The Unknown Stories Behind Some of the Celestial Seasonings Boxes

 

Fast Lane black tea, in addition to being a great way to start the morning, also features box art that commemorates the day that Captain Saturn lost his mind and began grabbing up citizens and taking them into the upper reaches of Earth’s atmosphere, murdering them.  The slaughter only ended because he decided he was bored and went off to Mars, never to return…yet.

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The Indian culture is known for many things.  Wise decisions in terms of circus stunts is not one of them.

As this books reminds us, electing to feed an elephant the “World’s Largest Spot of Tea” can only end in disaster.  Rosencrantz the elephant consumed the entire cup in record time before rampaging through an open-air market and destroying several cars, some in hilarious fashion by sitting on them slowly while the typical rich guy watched with his hands on his head, others less hilariously as they were filled with children.

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As wizards go, we all know the famous ones.  Merlin.  Potter.  Mighty Mike Simmel.  This box art pays homage to one of the lesser known wizards, Krubin.  Krubin decided to use his wizarding skills to create a moderate mint tea.  Tasters agree.  “It’s alright.  I mean, for being from a wizard it’s not all that great.  But as teas go, I give it a six.”

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25 years after taking the photo on which this box art is based, National Geographic photographers went on the search to find this gorgeous woman again.  What we find in the photo below is both a statement on the endurance of beauty, and a condemning note about what it takes to survive economically in China.