Hello again,
Here's more on Jane Pannor's research for really clean (GF) tea and some things
about teas I learned this month.

Jane's interest in organic tea led her to "Choice" brand organic tea,
distributed by "Mountain People." It is sold in bulk, but "Choice" also makes
gluten-free tea bags if you want to buy the bags and bag your own tea.

(NB: Some tea bags have been found to be dusted with flour, thus the close
scrutiny on Jane's part.) Jane will likely get back to us with any local sources
of the tea and/or bags, but if you know of local sources of very GF tea/bags,
please write in!

Coincidentally, I recently checked on my two favorite brands: Traditional
Medicinals and Celestial Seasonings. Their teas and bags are GF, except for the
teas that obviously contain barley, etc. in the ingredient list.

When Celestial Seasonings called me back I was given a long list of non-GF teas
to avoid:
Please AVOID the following Celestial Seasonings teas:
Almond Sunset, Canadian Vanilla Maple, Detox AM, Echinacea (the pink box, not
Echinacea Complete Care), English Toffee, Gingerbread Spice, Ginseng Energy,
Rostaroma, and the discontinued Menopause Nights. At holiday time, AVOID their
Sugar Plum Spice and Vanilla Hazelnut.

I recently requested the free Clan Thompson mini list sample and received the
email update on teas pasted below. Interesting how the Celestial Seasonings "not
GF" list dictated to me over the phone varies a little bit from the list below
with regard to the Echinaceas and Ginger Spice. It's possible that more than one
of the tea names I was given are no longer on the shelves.

It pays to double check!
Wishing you safe sipping,
Mary

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Tea and Tea Mixes


Manufacturers of the following products reported them to be GLUTEN FREE and
VEGETARIAN when we contacted them:



Lipton Diet Iced Tea Mix - lemon
Verified: 11/15/2005

Lipton Diet Iced Tea Mix - decaf. Lemon
Verified: 11/15/2005

Celestial Seasonings Bengal Spice Tea
Verified: 2/2/2006

Celestial Seasonings Black Cherry Berry
Verified: 2/2/2006

Celestial Seasonings Caffeine-Free Tea
Verified: 2/2/2006

Celestial Seasonings Chamomile Tea
Verified: 2/2/2006

Celestial Seasonings Cinnamon Apple Spice
Verified: 2/2/2006

Celestial Seasonings Country Peach Passion
Verified: 2/2/2006

Celestial Seasonings Cranberry Apple Zinger
Verified: 2/2/2006





Manufacturers of the following products reported them to be GLUTEN FREE but
there was no vegetarian info when we contacted them:



Turkey Hill Iced Tea
Verified: 11/17/2005

Turkey Hill Lime Tea
Verified: 11/17/2005



Manufacturers of the following products reported them to be NOT GLUTEN FREE when
we contacted them:



Celestial Seasonings Almond Sunset Tea
Verified: 2/2/2006

Celestial Seasonings English Toffee After Dinner Tea
Verified: 2/2/2006

Celestial Seasonings Roastaroma
Verified: 2/2/2006

Celestial Seasonings Sugar Plum Spice
Verified: 2/2/2006

Celestial Seasonings Vanilla Hazelnut After Dinner Tea
Verified: 2/2/2006

Celestial Seasonings Vanilla Maple Tea
Verified: 2/2/2006

Celestial Seasonings Echinacea Teas (all)
Verified: 2/2/2006

Celestial Seasonings Ginseng Energy Tea
Verified: 2/2/2006

Tazo Green or Lemon Ginger Tea
Verified: 1/4/2006

Tazo Tea Lemonade or Tazo Honey bush Tea
Verified: 1/4/2006





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