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Black Raspberry from The Republic of Tea

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Black Raspberry

Fruit Green Blend by The Republic of Tea

The black raspberry is neither a blackberry nor a raspberry but has similar sweet, earthy flavors. This dark fruit tops the berry list with its high antioxidant levels. They are packed with anthocyanins, ellagic and ferulic acids – natural compounds that can act as an anti-carcinogens and fight free radicals. Sip your way to good health with this green tea blend.

4 Tasting Notes

Meghann M
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Meghann M 3 tasting notes

The smell of the wet leaf (bag?) is of sweet strong berries. It smells like my favorite all fruit raspberry jam. Delicious. I hope the taste with the green tea is just as strong in flavor as it smells. I could sniff this all evening!

When slurped I get a bright berry forefront with a green tea calm as an aftertaste. It’s sweet without sugar. When sipped slowly it is a little less flavorful upfront, but still quite fruity. RoT greens don’t usually Pop me in the face with fruit flavor, but this is doing pretty well. I may try two bags next time. I just used 1 bag for 6oz and am getting decent flavor.

I just love the aroma of the wet leaves (tea bag) in this tea. It is so deliciously like black raspberries taste. I can’t wait to pick up the loose leaf version next time I make a trip to whole foods. Wish we had more tea stores by me, but all I have is one coffee shop that sells Republic’s traveler’s tins, which is what I got of this :)

Yum! Great fruity berry ness as well as green tea taste. Enjoyed this warm tonight. Thinking I need a full tin of this (just got the travelers).

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osprey

Unsure how to rate this. I have made it 3 or 4 different times, and each time I primarily just taste warm water with a hint of green tea, and a bitter earth flavor that I can only assume are the berries. Odd, since the ingredients state this blend does have blueberries in it, which should have added some sweetness? I steeped it a bit longer than it called for, still not much difference in the results. Maybe it’s just not for me.