Celestial Seasonings Herb Tea, Tangerine Orange Zinger, 20-Count Tea Bags (Pack of 6)

by Celestial Seasonings

Product Features

• Case of six boxes, each box containing 20 tea bags (total of 120 tea bags)
• Blend of red hibiscus tea with orange peel and natural tangerine flavor
• Naturally caffeine-free; contains all-natural ingredients; vitamin C added
• Packaging features whimsical original artwork; stringless teabags help reduce waste
• Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging

Product Description

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."

Product Description

100% Natural herb tea. When oranges come to mind, they bring along the sunshine. Tangerine Orange Zinger is a scrumptious blend of sweet, juicy oranges and intensely tangy tangerine flavor. The result? A bold, bright and energizing taste that's as uplifting as a burst of sunshine! Naturally caffeine free, Tangerine Orange Zinger is perfect anytime from sunrise to sunset. And it's beamingly refreshing served either hot or iced. So bask in the warm sunny glow of a steaming cup. Or add ice for a cool grim of sunshine flavor! This product contains all-natural ingredients and flavors, and no artificial colors or preservatives. Gluten free.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000E65OJC
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,553 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars all right by me !!!, November 24, 2007

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Matthew G. Sherwin (last seen screaming at Amazon customer service) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Celestial Seasonings Herb Tea, Tangerine Orange Zinger, 20-Count Tea Bags (Pack of 6) (Grocery)

This Tangerine Orange Zinger herbal tea provides a luscious and refreshing break from your daily grind and helps you relax as well. It's got a great taste to it that is not overpowering and if you let it steep about three and one-half minutes you're bound to enjoy it as much as I do! As another reviewer notes, the main effect is a distinctly citrus scent and taste tweaked just a bit for a really full bodied flavor and aroma.

Each bag contains the natural ingredients of red hibiscus tea with orange peel and natural tangerine flavor. There are no artificial ingredients! Celestial Seasonings even added some vitamin C to make this even better for you!

The stringless tea bags can easily be removed from your cup whenever you want just by using a spoon or anything similar to get them out of the cup. Stir the tea bag around and up and down a bit while it's in your cup before you drink it.

The tea is also caffeine free, which is a plus for those of us who don't want caffeine in our diets. That is something I always prefer.

If you like a special type of citrus flavor to your tea, this is highly recommended! Enjoy!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tangy-rich citrus flavor!, April 9, 2006

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Snowbrocade (Santa Barbara, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Celestial Seasonings Herb Tea, Tangerine Orange Zinger, 20-Count Tea Bags (Pack of 6) (Grocery)

This is one of the more sucessful of Celestial Seasonings Zinger genre. In this case the flavor of rose hips and hibiscus does not overpower the other flavors (unless you brew longer than 4 minutes). The aroma of this ruby potion is deliciously citrus and full bodied. The flavor of the tea is sweet red grapefruit and orange. Very tasty! I imagine this would make an excellent ice tea. Also, it is caffeine free and has added vitamin C--45 mg.

Celestial Seasonings gets extra points for their packaging: they utilize 100% natural recycled paperboard in their boxes and they don't package each tea bag individually. Instead they use a system of a waxed paper bag inside the box that stays shut when you fold it. It keeps the bags fresh and utilizes less packaging than individually wrapping each bag. The art they use on each box is beautiful as are the quotes and information they put on every surface.

Quote from the box:

"Be in readiness for favorable winds." Chinese Proverb.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful rosy-red orange tea, January 10, 2010

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Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Celestial Seasonings Herb Tea, Tangerine Orange Zinger, 20-Count Tea Bags (Pack of 6) (Grocery)

The original Red Zinger formula had about twenty herbs and made a red, sour-sweet minty tea that was original and popular. The formula was revised maybe 20 years ago to a simpler hibiscus-rose hip mix and still makes a nice, red tea. Various fruit essences were added, such as raspberry, mountain berries and now tangerine orange. This is somewhat different than Mandarin Spice (no cinnamon or clove) and it's very like Red Zinger with a slight tangerine overtone. It's delicious hot, but if you like juices or your kids love juice, you can make up this tea to a rather strong brew, chill it, and mix it fifty-fifty with your juice of choice (apple, cranberry, grape for example. I don't think orange would be that good, but it might, who knows?)

The idea is to cut the sugar of juices down and still have a refreshing cold beverage. Drinking this mixed with juice will cut your sugar intake and your juice bill. And it's a healthy tea.

We drink it all winter long, keeping a hot water pot going and making big mugs of tea to stay hydrated and it even keeps you warm. Sipping hot, sugar-free tea keeps you from eating junk, satisfies your sweet tooth and keeps you away from artificial sweeteners, caffeine and other less-healthy beverages.