I've been wanting this tea, Mom gave it to me as a kid in the 70s. Celestial Seasonings doesn't make it anymore :( - anyone know of something similar? It was really good, had carob I think, and anise.
I think the magic ingredient was malt rather than carob. My son used to love the stuff when he was little; that was in the 80s. I liked it myself, and have never found anything even remotely similar.
I notice the package says, "English style." I'm wondering whether the Brits might have a tradition of malt tea that isn't well known on this side of the pond. Perhaps there's something similar to be found over there if one knew whom to ask...
I found this on wikipedia; apparently malt teas are popular in Asia as well as Britain.
Have you tried contacting Celestial Seasonings to ask if they will give you a list of ingredients (or suggest another variety of CS tea)? Here's a link to the contact page:
I did email celestial seasonings a while back, a year ago or so - I got back a rather unsatisfying form letter inviting me to try their mandarin orange tea. Apparently they have no interest in reviving it or telling me what was in it (the latter isn't too surprising, I am sure the ingredients are a trade secret even if they don't make it now).
I asked Celestial Seasonings about Pelican Punch several years ago. Here is the important part of their reply:
"...The exact amounts of the ingredients in our products are proprietary inforamtion. However, the ingredients in Pelican Punch are: Peppermint leaves, roasted barley malt, chamomile flowers, roasted carob, foenugreek seeds, fennel seeds, and natural vanilla flavor."
BTW, "English style" referred to the teabags, not the tea. It meant that the bags had no strings.
googled for a "recipe" and found this article about the blender http://www.thekitchn.com/expert-inter...
As much as I liked Pelican Punch tea before bedtime in my college dorm in the '70's, I most fondly remember the description of the tea party that was included on the side of the box. The little girl's name is Sarah Boggs I think and of course the platypus is named Pumble.
Does anyone have the exact blurb available anywhere?
it is a pelican in the illustration.
by the way, googling for yur answer, i found this list of suggested "substitutes" for discontinued CS teas. pelican punch -- however -- isn't even listed! http://www.celestialseasonings.com/pr...
here is an idea: contact the company's tour people to get the legend story for this tea. i couldn't find it googling. http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPh...
Their Holiday blend called Candy Cane Lane has quite a few of the same ingredients. It is minty yet creamy and sweet tasting and caffeine free. I love when it comes around again at the stores.
Red Zinger might be an alternative to Pelican Punch now that it's been reformulated with peppermint. It originally had peppermint in it in the 1980s, the peppermint was removed for about 20-odd years, then mid-2000's sometime it was added back. I hate peppermint in tea, so had to switch to a hibiscus tea made by another company.
I notice there's also a Candy Cane Lane green tea available.
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