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HFTea Flavours & Varieties: Your Complete 2026 Guide
HFTea Flavours & Varieties: Your Complete Guide
After a long, humid day in Singapore, sometimes all you want is something cold, refreshing and satisfyingly sweet, without loading your drink with unnecessary sugar.
HFTea is Heng Foh Tong’s range of herbal beverages created for exactly those everyday moments. From ready-to-drink bottled herbal teas to triangle tea bags that you can brew at home, the range brings traditional herbal ingredients into convenient formats that fit easily into modern routines.
Established in 1957, Heng Foh Tong draws on five generations of TCM family heritage and decades of hands-on experience with Chinese herbs. Today, that familiarity with herbs can be found throughout the HFTea range, with flavours spanning cooling herbal drinks, ginseng blends, peach gum, bird’s nest and floral teas.
The bottled range is formulated with zero or low sugar and carries a Nutri-Grade B rating. Alongside this, Heng Foh Tong places emphasis on ingredient quality, laboratory testing, modern beverage production and, for selected products, digital product authentication.
This guide takes you through the different HFTea varieties, what goes into them and how they differ, so you can find the flavour and format that best suits your preferences.
Quick Summary
- Discover six bottled HFTea drinks and four triangle tea bag blends.
- Compare cooling, ginseng, beauty and floral varieties.
- Explore bottled herbal drinks with zero or low sugar and Nutri-Grade B ratings.
- Understand the key ingredients and flavour profile of each option.
- Learn how every production batch of Heng Foh Tong’s triangle tea bags undergoes safety testing at a Singapore laboratory, with certification provided for the tested batch.
- Choose between ready-to-drink bottles and teas you can brew at home.
- Learn more about Heng Foh Tong’s approach to ingredient quality, modern food-production technology, batch testing and product traceability.
What Are HFTea Flavours and How Are They Made?
HFTea is Heng Foh Tong’s range of herbal beverages made with herbal ingredients. There are two main formats: bottled ready-to-drink beverages and triangle tea bags.
One of the ideas behind the bottled range is that a herbal drink can still taste pleasantly sweet without relying on excessive sugar.
Depending on the formulation, ingredients such as stevia and monk fruit are used to help balance the natural flavour of the herbs. Some recipes also contain controlled amounts of sugar-containing ingredients where needed for taste.
Across the six bottled varieties, the range is formulated with zero or low sugar and carries a Nutri-Grade B rating.
The aim is not to remove sweetness altogether. It is to find a balance where the drink is enjoyable while the character of the herbs can still come through.
The Heng Foh Tong Story Since 1957
Heng Foh Tong began in 1957 as a neighbourhood Traditional Chinese Medicine medical hall in Singapore.
Across five generations of TCM family heritage, herbs have remained at the centre of what we do. More than 300,000 herbal concoctions have been dispensed over the years, building practical experience in recognising, selecting and working with traditional Chinese herbs.
HFTea takes that familiarity with herbs and presents it in a more convenient format.
It does not replace the traditional medical hall experience. Instead, it gives people more ways to enjoy selected herbal ingredients in everyday life, whether that means having a chilled bottle with lunch, picking one up while out, or steeping a triangle tea bag at home.
How HFTea Keeps the Sweetness Satisfying
Herbal drinks do not have to be overwhelmingly sweet, but they do not have to be unpleasantly bitter either.
For HFTea, the aim is to keep the sweetness at a level that is satisfying to the taste buds while controlling the amount of sugar and allowing the flavour of the herbs to remain noticeable.
Natural Sweetening Ingredients
Depending on the formulation, HFTea uses ingredients such as stevia and monk fruit.
For example, Antelope Extra Cooling uses stevia while containing 0% sugar. Herbal Tea Cooling uses monk fruit and contains approximately 1% sugar.
