Summer is still here! That means it's the perfect time to start thinking about one of the most delightful fruit groups: citrus!

Citrus refers to fruits like lemons, limes, tangerines, grapefruits, and those juicy specimens with tough skins that hang in trees and gardens worldwide.

For this article, well focus primarily on lemons and oranges because those are the fruits featured in our delicious, citrus-forward Adagio blends!

Have you guessed which ones they are yet?

If you guessed Green Rooibos Citron and Citrus Mint Green, youre our lucky winner!

Benefits of Citrus Teas

In the West, weve all heard how citrus fruits are documented to be a functional food that contains a healthy dose of vitamin C. Scientists agree with those health-minded folks from our childhood who urged us to drink our orange juice in the morning, even if it tasted strange after brushing our teeth.

Lets also explore citruss qualities in traditional Eastern medicine, especially since well be enjoying it in our favorite blends!

In Ayurvedic medicine, lemon zest is described as clear, liquefied, mobile, and bitter. It has potential benefits such as acting as an antiemetic, appetizer, carminative, digestive aid, spleen tonic, stomachic, and antispasmodic, among others, helping to process and cleanse impurities or toxins in the body.

Traditional Chinese Medicine supports this with an entry on orange peel that includes terms like antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, anti-fungal, aromatic, bitter tonic, catarrh, stimulant, relaxant, analgesic, and antibacterial.

Who wouldnt want that immune-boosting potential in a cup of tea?

Citrus Mint Green

Now, lets take a look at Citrus Mint Green. This tea offers a completely different experience from the green rooibos blend. The base is green tea, which requires careful preparation.

Green tea should always be brewed with water well below boiling; this difference can make or break the final result. To maximize the wonderful flavors of the blends ingredientslemongrass, spearmint leaves, lemon verbena, orange peel, marigold flowers, and naturally derived accent flavorsyou want to avoid any bitterness from the green tea base.

A perfect cup will lean more towards sweet and faintly minty-herbal. It has a much cooler sensation than the previous blend, as long as you pay attention to the preparation to avoid bitterness.

Green Rooibos Citron

Green Rooibos Citron captures the pungent zest of citrus so perfectly that you have to brew it to believe it. The best part is that, even though its caffeine-free, you may still feel refreshed and energized because of the ingredients.

This tea features green rooibos as its gentle, herbaceous base, blended with naturally derived flavors of orange and lemon, marigold flowers, orange peel, apricots, and delicious mango pieces for an extra lush cup!

Just remember to steep it like a good herbal teafive minutes with boiling water, please! Youll be rewarded with a cup that feels like swinging in a hammock on a tropical island made just for daydreaming. (Unless you want to bring friends, in which case feel free to brew more tea to share. The more, the merrier!)

Refreshed At Last

And there you have it! Two delicious, tangy citrus teas to help you wind down your summer. If you cant choose between them, dont worrytry both! You might even enjoy experimenting with different add-ins, like an assortment of raw honey to enhance the flavor.