Herbals

Review - Stash’s Strawberry Pomegranate Herbal Red Tea

By Lainie Petersen

One of my great pet peeves is the trend of calling rooibos “red tea.” Rooibos, a shrub native to South Africa, is not a true tea at all, but produces a very nice, honey-sweet tisane (herbal infusion). It gets even more confusing because the Chinese use the term “red tea”

Tea Review - Tiger Wing Calmation

By Lainie Petersen
Name: Calmation
Brand: Tiger Wing
Type: Herbal tisane
Form: Paper bagged tea, individually wrapped
Review: This is a curious blend, even coming from those crazy folks over at Tiger Wing. They blended green mate, a stimulant herb from South America, with lavender and chamomile, two stalwarts of many a “bedtime” herbal blend. According to Tiger Wing’s website [...]

Review - Stash Organic Cascade Mint

By Lainie Petersen

Review: Mint lovers rejoice: This is the tisane you’ve been waiting for.

Tea Review - Tiger Wing’s Coconut Kava Cream

By Lainie Petersen

Review: Coconut is one of my favorite things, and for some reason, coconut flavored teas and tisanes really hit the spot. The good folks over at Tiger Wing have once again created a nifty tisane

Review - Stash’s Lemon Ginger

By Lainie Petersen

While I find the ritual of preparing loose-leaf tea relaxing, there are evenings when I just don’t want to fuss in order to get a hot drink. Fortunately, Stash’s Lemon Ginger tisane is a soothing, tasty concoction conveniently packaged in teabag form…

The Benefits of Herbals

By A.C. Cargill
The health benefits of tea (Camellia Sinensis) are well-documented. But what about those other brews made of various herbs and other plant parts that some people call “teas” (and that those of us who know better call “herbal infusions” or just “herbals”)?
These herbals through the centuries have been used to address a host [...]

Rose Teas and Tisanes

Roses are not only beautiful to look at, they also smell, and taste, wonderful. Rose is often used in teas and tisanes, adding both beauty to the dry leaf as well as a unique flavor to its cup.

Rose in Tea and Tisane Blends

Tulsi - O Holy Night, O Holy Basil

By Madam Potts
Combating the stress of the holidays? There’s nothing like a nice warm cup of tea to help you regain your focus and clarity. And while all teas and herbs, in their warmth, in the ritual, in their own way, have the ability to offer you soothing comfort, there are some that do [...]

Children’s Tea

Tea is not only a treat for adults to enjoy, children can also partake in the beauty of tea drinking, especially with the endless varieties of tea available on the market - some specially geared towards children.

Herbal Teas

By Chris Robideaux
Herbal teas, also known as tisanes and herbal infusions, come in many forms, and are cultivated in different parts of the world. They can contain varying amounts of dried leaves, pieces of fruit, grasses, flowers, spices, seeds and other botanical elements which give them their unique aroma and flavor. They are not [...]

Types of Tea