Raspberries come from a shrub that is native to Asia and Europe and now is grown in many other parts of the world. Late Spring into early Summer these delicious berries start appearing at our local farmers markets and, if you're lucky, you have some berries growing nearby that you can pick. The earthy, musky taste of these berries is perfect in jams, desserts and sauces. This Raspberry tea blend combines naturally decaffeinated black tea from Sri Lanka with organic raspberry leaves and raspberry flavor. The deep amber cup has the distinct musky raspberry aroma and a lingering raspberry flavor that is delicious and not too sweet.

Ingredients: Decaf black tea, raspberry leaves and raspberry flavoring.

Brew tea at 212º - steep for 3 minutes.

Certified Kosher

This tea is decaffeinated using the all-natural CO2 process.

Natural CO2 Decaffeination To decaffeinate tea it is necessary to find a solvent that will remove the caffeine from the leaf, while keeping as many of the healthy benefits and the taste profiles in. The best method we have found is natural CO2 decaffeination. This method consists of putting moistened tea leaves in a chamber, adding CO2 and pressurizing it. CO2, when pressurized, becomes a liquid which effectively removes caffeine from tea leaves, while just as effectively not removing many of the healthy benefits. When the liquid is poured off the leaves and the leaves are dried, the CO2 reverts back to its gas form and dissipates from the leaf. Decaffeinated teas generally still have 1-2% caffeine.