Cooling Options
Antelope Extra Cooling: 0% sugar
Herbal Tea Cooling: approximately 1% sugar
Ginseng Options
Ginseng Himalayan Salt: approximately 4% sugar
Ginseng Chrysanthemum: approximately 5% sugar
Nutri-Grade
All six bottled varieties in the HFTea range carry a Nutri-Grade B rating.
The approach is simple: keep the drink enjoyable, keep the sugar in check, and let the herbs remain part of the flavour.
Lab Testing, Batch Certification and Herb Quality Standards
Quality begins with knowing what goes into a product and having a system for checking what comes out of production.
For Heng Foh Tong’s triangle tea bag range, every production batch undergoes a stringent safety-level check by a laboratory in Singapore. The Ginseng Tea product page specifically states that every production batch goes through laboratory safety testing, with the corresponding certification shown alongside the product.
The Certificate of Analysis shown for the tea-bag range includes microbiological testing and heavy-metal analysis, including parameters such as aerobic microbial count, E. coli, Salmonella, yeast and mould, arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury.
Customers can also view the relevant laboratory certificate on Heng Foh Tong’s website, so the testing is visible rather than kept only as an internal record.
The ready-to-drink bottled range is produced by licensed beverage manufacturers in Singapore, and multiple HFTea product pages state that the beverages are suitable for ambient storage without added preservatives, artificial colouring, stabilisers or flavourings. Selected HFTea development projects have also received support from Enterprise Singapore.
Heng Foh Tong has separately participated in heritage transformation initiatives supported or highlighted by the National Heritage Board, reflecting the company’s broader effort to combine a longstanding traditional business with modern technology and business practices.
Traditional Ingredients, Modern Production Technology
HFTea’s bottled drinks are designed to combine traditional herbal ingredients with modern beverage-production technology.
A particularly useful feature is ambient storage without added preservatives. HFTea’s current product listings state that selected bottled drinks can be stored at ambient temperature despite containing no added preservatives, artificial colouring, stabilisers or flavourings.
This type of shelf-stable beverage manufacturing relies on modern food-processing, filling and packaging technologies also widely used in Singapore’s beverage industry, allowing a properly produced drink to remain shelf-stable before opening without depending on conventional chemical preservatives.
Once opened, consumers should always follow the storage and consumption instructions stated on the individual bottle.
Traceability Beyond the Bottle
For HFTea Golden Bird’s Nest Manuka Honey Drink, the company’s quality approach extends beyond ingredient selection into Singapore-standard production requirements, digital authentication and traceability.
This brings physical product quality and digital verification together.
Customers can tap the NFC-enabled product to access its verification information. Blockchain technology provides an additional layer of provenance by anchoring information associated with the product or production batch.
Instead of relying only on what is printed on the packaging, customers are given another way to check information associated with the physical product.
It is a good example of how Heng Foh Tong is combining traditional product knowledge with modern authentication technology.
Which HFTea Bottled Drink Suits You?
There are six bottled HFTea varieties:
- Herbal Tea Cooling
- Antelope Extra Cooling
- Ginseng Chrysanthemum
- Ginseng Himalayan Salt
- Honey Peach Gum Beauty
- Golden Bird’s Nest Manuka Honey
Each has its own combination of ingredients, sweetness level and flavour profile.
Cooling Drinks: Herbal Tea or Antelope Extra Cooling?
For days when Singapore feels particularly hot and humid, the two cooling drinks offer different herbal profiles.
Herbal Tea Cooling combines ingredients including monk fruit, licorice, Bei Zi Cao and Prunella Vulgaris. It is listed as Nutri-Grade B with approximately 1% sugar, with sweetness coming naturally from monk fruit rather than added sugar.
