Why does my tea taste sweet?!
Question: I bought some "Bedtime" tea (http://www.yogitea.com/#/ProductInfo/) and I'm curious as to why it tastes so very very sweet when there's no sweetener listed among the ingredients.
I'm talking sweet, people. Sweeeet! Is it possible that one or more of these ingredients is that sweet, or is there some label fudging they were able to do so that they could add a sweetener without listing it?
I've noticed this with other teas as well, none of which had a sweetener listed.
Ingredients of the bedtime tea: licorice root, spearmint leaf, chamomile flower, skullcap leaf, cardamom seed, cinnamon bark, st. john's wort leaf and flower, organic rose hip, natural orange flavor, raspberry leaf, valerian root extract, english lavender flower, stevia leaf, passion flower extract
Answers: I bought some "Bedtime" tea (http://www.yogitea.com/#/ProductInfo/) and I'm curious as to why it tastes so very very sweet when there's no sweetener listed among the ingredients.
I'm talking sweet, people. Sweeeet! Is it possible that one or more of these ingredients is that sweet, or is there some label fudging they were able to do so that they could add a sweetener without listing it?
I've noticed this with other teas as well, none of which had a sweetener listed.
Ingredients of the bedtime tea: licorice root, spearmint leaf, chamomile flower, skullcap leaf, cardamom seed, cinnamon bark, st. john's wort leaf and flower, organic rose hip, natural orange flavor, raspberry leaf, valerian root extract, english lavender flower, stevia leaf, passion flower extract
Stevia, although herbal, is a natural sweetener often recommended to replace chemical sweeteners such as aspartame,saccharin,etc. You can find it in a health food store, comes in powder and liquid.
Also, some of the ingredients are naturally on the sweet side, such as licorice,cinnamon and I believe, passion flower. Perhaps the combination enhances the sweetness?
"Cinnamon bark" is a natural sweetener and "Stevia leaf" is a natural sweetener. That'll do it!
You can even grow your own Stevia plant and pluck the leaves off and add to your own tea for natural sweetening.