Product Description

100% Natural. Contains caffeine. Spirited Morning Thunder is an earthy combination of mountain-grown black tea and yerba mate - a South American herb - sure to give you the lift you need to get in gear without the coffee jitters. After all, mate is the morning beverage of choice in South America. And with mate's antioxidant benefits, you're doing something good for yourself with each tasty sip. Pour a cup and charge into your day! This product contains all-natural ingredients and flavors, and no artificial colors or preservatives. Gluten free.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1639 in Grocery
• Brand: Celestial Seasonings
• Released on: 2006-01-11
• Number of items: 6
• Dimensions: 5.50" h x 5.80" w x 9.90" l,

Features

• Case of six boxes, each box containing 20 tea bags (total of 120 tea bags)
• Blend of black tea and yerba mate, a South American herb
• Contains high levels of antioxidants; contains caffeine
• Packaging features whimsical original artwork; stringless teabags help reduce waste
• Produced in Boulder, Colorado, with ingredients from around the world

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About the Brand
In 1969, 19-year-old Mo Siegel and his friend Wyck Hay found a bountiful harvest of wild herbs growing around Boulder, Colorado. With friends and wives helping, they picked the herbs and produced 500 pounds of their first blend, called MO's 36 Herb Tea. It was packaged in hand-sewn muslin bags and sold to a local health food store. Hay's brother, John, joined the partnership in 1971. The entrepreneurs set up shop in an old barn outside of Boulder, and they expanded their market to stores throughout Colorado, New Mexico, and the East Coast. The partners also began buying herbs rather than picking everything themselves, and the dream of a national herb tea company slowly began to materialize. This dream was reinforced when Red Zinger Herb Tea was introduced in January 1972 and was an immediate sensation. It remains one of the best-selling Celestial teas.

The company continued to grow and revolutionize the tea industry. Herb teas had previously been perceived as only of medicinal significance, but Celestial Seasonings introduced herb teas as flavorful, healthy beverages, virtually creating the modern tea industry. Celestial Seasonings solidified its sources for obtaining ingredients, such as hibiscus flowers and chamomile, by working closely with herb farmers from the Pacific Northwest to the exotic Far East. This forward thinking attracted the attention of food industry giant Kraft, Inc., which bought Celestial Seasonings in 1984. Kraft's guidance brought Celestial Seasonings to the attention of new consumers, further strengthening its lead in the herb tea industry while also introducing a gourmet line of traditional, or black, teas. In September 1988, Kraft sold Celestial Seasonings back to its management, returning the tea company to independent ownership. The company remains headquartered in Boulder, in the corporate facility on Sleepytime Drive.

The company, in 1991, experienced the exciting return of its original founder and leader, Mo Siegel, as chairman and chief executive officer. Since then, the company has expanded upon its herbal expertise bringing to market successful lines of Green, Wellness, Organic, and Chai teas. In 2000, Celestial joined forces with the Hain Food Group, maker of many top-selling natural foods brands. Today, serving more than 1.2 billion cups of tea per year, Celestial Seasonings is the largest herb tea manufacturer in North America and is expanding internationally at a rapid rate. Assured of Celestial Seasonings leadership position in the herb tea industry, Mo retired in September 2002 to fulfill another dream: to finish hiking the last set of 14,000-foot Colorado mountains he has yet to climb.

Celestial Seasonings' Mission:

To create and sell healthful, naturally oriented products that nurture people's bodies and uplift their souls. Their products must be:

• superior in quality
• of good value
• beautifully artistic
• philosophically inspiring

In their own words: "Our role is to play an active part in making this world a better place by unselfishly serving the public. We can have a significant impact on making people's lives happier and healthier through their use of our products."

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Customer Reviews

Start your morning with a roar
Move over coffee, I'll take some Morning Thunder. When my doctor told me I had to seriously limit my coffee, (from 3-4 cups a day to 1 or 2 cups per week) I despaired. How could I have the energy I craved to jumpstart my day without coffee? I tried various teas and coffee substitutes with limited success. When I found mate, I knew I was half-way there because I liked the energy, but I longed for stronger taste. Hence, when I found Morning Thunder, with half mate and half black tea, I rejoiced. A steaming cup of this, graced with soy milk, is truly a gift from God. Enjoy!

Great tea at a great price
This is an unexpectedly enjoyable tea. The mate gives it a deeper and woodier taste than black tea alone, with just a hint of smokiness. While that might not sound particularly appetizing, it's actually quite good. However, I ONLY like it with a squirt of lemon juice (and sweetener). Without lemon juice, I don't enjoy it, but I have to have lemon juice in my plain tea, as well.

The flavor is distinctive enough that when I moved to a small town where the local store doesn't carry Morning Thunder, I didn't switch back to plain tea. I had to start getting multiple boxes on my periodic trips to the big city. I was delighted to find that Amazon now offers it at a price lower than most supermarkets. Having it delivered (for free with Prime membership or Super Saver) is the ultimate in convenience.

I don't find this tea particularly invigorating (not that I notice, anyway, which is perhaps a good thing), but the mate does seem to live up to its reputation as an appetite suppressant. Whether it revs you up or not, it's a great way to get started in the morning. And with the astonishingly high level of antioxidants (due both to the tea and the mate), you can actually feel good about drinking it.

Don't be alarmed by the six-pack size. It's a good enough tea that you'll go through it quickly. Each box is individually wrapped in plastic (as you'd get it at the store), so you can expect a long shelf life.

Smoldering and tantalizing brew
Morning Thunder is an excellent name for this drink, but I have a feeling it might put some people off, as the tea is very good without being too whacky and crazy tasting. I was expecting a real potent punch, but upon reading that it had yerba mate in it, which I drank in one of my favorite Chai mixes, I was sure it would be palate pleasing and I was right! This tea is very simple, as the ingredients list is short; roasted mate and black tea- no fillers, no funny stuff and no funky herbs and spices. Upon further search on the internet of it I found out that Yerba Mate is an herb that is traditionally prepared as an energizing tea and consumed by natives of South American countries as it contains high concentrations of antioxidant flavonoids possessing potent free radical quenching activity. It also includes several B vitamins, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Beta-Carotene and Calcium. Mixed with black tea, the Mate tastes like dark chocolate, just a hint mixed with the tea, it's a subtle yet an eye opening experience upon the first sip.

I try to take good care of my health and drink lots of tea and water, but I had no idea how high in antioxidants this tea was! Per serving it had 1150mg, compared to 375 to 800 in broccoli, 600 to 900 in Tomato Juice and 650 to 1100 in Orange Juice. Tea is much easier to prepare than eating a bowl full of broccoli and drinking tomato juice, and it's quite refreshing and also tasted nice with some milk and sugar. I don't add lemon to it, just sugar and I let it soak in for about 3 minutes. Its makes a slightly smoky, chocolaty and exotic brew, yet it's still tea can be drank at breakfast or tea time. I love the cover art and the simple goodness of Celestial Seasonings, as it reaches out and transforms many coffee addicts to tea lovers 

- Kasia S.

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