Be Pure….Get Wild…...Drink…..Pure Wild Tea! Have you heard of Pure Wild Tea? Did you know that Kutztown Alumni, Sherry Fuhrmann, class of ’92 is the proud owner? Sherry graduated from Kutztown University with a BS in Elementary Education and a Concentration in Early Childhood. She is a teacher in the Hamburg Area School District for the last 16 years. Little did she know, that her life would take her on an incredible journey based on a childhood summer drink. The exciting story starts outside Kutztown, in Kempton, where Sherry’s mother would make a tea known as “meadow tea” out of mint that grew wild along creeks and in the meadows. Sherry’s love of traditions grew stronger with the untimely death of her mother. She wanted her children to experience traditions her mother had shared with her as a kid. Sherry decided to pay tribute to her mother and the Meadow Mint Tea she grew up on, by going into business. In 2008, Sherry started planting mint tea fields and after 4 years of growing the mint, in 2012 Sherry bought a bottling line. In 2013, Sherry started selling with only four retail stores. After a lot of hard work, Pure Wild Tea is now being sold in 78 stores. During the last two years, Pure Wild Tea has also increased the meadow mint tea line from 4 drinks to 6. Currently, the meadow tea line includes, Apple Mint, Chocolate Mint, and Lemon Balm varieties of mint. In the spring of 2016, Strawberry mint will be added to the mint tea line. Each variety is sold both sweetened and unsweetened. An extremely unique feature of Pure wild Tea is the fact there are no additives or preservatives. There are only three ingredients in the sugar added variety; water, mint tea leaves and white cane sugar. Better yet, there are only two ingredients in the unsweetened tea; water and mint tea leaves hence the name… Pure… Wild… Tea! Are you thirsty? Go try some today!