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Apple Tea

June 6, 2011 by Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

I found this Turkish apple tea during my last visit to Harkola.

Unlike the powdered version, this tea is unsweetened, and a gloriously bright red.  It contains apple, hibiscus, blackberry leaves, apple flavour, lemon peel and cinnamon.  The packet of 20 tea bags cost me just $2.80.

I was particularly taken with the lovely wrappers…

…and, loathe to waste them, I turned them into a little red lantern, using the instructions I posted here.  It’s now hanging in the kitchen doorway.

If you’d like to play around with some pretty tea bag wrappers, my friend Mazza the Toymaker has several to print out on her website.  They’re gorgeous, and come complete with a Wind in the Willows quote!

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Posted in Frugal Living | Tagged apple tea, Chinese New Year lantern, Harkola, tea bag folding, tea bag wrappers | 43 Comments

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  1. on June 6, 2011 at 12:23 am heidi

    I love the lantern- would adore the tea!
    And I printed out many of the Toymaker’s tea bags and filled them with my own tea concoctions for Christmas!


    • on June 6, 2011 at 6:45 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Heidi, Maz has so many wonderful things, doesn’t she?


  2. on June 6, 2011 at 12:51 am Dakota

    THAT LANTERN IS SOOOOO COOL!!!


    • on June 6, 2011 at 6:44 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Thanks Dakota! :)


  3. on June 6, 2011 at 6:27 am cityhippyfarmgirl

    The Toymakers cards are very sweet.
    I used to love that sugary apple turkish tea when my metabolism was faster, maybe these ones would be a better substitute :-)


    • on June 6, 2011 at 6:46 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Brydie, the powdered stuff is pretty wicked – this one is not nearly as sweet, but still very nice!


  4. on June 6, 2011 at 7:25 am Anna Johnston

    Awwhhh Celia, now that’s gotta be the coolest little lantern – & the tea sounds wonderful too. Win Win huh!!!!
    Have a great week Celia :)


    • on June 6, 2011 at 5:24 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Thanks Anna love, you too! x


  5. on June 6, 2011 at 8:00 am bagnidilucca

    Love the lantern – and the tea.


    • on June 6, 2011 at 5:25 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Cheers, Deb. It would be lovely to be able to share a cup with you!


  6. on June 6, 2011 at 8:22 am Amanda

    Celia, that is such an imaginative use of what to others (me included) would be rubbish – very inspiring, thanks.


    • on June 6, 2011 at 5:27 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Amanda, you’re kind, but I really could be much better at not wasting. This time I was just struck by how pretty they were!


  7. on June 6, 2011 at 8:36 am Claire @ Claire K Creations

    What a gorgeous way to use tea bag covers. So clever! The tea looks yummy.


    • on June 6, 2011 at 5:27 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Claire, so few tea bags come in covers anymore. I didn’t realise until I started saving these. I bought a lemon tea as well – tea bag covers are pretty too, but the tea isn’t quite as appealing, so I still have to get through the box! :)


  8. on June 6, 2011 at 10:21 am Christine

    OMG! I was going to say how fragrant the tea sounded and then I saw the lantern!! You go above and beyond, dear girl..Magnificent!


    • on June 6, 2011 at 5:31 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      It was just a bit of fun, but thanks for being so nice, Chris! Did you see the River Cottage links? I’ve been having a field day watching them all!


      • on June 6, 2011 at 8:26 pm Christine

        Thankyou, I caught the links (as well as the Good Life), would love to sit and watch, if only there were more hours in the day!


  9. on June 6, 2011 at 11:19 am spiceandmore

    Love the lantern. Bet it makes you happy every time you look at it!


    • on June 6, 2011 at 5:31 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      The boys like to stand under it and whack the tassle around with their heads.. :)


      • on June 8, 2011 at 9:27 am spiceandmore

        Thought of you yesterday as I was throwing this very pretty blue tea bag wrapper in the bin. I wondered if you would like a blue lantern to go with your red….


