Happy Blendings: Past Winning Teas

Happy Blendings: Past Winning Teas

See the seven teas that have won our Happy Blendings contest in the past. 

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Hip Hip Hooray! It’s Happy Blendings time! For the past six years, we’ve been asking our customers to help us create and choose an original tea blend that will join the Harney & Sons Fine Teas family. It’s always a fun time for us here to see what kind of new blend appeals to our awesome customers, then creating packaging for it and putting the new tea out there in the world. It’s a little like sending a kid off to college – both parts exciting and a little bit scary!

This year’s candidates vying for a place in the Harney lineup are:

  1. Smoky Mountains – Lapsang Souchong, maple and vanilla
  2. Matcha Earl Grey – Bancha, Matcha, and bergamot
  3. French Macaron – Mutan White, almond, vanilla, caramel, and lavender
  4. Meadow’s Mist – an herbal blend with rose lavender, spearmint, wintergreen, and sage
  5. Citrus Breeze – Ti Quan Yin, coconut, and lime
  6. Root Beer – Ceylon, vanilla, molasses, ginger, and liquorice root

If you haven’t voted yet, go to our form to vote and be entered to win our Happy Blendings Sweepstakes. Five random entrants will win a Harney & Sons $50 gift card and all six of our past Happy Blendings winners (must enter by 11:59PM EDT on Sept. 3). What are those teas, you ask? Read on to find out!

2022: Berry Cobbler

Who doesn’t love a fresh berry cobbler, especially in the summer? This winning blend is a naturally caffeine-free rooibos tea with blueberry, raspberry, vanilla, and cinnamon. Delicious. If you want, add a little cream to take the place of the ice cream you’d put on a warm piece of cobbler. Now it’s creamy AND delicious!

2021: Garden Party

It’s easy to see how this winning blend won the hearts of our voters. This wonderfully unique tea was inspired by summer parties in lush English gardens and starts with a green tea base to which we added rhubarb flavor, raspberry flavor, elderflower flavor, rhubarb, cornflowers, and lemon flavor. The only thing missing is the parasols, butlers and croquet mallets – that’s up to you!

2020: Bee’s Knees

Break out the flapper dresses and brush up on your Charleston dance moves, this Roaring Twenteas-inspired tea is a play on the eponymously named 1920’s gin cocktail. A great tea to enjoy when it’s too early for happy hour, it’s a playful blend with a lovely botanical aroma that brews up into a silky smooth cup. It’s a blend of white tea, juniper berries, lemon peel, gin flavor, honey flavor, and lemon flavor. 

2019: Raspberry Mojito

Our 2019 contest winner offers a refreshing, caffeine-free brew full of bright, fruity notes. Flavors of juicy raspberry mingle on the palate with tangy, almost tart hibiscus and sweet apple, plus a squeeze of tart lime and eye-opening fresh mint. The result is a unique blend that’s equally refreshing hot or iced.

2018: Chocolate Chai Supreme

An instant favorite, our Chocolate Chai Supreme combines the flavors of a classic chai with rich chocolate and vanilla. We begin with a base of blended Chinese and Indian black teas, then add all the necessities for a delicious chai—ginger root, cardamom seeds and pods, cinnamon (ground and in chips), and nutmeg. Finally, we swirl natural chocolate, cardamom, and vanilla flavor through the blend, creating a one-of-a-kind tea experience you won’t soon forget.

2017: Victorian London Fog

This tea was the winner of our inaugural tea-blending contest. The beverage called London Fog is traditionally an Earl Grey served with steamed milk. With steam power originating during the Victorian Era, we felt it appropriate to add it to the name. This wonderful tea is a blend of black and oolong teas along with bergamot oil, lavender and vanilla flavors.

Which of the teas at the beginning of this article will be the 2023 Happy Blendings winner? If there’s a tea in that list you’d like to put in your cart one day, make sure you vote!

3 comments

Nina Nazarian

My husband is a big fan of your Hot Cinnamon Spice loose tea. His latest (crazy?) blend: mix 2 tsp. espresso powder with 2 tsp. Hot Cinnamon Spice and 1 tsp. sweetener, with @10 oz. hot water — steep 4 min. for a bold cup of “Cofftea”!
He also mixes a bit of this cinnamon tea with the London Fog— it’s delicious!

My husband is a big fan of your Hot Cinnamon Spice loose tea. His latest (crazy?) blend: mix 2 tsp. espresso powder with 2 tsp. Hot Cinnamon Spice and 1 tsp. sweetener, with @10 oz. hot water — steep 4 min. for a bold cup of “Cofftea”!
He also mixes a bit of this cinnamon tea with the London Fog— it’s delicious!

Janice Sterling

Although I have not tried most of the teas on your winners list, my big favorite is Victorian London Fog for combining strong florals and plenty of caffeine. I find the combination of the restorative power of black tea with flavor and energy is the perfect beverage. Garden Party is the tea I often give to my “caffeine free” friends.

Although I have not tried most of the teas on your winners list, my big favorite is Victorian London Fog for combining strong florals and plenty of caffeine. I find the combination of the restorative power of black tea with flavor and energy is the perfect beverage. Garden Party is the tea I often give to my “caffeine free” friends.

Jean Zdrazil

This is such an impossible choice, they all sound beyond delicious!
I am going with #5 citrus breeze.

This is such an impossible choice, they all sound beyond delicious!
I am going with #5 citrus breeze.

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