ARIEL Four Fruits

Our caffeine-free herbal tea built on honeybush, with three real fruits in the leaf – whole blueberries, ground cranberries, and strawberry pieces – and a fourth carried by natural and artificial flavours. Available in 1 kg loose leaf bulk – a destination format for café programs serving a caffeine-free fruit position year-round, and for hotel and restaurant programs running a seasonal berry menu. Serves cleanly hot or iced; iced, the berry character lifts further and supports a summer iced tea program at volume.

Tasting Notes

A warm amber red cup, with a layered berry aroma at the front. The fruit character leads – sweet and tart in balance, the way fresh ripe berries deliver in the mouth rather than how candy delivers them. Blueberry comes through first, followed by the gentle tartness of cranberry, with strawberry rounding the middle. The honeybush base sits underneath: gently sweet, honey-like, with low astringency and zero caffeine. The finish is clean, with a long fruit echo and no bitterness even at a long steep.

Blend

Our base is honeybush – a South African botanical, related to rooibos, naturally caffeine-free and naturally sweet, with a warmer and more honey-like character than the rooibos cup. Three real fruits are blended into the leaf: whole dried blueberries, ground cranberries, and strawberry pieces. Each contributes real fruit body to the cup and visible structure on the shelf. The fourth fruit in the blend's name is carried by natural and artificial flavours rather than appearing as a separate botanical ingredient. Honeybush is naturally rich in antioxidants – a credible all-day or evening menu position where caffeine doesn't fit.

Brewing

Steep 2.5 g per 250 ml at 90 °C for 5 minutes. Honeybush tolerates a long steep without turning bitter – useful in service environments where timing is not tight. For iced tea preparations, brew at the same ratio and pour over ice – the berry character lifts further as the cup cools. At commercial scale, a 1 kg bag yields about 400 servings.

Additional Information

• Ingredients: Honeybush herbal tea, whole blueberries, ground cranberries, strawberry pieces, natural and artificial flavours
• Formats: 1 kg loose leaf bulk bag
• Certifications: Aliments Préparés au Québec
• Foundation: Humaniterra Foundation
• Type: Herbal tea, caffeine-free, loose leaf