Pomegranate Rosehip Black Tea

Pomegranate Rosehip Black Tea: Wow! Very refreshing. Pomegranate gives a lovely astringency and Vitamin C laden Rosehip rounds the edges. Tea. In many ways, it's very British. From high tea to tea biscuits and tea clippers, the Brits have had a hand in many tea related endeavors. We've got two more to add to the list: Pomegranates and Rosehips. John Bartram, a London Botanist, sent pomegranates to British Quakers in Philadelphia in 1762. The early Americans prized the fruit for its sweet juicy flavor and high vitamin C content, one fruit providing 40% of an adult's daily requirement. Interestingly it is for the same reasons the British have long collected and consumed Rosehips, the round apple-shaped interior of the rose flower. During WWII, Rosehips with their high levels of Vitamin C became an important source of the vitamin for British school children. Closure of trans-Atlantic shipping routes meant that shipments of Oranges from the US and Southern Europe were no longer available.