Tea with flavor

Flavored tea means tea added with natural flavour and natural flavoring substances which are flavour preparation and single substance respectively, acceptable for human consumption, obtained exclusively by physical process from materials of plant origin either in the natural state or after processing for human consumption.

Teas can be flavored at home by addition of a few dried flower petals, pieces of spice or dried herbs. The common blends available in the market are the Orange, Lime/lemon, country blossom, fruit and flowers, apple magic, wild cherry, strawberry etc . Scented teas are produced by mixing with jasmine flowers, herbal teas are where green tea is mixed with medicinal plants, and organic teas too are on trend.

In the processing plant during flavored teas are manufactured during secondary fermentation by spraying the tea with aromas and flavors or by storing them with flavorings.

The popularity of flavored tea has been increasing due to the attractive taste and the antioxidant prosperities. Fruits, herbs and aromatic plants are important sources of phenolic compounds such as phenolic acids, flavonoids and anthocyanins, which have considerable antioxidant properties in vivo and in vitro.
Tea with flavor

Earl Grey tea: One of the most classic of the scented tea

Earl Grey tea is composed of black tea and the essence of bergamot oil, an extract from the rind of bergamot orange (Citrus aurantium ssp bergamia), which has a pleasant, refreshing scent.

The exact blended of tea used will affect the flavor of the finished tea, as the bergamot. Many tea blenders used natural bergamot and others use artificial.

Bergamot oil is an oil derived from the skin of Sicilian citrus fruit and chemically dominated by monoterpene hydrocarbons (i.e., limonene), but with significant percentages of oxygenated monoterpenes (i.e., linalyl acetate) and of non-volatile oxygen heterocyclic compounds (i.e., bergapten).

Modern Earl Grey teas can be made with other tea types too, like rooibos, green tea, and even Pu’erh tea. Earl Grey can be enjoyed on its own or with a splash of milk.

The tea is named after Charles Grey, the 2nd Earl of Grey and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834. It was first prepared by a Chinese mandarin tea master as a present to the Prime Minister.
Earl Grey tea: One of the most classic of the scented tea