Naturally Sweet Tea

These blends contain naturally sweet botanicals like licorice root, cinnamon or dried fruits, offering flavour without added sugars or sweeteners. Our Digestive Tea and Energy Tea both build on a liquorice base, while Turkish Delight Tea draws its sweetness from apple, cinnamon and rose.

Liquorice root contains glycyrrhizin, a compound many times sweeter than table sugar but chemically unrelated to it. It is not a sugar, so it contributes no meaningful calories and does not behave like one in the body. Its sweetness also arrives more slowly than sugar and lingers longer, which is why a liquorice-based blend tastes rounded and syrupy rather than sharply sweet.

No sugar, syrup, stevia, honey or artificial sweetener is added to any of them. Where dried fruit is part of a blend it brings a very small amount of natural fruit sugar with it, but in the quantity that ends up in an infusion the contribution is negligible. A cup is effectively calorie free.

Yes. There are no added sugars or syrups in these teas, making them suitable for low-sugar or low-carb lifestyles.

Many customers find that naturally sweet teas satisfy sweet cravings in a healthier way, especially after meals. A warm, sweet-tasting drink often does the job that a biscuit or a soft drink would, and having something ready to reach for tends to matter more than willpower. Several customers use them as a replacement when cutting back on soft drink.

They contain no added sugar, which is why many people managing their intake choose them. Liquorice is an active herb rather than just a flavouring, so if you drink several cups a day over months, or you are managing blood pressure or diabetes, it is worth a word with your health provider. Our Turkish Delight Tea is liquorice free, with its sweetness coming from apple and cinnamon.

Liquorice is a traditional herb with a long history of use, but it is an active one. Consumed in large amounts over an extended period it can affect potassium levels and blood pressure in some people. Enjoyed as an ordinary cup of tea this is not usually a concern, but if you have high blood pressure, kidney or heart conditions, are pregnant, or take medication such as diuretics or corticosteroids, please check with your healthcare practitioner before drinking liquorice-based blends daily.

Sweetness in herbal infusions builds slowly, so give these blends a longer steep than you would a black tea and keep the cup covered. Root and bark pieces in particular need time to give up their compounds. Cold brewing works especially well here: steeped in cold water in the fridge for several hours, the sweet compounds extract while the more astringent ones largely stay behind, giving a noticeably rounder, sweeter result.

Yes. All three blends in this collection are tisanes, made entirely from herbs, spices and fruit with no tea leaf, so there is no caffeine at all. You can find the full caffeine-free range in our herbal collection.

Our rooibos teas are naturally sweet and low in tannin, which is why they taste smooth without sugar. The fruit and berry blends are sweeter in a brighter, tarter way, and our chai blends carry sweetness from cinnamon and cardamom even before any sweetener goes in.

Yes. Many naturally sweet herbs, like licorice or fennel, also offer soothing and digestive benefits. The Digestive Tea might be what you are looking for. You can explore the full range formulated for gut comfort in our Digestive Health collection.

Yes, and they suit both. Served hot after dinner, a naturally sweet infusion works in place of dessert. Served over ice they make a sweet soft drink alternative with nothing added, and cold brewing brings out the sweetness further. Turkish Delight Tea with its apple, cinnamon and rose is the most dessert-like of the three.