Sustainable Tea - Cascara Tea

Coffee cherry tea is a herbal tea made from the dried skins and/or pulp of the fruit of the coffee plant that remain after the coffee beans have been collected from within from the Spanish cáscara. Cascara, in Spanish means “husk”. These dried bags of coffee cherries are not unlike bags of tea.

Typically coffee cherries are considered a by-product of the coffee-making process and are either discarded as waste or used as compost. The beauty of this whole process is that it allows for the coffee plant to be used in a creative way while being sustainable. From cascara sales, it can create an additional and sustainable stream of income for the farmers as well as towards sustainable farming.

The fruits are not unlike other dried fruits such as apricots, cranberries, and raisins, and the flour has a fruity flavor. The tea is described as fruity and floral with a unique flavor of its own.