In a world where people discard much of what we eat, it is refreshing to find a company who has redefined capitalize in the concept of "using every part of a plant" to create an innovative product with mass appeal not only to those of us who love tea but anyone looking to venture into trying teas for the first time.  I am the first to tell you that I am a tea purist in the sense that I do not believe in putting anything in my teas.  All it does is mask the beautiful mouth of the liquid, thus defeating the purpose. 

 

Now, this is a good time to address the fact that Tisano is not a tea in the sense of the word.  Allow me to go tea-geek on you for a few second.   In order for a tea to be technically considered as such it must come from camellia sinensis plant.  All of your white, black, green, and oolong teas come from this plant; they are just processed differently to reach the different levels of oxidation that make each tea so unique.  So, by definition other herbal teas or rooibos are not technically teas.  And that means that by purist standards Tisano teas are NOT teas perse.  

Tisano teas are made from the cacao shells.  This is something they capitalized on when they realized that 12% of the cacao beans was lost to the shells.  They didn't know what to do with them so they set out to do some research and found that the cacao shells absorb a lot of nutrients from the cacao bean and thus contain many similar health properties as the cacao beans themselves. The shell is also very high in magnesium and potassium and Vitamin.  This is pretty darn awesome if you ask me, right?

These delicate cookies browned a bit too much (probably because of the tea addition but that did not take from the delicious flavor.  Here is why I decided to go with a baked good: because there are no tea leaves therefore the baking process will not cause the madeleines to turn bitter, which can happen if you "overcook" tea leaves.  The rose cacao taste worked really good with this rather spiced madeleine recipe.  All the flavors really complemented each other and which eat bite you could taste the subtle hint of the tea flavor.  You may notice that unlike most madeleines, I skipped the lemon zest because I thought it was to bright of a note for this tea and I was right.  In all, this turned out great and I think, using the Chai latter (which I also sample) would take these cookies to another level.  That is one recipe I will definitely try. 

So, have I gotten your attention?  Then go ahead and give this tea a try!  The awesome people from Tisano have given me a discount to share with you all.  When you use the code TISANOLICIOUS15% you save 15% on your order.  This offer ends on 3/31/14.  How awesome is that?!  But it gets better, the I'm Fit Possible blog is hosting a Tisano giveaway where you can win a 4 oz. tin and 2 samples of Tisano! Click HERE for more details.  I really do hope you give this tea a try because it is something different from your usual tea but still really delicious. 

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