Port Trading Green Rooibos, 20 Tea Bags, 1.765 oz (50g)

Rhubarb is indigenous to Asia and it's consumption is dated back to the time of the Tatars. The plant is also found in the region near the River Volga; its name derivative of the Greek 'rha' and 'barbarum', which refers to that particular region in central Russia. Rhubarb is commonly found in pies, jams, and tarts. The word 'rhubarb' also has another use: being repeated by background actors to create the sound of general hubbub to add to scenes.

The genus Raspberry consists of over 200 distinct species, however, only two of these are presently cultivated. The first mention of raspberry comes from the people of Troy (Helen perhaps?), located in modern-day Turkey. Its original name was "ida," a reference to the mountain on which it was first spotted. The medicinal properties believed to cluster in its leaves was of more interest to its early users than the sweet, red fruit. Slang references to raspberry were of course developed much, much...

In Latin apricot means "precious," a label earned because it ripens earlier than most summer fruits. A relative of the peach, the apricot was originally found growing wild on the mountain slopes of China more than 4,000 years ago. Apricots progressively made their way through the Persian Empire to the Mediterranean where they were fondly adopted. Spanish explorers introduced the apricot to the New World, and they were planted in the gardens of Spanish missions all over California. The first recorded...