Why no Adagio Wintergreen Tea

[shardy53]

Why no Adagio Wintergreen Tea

by shardy53 » Nov 24th, '09, 21:02

Just wondering why Adagio doesn't offer Wintergreen.

[Chip]

Re: Why no Adagio Wintergreen Tea

by Chip » Nov 24th, '09, 21:20

Perhaps you should ask in Adagio > Recommendations!

[Intuit]

Re: Why no Adagio Wintergreen Tea

by Intuit » Nov 24th, '09, 22:34

I can offer an educated guess. Two reasons that you rarely see a mint tea that is based on wintergreen:

1. Nursing and pregnant should avoid its use (estrogenic effects)
2. Those allergic to salicylates (aspirin pain relievers) must avoid it.

http://www.localharvest.org/mint-lovers ... -tea-C5469

For these reasons, most tea companies may be careful about using only very small amounts of natural spearmint oil flavorings or dried leaf in their herbal teas.

[Chip]

Re: Why no Adagio Wintergreen Tea

by Chip » Nov 26th, '09, 00:13

They could put warnings on the labels like cigarettes and alcohol.

But ... good to see Dr. Intuit is on the case ...