I came across this article and find it very meaningful for people with candida who have to be ultra careful of what they put in their intestinal tract. For me, I've had reactions to some brands of teas which I've often attributed to dusty tea leaves or something in the tea bags. Couldn't be much else as the only tea I have pretty much purchased in tea bag form is peppermint ... and I've tried a number of different brands, based on price and accessibility: Bigelow (individually wrapped and good for traveling), Celestial Seasonings (taste fresher and more potent than many other brands), Meijers (often very pepperminty and fresh too, as well as being much cheaper than Bigelow and Celestial Seasonings), and then a few other less known brands. For people with candida, there aren't too many kinds of teas we can have because of the "sugar factor" that must be considered in teas with flowers and the huge array of additives, particularly citric acid, including as