Antelope Extra Cooling is the stronger-tasting alternative. Its formulation includes authentic antelope, Lantern Flower, Ophiopogon Japonicus and stevia. It is listed at 0% sugar and Nutri-Grade B, making it an option for consumers who enjoy a stronger herbal taste without sugar.
| Feature | Herbal Tea Cooling | Antelope Extra Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| Key Ingredients | Monk fruit, licorice, Bei Zi Cao, Prunella Vulgaris | Authentic antelope, Lantern Flower, Ophiopogon Japonicus, stevia |
| Sugar Content | Approx. 1% | 0% |
| Nutri-Grade | B | B |
| Flavour Direction | Familiar traditional herbal profile | Stronger, more intensive traditional herbal profile |
| Sweetness Approach | Natural monk-fruit sweetness | Stevia |
| Consider If You Prefer | A milder everyday cooling drink | A stronger herbal flavour with zero sugar |
If you are new to traditional herbal beverages, Herbal Tea Cooling may be the easier introduction. If you already enjoy stronger herbal flavours, Antelope Extra Cooling offers a stronger alternative.
Ginseng Drinks: Chrysanthemum or Himalayan Salt?
The two ginseng drinks share American ginseng as a key ingredient but taste quite different.
Ginseng Chrysanthemum combines American ginseng with chrysanthemum, licorice and other herbal ingredients. The product is listed as Nutri-Grade B and uses a controlled amount of sugar to balance the stronger character of ginseng.
Ginseng Himalayan Salt, meanwhile, combines American ginseng with Pink Himalayan Salt sourced from Scoop Wholefoods Australia. It is listed at approximately 4% sugar and Nutri-Grade B, giving the drink a lightly savoury contrast to the ginseng flavour.
| Feature | Ginseng Chrysanthemum | Ginseng Himalayan Salt |
|---|---|---|
| Key Ingredients | American ginseng, chrysanthemum, licorice | American ginseng, Pink Himalayan Salt |
| Nutri-Grade | B | B |
| Sugar Level | Approx. 5% depending on format | Approx. 4% |
| Flavour Profile | Floral and herbal | Herbal with a lightly savoury finish |
| Consider If You Prefer | Classic ginseng-and-chrysanthemum flavours | A less conventional ginseng drink |
The choice comes down largely to taste: floral and familiar, or lightly savoury and distinctive.
Beauty Drinks: Peach Gum and Bird’s Nest
For something completely different from the cooling and ginseng varieties, HFTea also offers two ingredient-focused beauty drinks.
Honey Peach Gum Beauty Drink
Honey Peach Gum Beauty Drink contains 4.56g of premium peach gum selected from Grade AAA harvests.
The grading is only one part of the selection process.
Within the Grade AAA selection, each peach gum pellet is meticulously checked for clarity before being selected for the bottle.
The peach gum is then blended with floral honey and pandan leaf. Pieces of peach gum remain visible in the finished drink, giving it its distinctive soft and chewy texture.
That texture is a big part of the drinking experience, particularly when the bottle is served chilled.
Golden Bird’s Nest Manuka Honey
Golden Bird’s Nest Manuka Honey combines 1g of dry golden bird’s nest per bottle with Manuka Honey UMF 5+.
It brings a traditional premium ingredient into a convenient ready-to-drink format.
For selected Heng Foh Tong Golden Bird’s Nest products, the company’s wider quality and traceability approach also includes SS 718, NFC-enabled authentication and blockchain-backed provenance.
Both beauty drinks offer a different experience from a conventional herbal tea and are particularly enjoyable chilled.
What Is Inside the HFTea Triangle Tea Bag Range?
For those who prefer brewing their tea rather than opening a bottle, the HFTea triangle tea bag collection consists of four blends:
- Timeless Beauty Tea
- Sleeping Beauty Tea
- Slimming Beauty Tea
- Ginseng Tea
The range includes Timeless Beauty, Sleeping Beauty, Slimming Beauty and Ginseng Tea, each with its own herbal or floral character.
Each pack contains 15 triangle tea bags, with the blends generally steeped for around 5 to 10 minutes. The Ginseng Tea page, for example, instructs users to steep for 5 to 10 minutes.
Every production batch undergoes safety testing at a Singapore laboratory, with certification provided for the tested batch.
