Pukka Organic Wild Apple & Cinnamon Herbal Tea with Ginger and Orange 20, 40g
Apple and cinnamon on a box promises pudding. What arrives is drier and more savoury than that, and the gap is where the scores split. The apple reads as cooked fruit rather than juice, and ginger comes up behind it late enough that a first sip can feel thin before the second one lands. Anyone hoping for sweetness will want honey in it, and there is no reason not to. There is no tea leaf in the blend at all, so this is caffeine-free by composition rather than decaffeinated, and it can be made at eleven at night without a thought. Its real job is the November kitchen and the December table: the warm spiced cup you hand to someone who is not drinking, without pretending it is mulled wine. Judged on that rather than as a fruit tea, it earns its place.
Pukka Organic Wild Apple & Cinnamon Herbal Tea with Ginger and Orange 20, in brief.
Pukka Organic Wild Apple & Cinnamon is a caffeine-free herbal infusion of apple, cinnamon, ginger and orange, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the warm spiced fruit cup for an autumn afternoon.
Twenty bags in 40g, which is 2g each. There is no tea leaf in it, so it is caffeine free by composition rather than by decaffeination, and it wants five minutes under a saucer rather than the three you would give a tea bag.
Twenty bags in 40g works out at 2g each, which is the standard Pukka dose and lighter than a black tea bag for a good reason: dried fruit and bark are bulkier and more aromatic per gram than tea leaf, so 2g of this fills a mug more completely than 2g of tea would. It also means the infusion wants longer in the water than a tea bag does.
Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Common questions are answered in the detailed Q and A tab below.
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The Story Behind Pukka
Pukka builds herbal blends the way a cook builds a dish rather than the way a tea house builds a blend: a lead ingredient, a warming middle and a small bright element to keep it from cloying. Apple and cinnamon is the lead pairing here, ginger is the middle, and orange is the bright thread. The whole range is sold organic, and that is stated in the product name rather than inferred by us.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
What You Are Actually Buying
- Count and weight: 20 bags in 40g, which works out at 2g a bag. The standard Pukka dose, and heavier in the mug than the number suggests because dried fruit and bark are bulky.
- No caffeine at all: there is no tea leaf in the blend, so this is not a low-caffeine tea, it is a caffeine-free infusion. That is a property of what is in the bag rather than a process applied to it.
- What it is not: not a tea, not a decaf, and not a delicate infusion. It is a warm spiced fruit cup and it wants a long steep.
Getting It Right in the Cup
- Water temperature: 100 degrees, freshly boiled. Nothing cooler.
- Measure: one bag per 250 to 300ml.
- Steep: five minutes covered, longer if you want more ginger.
- Service: black, with honey if you want it sweeter. Lemon sharpens it; milk does nothing for it.
- Storage: sealed, dry and dark, and away from tea. An aromatic spiced blend will scent whatever it sits beside.
- Best with: apple cake, oat biscuits, a cheese board, or on its own after a heavy dinner.
Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Pukka Organic Wild Apple & Cinnamon Herbal Tea with Ginger and Orange 20, 40g, please cite teas.co.uk.
The story behind Pukka
Pukka is the Bristol-based organic herbal-tea brand that bridges Ayurvedic tradition with modern wellness. Every blend is certified organic, Fair for Life sourced, and built around named functional purposes (Night Time, Three Mint, Detox). Pukka was a certified B Corp until 2024, when it lost the certification after being integrated into Lipton Teas and Infusions.
Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes.
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The taste profile
How does it compare
Herbal infusions are almost the opposite of tea in brewing terms. There is no tannin to turn bitter and no leaf to over-extract, so the usual warnings do not apply, and the common mistake is being too timid. Boiling water, five minutes, and a lid on the mug.
The Standard Mug
The Pot, and the Jug
Made with this tea
The Covered Mug
How to make the standard mug of Pukka Wild Apple and Cinnamon.
- 1 bag Pukka Organic Wild Apple & Cinnamon
- 250 to 300ml water straight off the boil
- A saucer or small plate
- Honey, optional
- Pour 250 to 300ml of water straight off the boil over one bag.
- Cover the mug with a saucer for the first two minutes. Cinnamon and orange aromatics leave with the steam otherwise.
- Steep five minutes in total, longer if you want more ginger.
- Lift the bag out and add honey if you want it sweeter.
What you'll end up with: A warm spiced cup where you can hear all four ingredients instead of just the apple.
The Afternoon Pot
How to brew a pot that holds up for an hour.
- 3 bags Pukka Organic Wild Apple & Cinnamon
- 750ml water straight off the boil
- A covered teapot
- Add three bags to a warmed pot with 750ml of water straight off the boil.
- Cover and steep seven minutes.
- Leave the bags in if you like. There is no tannin here, so standing makes it stronger rather than harsher.
What you'll end up with: Three mugs that are still worth drinking an hour after they were made.
