January 2010
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Tea Thermal from Copco!
No matter how much time I give myself in the morning, it always turns into a last-minute dash out the door. That usually means skipping tea on the go… which is unacceptable. If only there were a way to boil and steep tea while traveling—without dealing with soggy leaves or over-steeped bitterness. Well, there is.… Continue reading
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More Health Benefit Claims About Tea
Tea is good. Tea is good for you. Some shrewd tea merchants tend to exaggerate the latter point in the service of selling more tea, but there’s strong evidence even so to indicate that tea has numerous health benefits. We’ve reported on a number of these potential benefits thus far. Here are a few more… Continue reading
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Comparing Tea Bags
I recently attended an event where, for the first time, I learned about comparing tea bags. I’d done loose leaf tastings before, but, of course, there were some obvious differences. We did comparisons across several brands of similar price and market (grocery store shelf teas). It is important to compare apples to apples for a… Continue reading
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Loose Tea on the Go
Are you a tea lover who wishes they could take their lovely tea stash along with them when they leave the house? There are many ways to be able to take your loose tea with you for convenient brewing outside of the home. There are three ways that make traveling with loose tea easy and… Continue reading
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Tea Cozies Keep the Party Going
“Never trust a man who, when left alone with a tea cosy, doesn’t try it on!” — Bill Connolly Nothing keeps a party going like a warm pot of tea. Conversely, nothing stops a party like a cold pot of tea. It was this realization that led to the invention and popularity of the tea… Continue reading
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Yerba Mate 101
Yerba mate is not technically tea—at least not in the strict sense—but in North America it is often grouped with tea due to its preparation and consumption style. Like tea, it consists of steeped leaves and is typically served hot, though its cultural roots lie in South America, where it is widely consumed and deeply… Continue reading
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Confessions of a Tea-Drinking Southern Belle
The family tea pitcher Ice Tea vs. Hot Tea: A Southern Tea Tradition Recently, I heard a woman on the radio refer to drinking an “ice tea.” Some listeners may have assumed she misspoke—but she hadn’t. That single phrase marked her unmistakably as a Southerner. In the South, it’s often ice tea, not “iced tea.”… Continue reading
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Tea Gardens – Hold on for Spring!
I’ve written about tea gardens before. But today happens to be a gorgeous, sunny day with highs in the 60s, and I just can’t quite believe that spring is still two months away, and our last frost date several weeks after that. I’ve been spending the past several weeks bent over gardening books, scribbling notes.… Continue reading
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Tea Moments — Hubby Bakes Some Pies
Tea and homemade pumpkin pie — even after the holidays are over, these are two of my favorite things. A pie pumpkin we bought back around last Halloween (talk about procrastinating!) sat uncut on the counter taunting us. “Bake me into a pie!” it kept saying. (Did I mention it was a talking pumpkin? They’re… Continue reading
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Beau-Tea-Ful: Beautify Yourself with Tea
Tea is delicious and is also healthy for your body. However there are also many aspects of tea that can help to beautify you and your skin and hair. For example tea can be used as a beauty rinse for your hair. If you have dark hair, use black tea, concentrated (use approximately 2 teabags… Continue reading
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