Timeless Beauty Tea: Pearl and Peach Flower
Timeless Beauty Tea is a light floral blend centred on ingredients traditionally associated with beauty and nourishment.
It combines peach flower and chrysanthemum with real pearl, creating a delicate herbal-floral tea that is very different from the bottled HFTea range.
It is a good choice for those who prefer lighter floral flavours and enjoy having a brewed tea as part of their daily routine.
Sleeping Beauty Tea: A Floral Evening Blend
Sleeping Beauty Tea brings together three types of rose:
- French Rose Buds
- Phnom Penh Rose Buds
- Rose Petals
These are combined with Passion Flower, Chamomile, Lavender, Goji Berry and Stevia.
Lavender gives the tea a noticeable aroma, while the combination of rose and chamomile creates a gentle floral profile that makes it an appealing evening brew.
For a fuller aroma, allow the tea to steep for closer to 10 minutes before drinking.
Slimming Beauty Tea vs Ginseng Tea
The remaining two blends offer different flavour experiences.
Slimming Beauty Tea features Roselle with a hint of cinnamon, giving it a slightly tart, fragrant flavour with a light warming finish.
Ginseng Tea combines American ginseng with Pink Himalayan Salt, licorice, Ophiopogon Japonicus, Notoginseng Flower and stevia.
It has a more traditional herbal character and may appeal more to people who already enjoy the distinctive taste of ginseng.
| Feature | Slimming Beauty Tea | Ginseng Tea |
|---|---|---|
| Key Ingredients | Roselle, cinnamon | American ginseng, Himalayan Salt, licorice, Ophiopogon Japonicus, Notoginseng Flower, stevia |
| Flavour Profile | Tart, fragrant and lightly spiced | Distinctive earthy ginseng and herbal flavour |
| Suggested Occasion | Afternoon or whenever you want a lighter brew | Morning or during a busy day |
| Format | 15 triangle tea bags | 15 triangle tea bags |
| Batch Safety Testing | Singapore laboratory batch testing and certification | Singapore laboratory batch testing and certification |
How Do You Choose the Right HFTea Flavour?
There is no single “best” HFTea.
A more useful way to choose is to think about what you already enjoy drinking.
Do you prefer something cooling and herbal? Something floral? A stronger ginseng flavour? Or perhaps a drink with texture, such as peach gum?
Once you know that, choosing between the bottled drinks and tea bags becomes much easier.
Match Your HFTea to Your Preference
| What You’re Looking For | Format | HFTea Option | Why Consider It |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional cooling herbal flavour | Bottled Drink | Herbal Tea Cooling | Familiar herbal profile, Nutri-Grade B and very low sugar |
| Stronger cooling herbal flavour | Bottled Drink | Antelope Extra Cooling | More intensive herbal profile with 0% sugar |
| Floral ginseng flavour | Bottled Drink | Ginseng Chrysanthemum | Combines American ginseng with chrysanthemum |
| Lightly savoury ginseng flavour | Bottled Drink | Ginseng Himalayan Salt | Combines ginseng with Pink Himalayan Salt |
| Peach gum texture | Bottled Drink | Honey Peach Gum Beauty | Selected Grade AAA peach gum with floral honey, stevia and pandan |
| Bird’s nest | Bottled Drink | Golden Bird’s Nest Manuka Honey | 1g dry bird’s nest paired with Manuka Honey UMF 5+ |
| Delicate floral blend | Tea Bag | Timeless Beauty Tea | Peach flower, chrysanthemum and pearl |
| Floral evening brew | Tea Bag | Sleeping Beauty Tea | Rose, lavender and chamomile blend |
| Tart floral brew | Tea Bag | Slimming Beauty Tea | Roselle with a touch of cinnamon |
| Traditional ginseng brew | Tea Bag | Ginseng Tea | American ginseng-based herbal blend with batch laboratory testing |
Sometimes the easiest way to find your favourite is simply to try more than one.
What Could an Everyday HFTea Routine Look Like?