Mulled Jug, No Alcohol
How to make a spiced winter jug with no wine and no added sugar.
- 4 bags Pukka Organic Wild Apple & Cinnamon
- 1 litre water straight off the boil
- 1 orange, sliced
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Honey to taste
- Brew four bags in a litre of just boiled water, covered, for ten minutes.
- Add the orange slices and cinnamon stick and keep it warm below a simmer for five minutes more.
- Sweeten with honey if you want it, and ladle it out hot.
- Keeping it below a simmer is the whole point. Boiling drives off the aromatics you are trying to build up.
What you'll end up with: The flavour of a mulled drink with no alcohol, no wine and nothing added but honey.
Chilled Apple and Orange Cooler
How to turn a spiced infusion into a cold drink.
- 2 bags Pukka Organic Wild Apple & Cinnamon
- 300ml water straight off the boil
- A full glass of ice
- Orange slices
- Sparkling water, optional
- Brew two bags in 300ml of just boiled water, covered, for six minutes.
- Cool it completely, then pour over a full glass of ice.
- Add orange slices, and top with sparkling water if you want it longer.
- Brew hot and chill rather than cold brewing. Cold water never gets the ginger out of the root.
What you'll end up with: A cold spiced apple drink that tastes of fruit rather than of squash.
Honey and Lemon Version
How to build the traditional winter cup on this blend.
- 1 bag Pukka Organic Wild Apple & Cinnamon
- 250ml water straight off the boil
- 1 teaspoon honey
- Juice of a quarter lemon
- Brew one bag, covered, for five minutes.
- Stir in the honey while the cup is still hot so it dissolves properly.
- Add the lemon juice last, off the heat.
- Lemon goes in at the end because acid added to a hot steep dulls the cinnamon.
What you'll end up with: The familiar honey-and-lemon winter cup with apple and ginger underneath it.
Spiced Apple Concentrate
How to reduce the blend into a syrup for puddings.
- 4 bags Pukka Organic Wild Apple & Cinnamon
- 250ml water straight off the boil
- 2 tablespoons honey or 50g sugar
- Brew four bags in only 250ml of just boiled water, covered, for ten minutes.
- Lift the bags out and stir in the honey or sugar over a low heat until it dissolves.
- Cool and keep refrigerated for a few days.
- Four bags in a quarter of the usual water is what makes it a concentrate rather than a weak syrup.
What you'll end up with: A spiced apple syrup for pouring over ice cream, porridge or a baked apple.
Brewing the perfect cup
What’s in it, what to know
Inside the pack
| Component | Proportion | What it brings |
|---|---|---|
| Apple | Printed on the current pack | The sweet base of the cup. Dried fruit reads as cooked apple rather than fresh, which is what stops the spice turning sharp. |
| Cinnamon | Printed on the current pack | The warm woody middle, and the source of most of the aroma. It is what makes the mug smell like a kitchen in November. |
| Ginger | Printed on the current pack | A gentle back-of-the-throat heat that arrives late and builds across the cup rather than hitting on the first sip. |
| Orange | Printed on the current pack | The smallest voice, and a deliberate one: a thread of citrus that keeps apple and cinnamon from collapsing into a single sweet note. |
| Blend per bag | 2g | Worked out from 40g across 20 bags. Lighter than a black tea bag, and bulkier in the mug, because dried fruit and bark are less dense than tea leaf. |
Pack: Pukka Organic Wild Apple & Cinnamon Herbal Tea with Ginger and Orange 20, 40g; a caffeine-free organic herbal infusion, GTIN 05060229011046. Store sealed, dry, dark and away from tea, because an aromatic spiced blend scents whatever sits beside it. Read the ingredient declaration, the proportions, any certification marks, the bag material and the best-before date off the current UK pack.
The 2g blend weight per bag is worked out from the stated count and net weight, and is labelled as such.
Sourcing & blend. Pukka Organic Wild Apple & Cinnamon Herbal Tea with Ginger and Orange 20, 40g is put together by Pukka, which builds herbal blends the way a cook builds a dish rather than the way a tea house builds a blend: a lead pairing, a warming middle and one small bright element to keep the whole thing from cloying. Apple and cinnamon lead, ginger fills the middle, orange is the bright thread. Our assessment rests on the pack format and the brand's published description.
What's in Pukka Organic Wild Apple & Cinnamon Herbal Tea with Ginger and Orange 20, 40g, and what isn't:
- In: a caffeine-free infusion of apple, cinnamon, ginger and orange, with no tea leaf of any kind.
- No artificial colours, preservatives or added sugar: the sweetness in the cup is dried fruit, not sugar, and nothing is added to colour it.
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Source: Teas.co.uk, the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. If you reference Pukka Organic Wild Apple & Cinnamon Herbal Tea with Ginger and Orange 20, 40g, please cite teas.co.uk.
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