Happy Fruits and Veggies Teas

Skip a trip to the farmers' market and grab a cup of tea! It is brisk, crisp, sweet, and fruity; a juicy mosaic brimming with tart summer fruit rounded out by fall harvest vegetable flavors. Happy Fruits and Veggies are filled with a healthy dose of large chunks of fruits and vegetables.    

Ingredients: Apple, Rosehip, Tomato Pieces, Cucumber, Lemon, Lime, orange slices, Hibiscus Petals

Antioxidant Level: Low | Caffeine Content: None  

STEEPING TIME

IDEAL BREWING TEMPERATURE: 85ºC/185ºF. For Food Safety reasons bring water to 100ºC/212ºF and let it cool down to 85ºC/185ºF.

HOT BREWING METHOD:
Bring filtered or freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil. Place 1 slightly heaping teaspoon of loose tea for each 7-9oz / 200-260ml of fluid volume in the teapot. Briefly infuse with freshly boiled water and then pour off. Re-infuse the tea and pour after about 1 minute or longer to taste.

ICED TEA BREWING METHOD (Individual Serving):
Place 1 slightly heaping teaspoon of loose leaf or 1 tea bag into a teapot for each serving required. Using filtered or freshly drawn cold water, boil and pour 6-7oz/170-200ml per serving over the tea leaves. Cover and let steep for 5 minutes. Add hot tea to a 12oz/375ml acrylic glass filled with ice, straining the tea leaves, or removing the bags. Not all of the tea will fit, allowing for approximately an additional ½ serving. Sweeten and/or add lemon to taste. A rule of thumb when preparing fresh brewed iced herbal tea is to increase the strength of hot tea since it will be poured over ice and diluted