Imagine Amanda, a 34-year-old working professional in Singapore.
Her days are busy, she moves between meetings, and she enjoys herbal drinks but does not always have time to prepare something from scratch.
8:30am: Start With a Brewed Tea
When Amanda gets to work, she makes herself a cup of Ginseng Tea.
She lets the triangle tea bag steep while checking her morning emails. She likes having something warm in the morning and already enjoys the distinctive flavour of American ginseng.
1:00pm: Something Chilled With Lunch
At lunchtime, she wants a cold drink to go with her meal.
On a particularly humid day, she chooses a chilled Herbal Tea Cooling. There is nothing to prepare. She simply opens the bottle and drinks it cold.
9:00pm: Back to a Warm Cup
At home, Amanda switches back to the tea-bag range and makes a cup of Sleeping Beauty Tea, choosing its rose, lavender and chamomile flavour profile for the evening.
The point is simply that the bottled drinks and tea bags can suit different occasions. Some are convenient when you are out, while others work naturally as part of a morning or evening tea routine.
HFTea and New Mothers
Heng Foh Tong has a long history of working with herbs used during the confinement and postnatal period, but every mother’s circumstances can be different.
Birth type, breastfeeding or lactation plans, allergies, health considerations and individual recovery needs can all affect which herbs may be appropriate.
For this reason, it is better not to assume that one herbal tea is suitable for every new mother.
Some HFTea products may be incorporated into broader confinement or postnatal routines depending on individual circumstances.
Pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and those undergoing confinement should consult an appropriate healthcare professional or qualified TCM physician before introducing unfamiliar herbal products into their routine.
No Added Preservatives, Yet Suitable for Ambient Storage
One of the interesting things about the HFTea bottled range is easy to overlook.
Selected HFTea bottled herbal drinks are made without added preservatives, yet they can still be stored at ambient temperature before opening according to their storage instructions.
Modern beverage technology makes this possible.
Commercial shelf-stable beverages commonly sold in Singapore, including products such as soya bean milk, can use controlled heat processing, hygienic manufacturing and sealed packaging to keep the drink stable before opening.
HFTea brings these modern manufacturing principles together with traditional herbal ingredients.
That means you get the convenience of a shelf-stable bottled beverage while keeping the herbal formulation at the heart of the product.
Bottle Sizes, Gift Sets and Ways to Try HFTea
HFTea bottled drinks are available in different sizes and formats depending on the product.
If you would like to try several flavours, gift and variety sets can be an easy introduction to the range.
They can also make practical gifts for house visits, festive occasions or someone who already enjoys traditional herbal beverages.
For the latest bottle sizes, flavours, gift sets and prices, check Heng Foh Tong’s current product listings before ordering.
Three Easy Ways to Find HFTea in Singapore
HFTea is designed around the idea of “Any Time, Anywhere”, so the range extends beyond the traditional medical hall. Heng Foh Tong currently lists its own medical hall, other physical retailers and multiple vending-machine locations, while the company has also launched HFTea through locations including SingChoice at Raffles City and Sheng Siong Kinex.
1. Visit a Heng Foh Tong or Retail Location
HFTea can be found through Heng Foh Tong and selected retail partners. Heng Foh Tong’s company history records HFTea launches at SingChoice @ Raffles City and Sheng Siong Kinex.
2. Pick One Up From a Vending Machine
HFTea’s current location information lists vending machines at locations including Sentosa Beach Station, Singapore Management University’s Li Ka Shing Library and Hougang Mall, subject to current availability.
3. Order Online
If you would rather have your drinks delivered, browse the HFTea range through Heng Foh Tong’s online store.
Find a place near you and explore the latest HFTea availability here: HFTea locations and online store
Because retailer stock and vending-machine locations can change, check the latest listing before making a special trip.
Start Your Everyday HFTea Ritual
Traditional herbal drinks do not always have to mean brewing a pot of herbs for hours.
