Flavored black teas without natural/artificial flavors?
Hi! I’m new here so please excuse me if this is a topic that has been discussed and I missed it!
Is there a tea company in the US that flavors their teas with just essential oils/pieces of dried fruit/ spices and no natural or artificial flavors?
I am always combing through tea companies ingredients, hoping that a tea that sounds delicious just uses the real thing. Or at least the essence of the real thing, not the essence from a lab.
I’ve got some that are my go to, that don’t uses natural/artificial flavors. I can find lots of Earl Grey, a few from Harney’s or Whispering Pines.
I’m mostly interested in simple flavors, citrus for example, as opposed to something like s’mores-coconut-oatmeal-cookie. Not that there is anything wrong with those teas. Just not for me.
If anyone is on a similar quest and has come across a company or even a particular tea please let me know!
Thanks!
TC42
I know of an Etsy seller that makes a variety of blends — some blacks, some greens, some herbals (plus drinking chocolates) — that doesn’t use any flavorings (natural or artificial). They are called Albion Tea Company and they also have a web interface located at www.albionteacompany.com . They are just a small family business making their own blends (based on popular book series, which speaks out to this librarian, I’ll admit!) so there isn’t the sort of huge variety you’d see from other tea vendors, but on the other hand I’ve messaged them on Etsy before and they’ve been willing to work with me to do some simple custom order type stuff (I’ll also say their drinking chocolates are fab).
Thanks so much for the recommendation! I definitely don’t need hundreds of choices.
They sound great- I will check them out!
Whispering Pines Tea always used to have excellent blends without anything artificial. The Vanilla Dreams collection was my fav but he doesn’t have anything up there right now.
https://www.whisperingpinestea.com/collections/pure-teaI love Whipering Pines. I’m enjoying the Elderwood (black with Tahitian vanilla) right now and it is lovely.
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