# Raspberry Leaves Tea > Loose-leaf pure red raspberry leaf — Rubus idaeus, single ingredient. Caffeine-free, soft and clean, the traditional kitchen-cupboard herbal. - **URL:** https://sampsonecoshop.com/products/raspberry-leaves-tea - **Type:** tea - **Brand:** THE METROPOLITAN TEA COMPANY LTD. - **Price:** 11.99 CAD - **Availability:** check store - **Tags:** herbal&wellnesstea, replenishable, tea ## Description 🌿 Single Herb☕ Caffeine-Free🌿 Pure Leaf🌿 Loose Leaf The single-herb cup — pure dried red raspberry leaf, the same leaf that has lived in apothecary cupboards for generations. Raspberry leaf — the dried foliage of Rubus idaeus, the European red raspberry — is one of the oldest single-herb teas in the Western tradition. The leaf has been gathered from kitchen gardens for centuries and brewed plain in a kettle, no blend required. It’s a quiet, slightly grassy, slightly tannic cup that drinks like a clean herbal version of black tea — without the caffeine, without the weight. Sampson sells it as it traditionally drinks: as the pure leaf, nothing added. Particularly associated in herbal tradition with women’s health routines, but it drinks well as a plain everyday herbal — soft, lightly astringent, the kind of cup that doesn’t announce itself. 🌿 Pure Leaf Single ingredient — nothing blended in ☕ Caffeine-Free Drinks honestly any time of day ✨ Soft Tannic Body Black-tea-like cup without the caffeine weight ✨ **The Sampson Promise** We only put ingredients in our products that we would use on our own family. Every ingredient has a purpose. If it doesn’t need to be there, it isn’t. Type Single-Herb Infusion Caffeine None Best Time Anytime Format Loose Leaf Steep Time 5–7 min Servings ~25 cups (50g) ## Tasting Notes 🌿 Soft Green Top Aroma Quiet, slightly hay-like — the smell of dried garden leaves rather than fruit. Faintly sweet underneath, but the dominant note is leaf, not raspberry. 🌿 Light Tannic Body Body The cup brews pale brown-green and reads tea-like in body — there’s a soft tannin structure that makes raspberry leaf feel familiar to anyone who drinks black tea, but without the caffeine. ✨ Clean Soft Finish Aftertaste Closes clean, faintly sweet, with the soft astringency typical of the leaf. Not sharp, not lingering — the kind of cup that sits in the background of an afternoon. ## How to Brew 01 Measure One heaped teaspoon (about 2g) per 8oz cup. The cut is light and leafy — fill the spoon properly. 02 Heat the Water Bring water to a full boil — 100°C / 212°F. Herbal leaves need real heat to release their character. 03 Steep 5–7 Minutes Five for a softer cup, seven for fuller body. Won’t go bitter — raspberry leaf is forgiving on time. Water 100°C Time 5–7 min Per Cup 1 heaped tsp Drinks well neat. A small spoon of honey or a slice of lemon takes the cup further if you want it brighter or sweeter — but the leaf is built to drink unadorned, the way it has been brewed for generations. ## About the Tea 🌿 Red Raspberry Leaf The Whole Cup The dried foliage of Rubus idaeus — the European red raspberry, the same plant that grows the fruit. The leaf, not the berry; cut and dried for brewing rather than eating. 🌿 Cut, Not Powdered The Process Cut leaf rather than tea-bag dust. The whole-cut leaf brews more cleanly, re-steeps once or twice, and lets the natural soft tannin structure come through without astringency. ✨ Traditional Single Herb The Tradition Long associated with European herbal tradition — particularly with women’s health routines — and used as a plain caffeine-free alternative to black tea. Sampson sells it as the leaf alone, the way it’s been drunk for centuries. In the tin Red raspberry leaf (Rubus idaeus). Origin & Sourcing Pure red raspberry leaf — single ingredient, no blend. The dried foliage of Rubus idaeus, the European red raspberry, gathered and cut for brewing in the long-standing kitchen-cupboard tradition. Caffeine-free, naturally gluten-free, packed in small batches for the Sampson shelf. ## Images - https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0571/5319/2067/files/raspberry-leaves-tea-2657374.jpg?v=1780653428 - https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0571/5319/2067/files/raspberry-leaves-tea-8043033.jpg?v=1780653428