Question
What is the best red tea to get and why?

Answer
Thank you for your Query and your interest in our red teas. All of our red teas are good for you. We have expanded our line of red teas and invite you to visit our website at www.republicoftea.com at the bottom of the Home Page on the right side, click Tea Knowledge and under the Questions and Answers Section scroll to Red Tea. You will be able to read all about this wonder herb from South Africa. Additionally, if you will enter the name of any of the following red teas in the Search Box of our Home Page, you will have the opportunity to review the tasting notes:

Ginger Peach Red Tea
Earl Greyer Red Tea
Cinnamon Orange Red Tea
Passionfruit Mango Red Tea
Cedarberg Organic Red Tea - a top seller
Good Hope Vanilla Red Tea - also a top seller

Best Sip by Sip regards,
The Minister of Information

Question
How much caffeine is in the Kiwi Pear Green Tea?

Answer
Thank you for your Query and your interest in our KIWI PEAR DAILY GREEN TEA.

The longer the tea leaves have oxidized, the greater their caffeine content. Green tea, which is not oxidized, has one-third the caffeine per cup as black tea, which is fully oxidized.

Kiwi Pear Daily Green Tea WHEN brewed in five ounces of water has an average of 15-20mg per cup...again, the longer the tea is brewed, the more caffeine in the cuppa.

Best Sip by Sip regards,
The Minister of Health

Question
Do you still have the little tins of "Teddy Bears Tea Time"? It was very lovely for a child.

Answer
Thank you for your Query. You are invited to visit our website and enter any of the following item numbers to view our new teas we developed for our LITTLE CITIZENS while also benefiting Room to Read. All of these naturally caffeine-free teas have a label that displays a Panda Bear reading a book along with other child-like graphics.

Item #40089 Tangerine Tea
Item #40088 Strawberry Vanilla Tea
Item #40087 Cherry Apple Tea
Item #25491 Little Citizens' Mug

Also available is our Strawberry Cherry Decaf Tea for children, Item #40045 if you wish to read the tasting notes. A portion from the proceeds of this tea benefits Sunny Hills Services at www.shcg.org

Best Sip by Sip regards,
The Minister of Supply

Question
I do not have any experience with white tea. What is the proper brewing method?

Answer
Thank you for your Query. To appreciate the unique, soft flavor and delicate nature of white tea, preparation is of utmost importance. For the ideal brew, fresh, filtered water should be just short of boiling and the tea should steep only 30-60 seconds. Enjoy this low-caffeine brew throughout the day and experience the lushness of white tea!

Best Sip by Sip regards,
The Minister of Preparation

Question
I plan to purchase the "Ginger Peach Decaf bulk (250 Tea Bags) and have 2 questions.
1)What is the shape of the tea bag; is that a Round shape?
2)Is this tea bag a "tagless bag"?

Thanks,

Ivan Wang

Answer
Thank you for your Queries. Yes, to both of your questions. Our signature tea bags are round and they are without tags, strings or staples.

Best Sip by Sip regards,
The Minister of Information

Question
There was a quote from the Minister of Leaves on a tea bag that I should have kept - I believe it may have been a Chinese proverb about being content with what you have. Could you send it to me? I really enjoy reading them and I LOVE your bottled iced tea.
Thanks!

Answer
Dear Citizen Blank,
Thank you for your Query, your most humbling comment about our bottled iced teas and thank you for being a Citizen of THE REPUBLIC OF TEA! Possibly this is the quote:

"Tea is contentment, and contentment is love of content. Drinking tea, desires diminish and I come to see the ancient secret of happiness: wanting what I already have, inhabiting the life that is already mine."
--The Minister of Leaves

Question
Not a question just a comment I used to drink a lot of coffee, then I switched to tea mostly and turned my coffee maker into a tea maker I fill with water and then put the tea bags in the pot not the basket and then turn it on and let it brew it turns out great, maybe some of your customers are like me and can use that old coffee maker to make tea. It's really good and I make lots of combinations I use 8 tea bags per pot in a 12 cup coffee/tea maker.
Thank you for such great teas to experimate with.

Answer
Dear Citizen Jim,
Thank you for being a Citizen of THE REPUBLIC OF TEA and thank you for sending us your brewing method. We always enjoy hearing from our Citizens and enjoy passing on ideas to our many Citizens!

We invite you to enjoy many cups with us, Sip by Sip!
The Minister of Preparation

Question
Thank you, thank you, thank you for making known that your teas are gluten-free.

Answer
Thank you for taking the time to write ... we always enjoy hearing from our Citizens!

We invite you to enjoy many cups with us!

The Minister of Customer Satisfaction

Question
Hi there, I recently purchased your Perfect Cuppa Tea Timer & have a question about its use. Are you supposed to flip the entire thing to time your cup, or the individual timer? It's unclear, because although they do come out individually, both top and bottom of entire timer are the same.
Thanks!

Answer
Thank you for your Query. The entire Tea Timer should be flipped...they fall differently--watch the one that corresponds with the type of tea you are drinking.

Best Sip by Sip regards,
The Minister of Preparation

Question
Once a year I buy the bulk bag of lemon Wintergreen Tea. I sufffer with chronic bronchitis and when my throat gets sore and I am coughing all the time it sooths and relaxes my throat so I feel better and smelling the aroma also helps me to breathe better. I can sit and drink the whole pot when I make it and one bag will last me almost a year, till it is time to buy more around winter time.

Answer
Dear Citizen Drake,
Thank you for taking the time to share your comments with us. We celebrate that you are a Citizen of OUR REPUBLIC and hope you will continue to enjoy many cups with us!

The Minister of Tea