How to hot brew: Boiling water is fine for herbal tea, but steeping green tea in boiling water can create a bitter taste.

In particular, Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), the same antioxidant that can afford protection against cardiovascular health, can keep your skin in its prime. We use the following flavour profile guides to help compare our teas and coffees within a relative scale. Chinese Sencha Green Tea (66%), Chinese Pai Mu Dan White Tea (28%), Freeze-dried Apricot (6%), Natural Flavouring. Sri Lankan black tea, natural dried papaya, freeze-dried peach and apricot, blackberry leaves, sunflower and calendula petals, natural flavouring. Astonishingly, historians now believe that Tea flavouring has occurred since almost the discovery of Tea itself.For a truly authentic taste, consider using filtered water free from any impurities that could potentially interfere with the flavour of the tea. Ingredients: Senna Leaves, Birch Leaves, Buckthorn Bark, Fennel, Raspberry Leaves, Flavouring, Nettle Leaves, Cherry Stalk, Licorice Root, Heather Herb, Yarrow Herb, Juniper Berries, Rosehip, Apricot (0. This particular tea is my favourite flavoured indulgence when I feel like something more desserty than black tea. While Apricot Kernel Sencha Green Tea is, admittedly, a relatively new invention, it is one of the hundreds if not thousands if not millions of Flavoured Green Teas currently available, flavoured Green Teas that have been developed over millennia.

Use this guide as a starting point, and then experiment until you find the perfect brewing method for your favourite tea. Archaeologists in China found evidence of peaches and apricots being consumed together some 4000 years ago! Enjoy brewed with hot water for a fruity, cleansing cuppa or try steeping it with sugar, then dilute with iced water to create the perfect apricot iced tea.

These guidelines are a starting point; modify the ratio of coffee to water, the grind, and brewing time to your taste. The new blend is pleasant enough but doesn't come close to the intensity and true flavour of the original apricot tea that I so loved. The tea leaves are allowed to absorb the flavourings, creating a harmonious blend that retains the health benefits of black tea while offering a delicately sweet and fruity experience. The sweet flavour of apricots blended with Ceylon and Keemun black teas makes for a sweet, mellow cup. Health properties: contains traces of fluorine, iron, potassium and rutin as well as vitamin C and flavonoids.