        • on June 8, 2011 at 2:06 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

          Save them up and get the kids to make something with them! :)


  10. on June 6, 2011 at 1:30 pm Sally

    Gosh you are clever – much nicer than them ending up in landfill.


    • on June 6, 2011 at 5:32 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Thanks Sally, I thought so too! Although it probably has more with my inability to throw anything out! :)


  11. on June 6, 2011 at 3:38 pm Manuela

    What a unique lantern! Great idea and lovely lantern. The tea looks very refreshing.


    • on June 6, 2011 at 5:34 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Thanks Manuela! The tea is lovely and cheery!


  12. on June 6, 2011 at 5:20 pm Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella

    LOL girl you make me laugh. I’m taken by packaging but I don’t go around turning them into works of art! :P


    • on June 6, 2011 at 5:35 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      No, but I’ll bet there’s a whole range of packaging that you just can’t part with..hahaha


      • on June 7, 2011 at 10:24 am Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella

        OK it’s true, I do have a box of boxes. But we’ll keep that a secret ok? ;)


  13. on June 6, 2011 at 5:32 pm Mrs Bok

    Celia you are a very clever lady! That lantern is gorgeous! The tea looks good too, would be so lovely chilled with mint.


    • on June 6, 2011 at 5:36 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Mrs B, that’s a genius idea, thank you! I never thought of serving the tea chilled!


  14. on June 6, 2011 at 5:44 pm thecompletecookbook

    The tea sounds and looks fabulous and how clever of you to use the wrapper to make the pretty lantern. I also battle with throwing anything away but appease myself by paying things forward.
    :-) Mandy


    • on June 6, 2011 at 8:55 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Good on you, Mandy! :)


  15. on June 6, 2011 at 9:12 pm InTolerantChef

    That looks like wonderful tea, the powdered tea is waaay to sweet. The tea labels are gorgeous too, and I need about 200 of those little lanterns for a party coming up!


    • on June 6, 2011 at 9:16 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Hahaha…Becca, I’d love to help, but even I can’t drink that much tea!!


  16. on June 7, 2011 at 2:40 am Joanna @ Zeb Bakes

    I love your lanterns! I used to make lots of hibiscus tea drinks, buy the flowers from Neals Yard and then I think I drank too much one summer. It gets used in a lot of drinks doesn’t it for its gorgeous colour and lemony taste? I am waiting for the linden blossom to open and then this year I will try and pick some, that’s my current favourite non caffeine tea! I missed the moment last year, I think the picking time is short. Does hibiscus grow well in Australia?

    xx Joanna


    • on June 7, 2011 at 8:11 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Jo, is the hibiscus what’s turning it bright red? or the blackberry leaves? Either way, it really is very gorgeous. Hibiscus grows well in Australia, Pete tells me.. :)


  17. on June 7, 2011 at 5:59 am Kitchen Butterfly

    I love recycling. the Lantern looks great, and it does ease your heart, that you’re doing your bit to make the world a better, happier place!


    • on June 7, 2011 at 8:12 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Oz, it’s just a bit of fun, but it does make me happy to see it hanging in the doorway! :)


  18. on June 7, 2011 at 1:26 pm Jason Dingley

    Tea is so wonderful, endless variety. And wow you are so clever.


    • on June 7, 2011 at 8:12 pm Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Jason, thank you! :)


  19. on June 8, 2011 at 2:37 am Marilyn

    I love tea. Coffee in the morning but tea at all other times of the day.

    The lantern is beauty. (Note to self, get one of those small staplers.

    And thanks for the link. :-)

    Maz.

    Here, the leaves are falling
    Although my neighbors are all barbarians,
    And you, you are a thousand miles away,
    There are always two cups at my table.


    • on June 8, 2011 at 6:47 am Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial

      Love your teabags Maz! Would love to join you for a cup of tea, oh that would be so nice! :)


  20. on June 8, 2011 at 4:09 pm Marilyn

    I’ll make the tea if you bring the bread. We can make sandwiches and sit on the beach.

    Oh where is that private jet I ordered?

    And jam, I’ll make some. (though my mother-in-law’s is better.)

    Hugs, M



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