
Apples have been grown across Europe and Central Asia for thousands of years, and dried apple pieces are the backbone of countless fruit tea blends. They brew a naturally sweet, mellow cup with a gentle orchard aroma and give the infusion a fuller body. Apple pairs with almost anything: cinnamon, ginger, berries, citrus, hibiscus, rooibos and black tea. Because the pieces hold their flavor well, apple blends are lovely both piping hot in winter and poured over ice in summer.
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Sea buckthorn is a thorny shrub that grows along coasts and mountain slopes across Europe and Asia, from the Baltic to the Himalayas. Its bright orange berries have a tangy, tropical flavor reminiscent of passion fruit, pineapple and citrus, with a pleasantly sour edge. In tea blends it adds zing and a warm golden color to fruit teas, green tea and rooibos, and pairs well with orange, ginger, apple and honey. Sea buckthorn is especially popular in Russia and Northern Europe.
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Cranberries are small red berries native to North America, traditionally harvested from flooded bogs in places like Massachusetts and Wisconsin. Dried cranberry pieces bring a bright, tart, tangy berry flavor with a gentle sweetness and a festive ruby color in the cup. They shine in fruit blends, herbal blends, rooibos and black tea, pairing nicely with orange, apple, hibiscus, cinnamon and vanilla. A cranberry blend makes a wonderful iced tea, and a hot cup feels right at home on a holiday table.
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Dragon fruit, also called pitaya, is the fruit of a climbing cactus native to Central America and now widely grown in Vietnam and other parts of Southeast Asia. Its striking pink skin and speckled flesh bring a mild, gently sweet flavor somewhere between kiwi and pear, with a light tropical aroma. Dried dragon fruit is a lovely addition to fruit blends, green tea, white tea and rooibos, paired with mango, passion fruit and lime. It makes a vibrant, refreshing iced tea.
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Goji berries, also known as wolfberries, are the small, bright red-orange fruits of a shrub grown for centuries in northwest China, especially in the Ningxia region. Dried goji berries bring a mild, tangy-sweet flavor, somewhere between a cranberry and a cherry, with a light herbal note. They pair well with green tea, white tea, rooibos and fruit blends, alongside raspberry, pomegranate, hibiscus and citrus. In China, goji berries are a beloved everyday ingredient in soups, desserts and teas.
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