Organic Blood Orange Rooibos

I’m not a fan of fruit in my tea so I ordered this with some hopeful trepidation. When I opened the bag I was blasted with the scent of delicious sweet oranges. My past experience has taught me that rooibos tea must be cold steeped…or at least not hot steeped. It causes a weird itch in my throat and the flavor is bitter when it is steeped in hot water, even after chilled. So I make sun tea with it & the flavors come alive without being bitter.

Some of you northerners may ask “sun tea…what is that?”
It is tea steeped in the sun. All you need is a gallon sized glass jar with a lid. Put your tea in the jar, fill with cold water, lid on, place it outside in the sun. On a hot day, it’ll be ready in an hour or so, not so hot or somewhat cloudy days, it could take longer. Once done, strain into a pitcher (if using loose tea) add sugar if desired and chill.

The scent once steeped is incredible and the flavor is even better - refreshing, mellow, AMAZING!

I truly enjoy all of your teas. They are fresh and flavorful. I love that you can tell what the ingredients are.

The first cup I tried of my sample I was a little disappointed. I was hoping for a bit stronger flavor, but I love to mix my teas & this does add a lot of flavor when mixed w others. It's actually quite tasty with the lemon ginger believe it or not! Thank you FLTC for all of your great teas & amazing customer service.

So flavorful, rich, fragrant - my favorite caffeine free tea. I gifted it to a friend and she loved it.

I was very excited for this tea but then when the tea arrived it said it contains orange essential oil and grapefruit essential oil which I didn’t originally see when ordering. I came to check the website and it says at the bottom in a TINY font that it contains essential oils. This is very disappointing as essential oils are not safe to consume and shouldn’t be in a “healthy” tea. This isn’t a cheap tea and all ingredients should be listed in the same dont, not hidden. The only reason this tea has essential oils is to make it smell better than it does naturally.