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> wrote:
>how about blending your own rose tea ?
>Just get some dried rose buds and blossoms (pesticide free as opposed
>to many ready-mades) or better collect them yourself, dry and mix them
>with a tea of your choice and enjoy !


Red Rose isn't actually a rose tea. It's a low-grade CTC, probably mostly
low-altitude Ceylon teas in the blend. Mostly sold for iced tea use in
the US. It's very light, about as much as Lipton's but without quite as
much of the bitterness up front.
--scott

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