Red Raspberry Leaf Tea

Good morning! Recently I have rediscovered the wonderful taste of coffee and it's effects. It's amazing how quickly I ended up having two cups in the morning and drank less water throughout the day. And it seemed no matter how agitated I got throughout the day the taste and energy took over. So this morning I decided to have tea instead. I have such a big variety of herbs and teas in my cupboard theres absolutely no reason to drink them up!

Normally my reaction would be to have green tea. It's good for the body in so many ways and has that caffeine boost for the morning. But, no matter how tired I felt this morning I chose to have something else for flavor. I decided on Red Raspberry leaf.




I think usually the first thing people think of when they hear red raspberry is that is what the flavor will be. Not with the leaves, because the leaves simply don't taste like the berries. However, it is delicious and I highly recommend it. I get mine in bulk at the health food store, but you can also find the prepackaged tea bags in some mainstream stores.

One of my favorite tea books is called "20,000 Secrets of Tea" written Victoria Zak. Often when I have tea or have a simple ailment I look to my tea book to see what the herb is good for. Red raspberry leaves have vitamins A, B-Complex, C, E, citric acid, malic acid, calcium, niacin, iron, magnesium, pectin, potassium, selenium, silicon, sodium, and zinc. Some of the good stuff our bodies need! But that's not all. It also helps with canker sores and bleeding gums, and extreme diarrhea. It does all that and tastes good!