Sometimes it is a cold bottle after a humid afternoon. Sometimes it is a cup of rose and lavender tea at the end of the day. Sometimes it is simply discovering that ginseng tastes completely different when paired with chrysanthemum rather than Himalayan salt.
That is really what the HFTea range is about.
It takes ingredients that Heng Foh Tong has worked with for generations and presents them in forms that are easier to enjoy in everyday life.
Across the range, you will find zero and low-sugar Nutri-Grade B bottled options, Singapore laboratory batch testing for the triangle tea bags, selected Grade AAA ingredients, licensed local beverage production and ambient-storage technology without added preservatives.
For selected products, Heng Foh Tong is also introducing SS 718, NFC authentication and blockchain-backed provenance as another layer of product verification and traceability.
From cooling herbal drinks and American ginseng to peach gum, bird’s nest and floral tea blends, every HFTea has its own character.
Look at the ingredients, think about the flavours you enjoy, and decide whether you prefer something chilled and ready to drink or a cup you can brew yourself.
Then find the HFTea you actually look forward to drinking.
How many HFTea flavours are available in Singapore?
The range covered in this guide consists of six bottled HFTea varieties and four triangle tea bag blends.
The bottled range includes cooling, ginseng, peach gum and bird’s nest options, while the triangle tea bag collection spans Timeless Beauty, Sleeping Beauty, Slimming Beauty and Ginseng Tea.
Are HFTea bottled drinks low in sugar?
The six bottled HFTea varieties listed on Heng Foh Tong’s current HFTea page carry a Nutri-Grade B rating, with sugar levels varying between formulations. Antelope Extra Cooling is listed at 0% sugar, while the remaining drinks are formulated at relatively low sugar levels compared with many conventional sweetened beverages.
Depending on the formulation, ingredients including stevia and monk fruit are used to provide sweetness.
Are HFTea drinks made with preservatives?
Selected HFTea bottled products are specifically described as suitable for ambient storage with no added preservatives, and several product pages also state that they contain no artificial colouring, stabilisers or flavourings.
Always follow the storage instructions printed on the individual product.
Do HFTea bottled drinks need refrigeration?
Before opening, bottles can be stored according to the storage instructions stated on their packaging. Several HFTea products are specifically suitable for ambient storage.
Once opened, follow the product’s refrigeration and consumption instructions.
Many bottled HFTea varieties, particularly Honey Peach Gum Beauty and Golden Bird’s Nest Manuka Honey, are especially enjoyable served chilled.
Are the HFTea triangle tea bags laboratory tested?
Yes. Heng Foh Tong’s Ginseng Tea product information states that every production batch goes through a stringent safety-level check at a Singapore laboratory, with certification associated with the tested batch.
This provides customers with additional information beyond simply seeing an ingredient list on the package.
Which HFTea should I choose first?
Start with the flavour profile you already enjoy.
If you like traditional cooling herbal drinks, consider Herbal Tea Cooling. If you prefer a stronger profile with zero sugar, consider Antelope Extra Cooling.
If you enjoy ginseng, compare Ginseng Chrysanthemum with Ginseng Himalayan Salt.
For something with more texture, try Honey Peach Gum Beauty.
If you prefer brewing tea at home, explore one of the four triangle tea bag blends.
Can pregnant or breastfeeding women drink HFTea?
Suitability depends on the individual product and the person’s circumstances. Pregnancy, breastfeeding and postnatal recovery can affect which herbs are appropriate.
Pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and those undergoing confinement should consult their healthcare professional or qualified TCM physician before introducing unfamiliar herbal products.
Where can I buy HFTea in Singapore?
HFTea can be purchased through Heng Foh Tong, selected retail partners, vending machines and online.
Heng Foh Tong records the launch of HFTea at SingChoice @ Raffles City and Sheng Siong Kinex, while its current HFTea page lists additional physical stores and vending-machine locations around Singapore.
For the latest availability, use the HFTea location and product page before travelling: Find HFTea near you
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