RASPBERRY (Black Tea with Natural flavors). COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sri Lanka. GRADE: Orange Pekoe. MANUFACTURE TYPE: Orthodox. CUP CHARACTERISTICS: The full raspberry character. Try adding a pinch of sugar to accentuate the flavor. INFUSION: Bright and coppery. TEA INFORMATION: The raspberry offers more than just good taste providing many familiar and unfamiliar nutritional qualities. Raspberries contain compounds that relate to potential protective effects on health and disease. These powerful phyto chemicals found in raspberries bring them into the spotlight of nutraceuticals. Recently there has been new research looking at raspberries as an antioxidant. Couple this with the known natural goodness of the antioxidants in tea and you have a healthy winner! This tea is particularly refreshing with ice. We use only high grown tea, a Ceylon that is noted for its ensured quality and freshness. Our natural flavoring oils are ‘soft’ and the flavors slightly muted because we are not trying to disguise a low quality base tea. These natural oils will not leave a chemical aftertaste, for many a refreshing change and one of the desired attributes of our tea.