TweetToday’s cup of tea is from Teavana. It is their Rooibos Rose Garden, which I believe they are clearing out. It is a really great tea and a total steal at just $2.40 for 2 oz.
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January 2010
TweetYou may know matcha as the powdery green tea that is blended with hot water in order to make a refreshing & healthy cup of tea. Have you ever wondered how matcha powder is made? Well I did so I set out to do some research in order to find out. Tea leaves that are [...]
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TweetBlending your own herbal tea is so amazingly simple; you’ll wonder why you haven’t done it sooner! For supplies, all you need is a couple of measuring spoons, funnel (completely optional), and a mason jar or two (quart size for large amounts, pint size for less). In order to start blending, it helps to understand [...]
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TweetThis morning is tea for two and I brewed a whole pot of American Tea Room’s Earl Grey Shanghai. It has certainly been the week of Earl Grey tea and I still have one more to try. They have all been lovely with their own flavor and twist, from black to green to rooibos. Who [...]
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TweetI know that I am on a kick of American Tea Room teas the last few days, but I just returned from a conference and got all of these new yummy samples to try. I can honestly say that I have yet to try one of their teas that I don’t like. They are all [...]
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TweetToday I am sipping on American Tea Room’s Midori Sencha, appropriately enough in my steep tea cup. Well perhaps not completely so because the cup shows a teabag, but I love it. This blended tea is a lovely green loose tea flavored with melon and a number of flowers. It is my first time trying [...]
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TweetIn what I hope is a new feature I want to start sharing my daily cup of tea with you in photos. Today I am drinking an Earl Grey Rooibos from American Tea Room. It is a delightful red rooibos flavored with bergamot. It is one of the best Earl Grey teas that I have [...]
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TweetOne of the most important components of brewing tea is water. It is important to use a good source of water, preferably filtered. Equally important is the temperature of the water. Different types of teas require different temperatures to get the best cup of tea. Here is a guide to the perfect water temperatures for [...]
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TweetIf you are a fan of teabags, it can be difficult to keep them organized at times. Especially when they come in paper boxes that tend to rip and tear. A good alternative to that is keeping everything in a teabag cabinet. Tazo offers this beautiful wood tea box to keep your tea in. And [...]
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TweetDavid Frawley wrote in The Yoga of Herbs, “Within each thing is contained all things. In the seed is the tree; in the tree is the forest. Therefore, intelligence is contained implicitly in the many worlds of nature.” When we use herbs, we are transmuting light into life, becoming receptors to the power that plants [...]
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