoofbeats and bells, travellers carry the warming tea out along the old northern roads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is even a particular route associated with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003ePear Tree Run\u003c\/strong\u003e winds beyond the Village, through pine forest and across a frozen valley before climbing to an old stone shelter overlooking the mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTradition says that every sleigh must stop there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lantern is hung beside the door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCups are poured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd before anybody drinks, each traveller must quietly think of somewhere — or someone — to whom they are glad they can return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnly then does the journey home begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuatua says the custom comes from a much older Elven belief that a traveller who remembers what awaits them at home will \u003cstrong\u003ealways find the road leading back to it\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether that is magic, he refuses to say.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut on a snowy night, with lanterns glowing between the trees, bells sounding somewhere ahead and a steaming cup of spiced pear tea warming your hands...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eit is very easy to believe him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFrom The North Pole Tea Shop\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black Tea \u0026amp; Natural Flavour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlavour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sweet, warming and wonderfully aromatic, with the unmistakable character of festive spiced pear\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNorth Pole Tradition:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Homeward Tea\u003c\/em\u003e — traditionally taken upon winter journeys and shared before beginning the journey home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cold winter evenings, Christmas reading, fireside gatherings and warming up after adventures in the snow.\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":55597036470648,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0050\/8628\/1818\/files\/SleighRideSpicedPearTea.jpg?v=1788096403","url":"https:\/\/christmasimaginarium.com\/products\/holiday-sleigh-ride-in-snow-spiced-pear-winter-warming-tea","provider":"The Christmas Imaginarium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}