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All you could ever want to know about green tea!
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5 Tasty Teas for Your Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving is all about bringing people together around good food, warm conversation, and memorable traditions. While turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie often take center stage, the beverage you serve can have a surprisingly large impact on the overall dining experience. For tea lovers, choosing the right tea can elevate a meal, complement favorite dishes, and… Continue reading
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3 Great Recipes Using Matcha
One of the most delightful, versatile, and distinctive green teas available is matcha powdered Japanese green tea used in beverages and recipes. Made from high-quality tea leaves with stems and veins removed and ground into a fine powder, matcha lends itself beautifully to a wide range of culinary uses. Below are three popular examples. 1.… Continue reading
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Yes, You Can Enjoy Green Tea in the Fall!
One of the most persistent beliefs in the tea world is that green tea must be consumed immediately after harvest and that its enjoyment is somehow limited to spring and early summer. By that logic, once autumn arrives, tea drinkers should pack away their green teas and move on to darker, heavier varieties. Fortunately, reality… Continue reading
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When a Cuppa Genmaicha Is Just Right
You may prefer English Breakfast tea with breakfast, Earl Grey tea with a mid-morning snack, a pot of Mim Estate Darjeeling tea at lunch, or perhaps Ti Kuan Yin oolong tea during an afternoon break. A delicate Adam’s Peak Ceylon white tea might even be your choice before or after dinner. I enjoy all of… Continue reading
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Green Tea: The Early Years
When I was younger, I wasn’t particularly aware of tea. What I did know was that “tea” and black tea seemed to be one and the same. I’m sure there were tea drinkers in the United States who enjoyed other varieties, even back then. But for many Americans, the growing popularity of green tea—along with… Continue reading
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3 Tips for Getting That Matcha Just Right
Lumps, insufficient froth, excessive froth, bitterness, and inconsistent texture are just a few of the challenges that can frustrate matcha enthusiasts. While matcha may appear simple, preparing it properly requires attention to detail. The good news is that a few key techniques can dramatically improve your results. Here are three practical tips to help you… Continue reading
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Enhance Your Memory with Green Tea (claims a recent study)
I would drink green tea varieties and loose leaf selections even if there were no associated health benefits—and the same goes for black tea blends and traditional loose leaf options . However, as many of us know, there are numerous claims regarding tea’s potential health benefits—particularly when it comes to green tea. One recent claim… Continue reading
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The World Green Tea Association
In places like the United Kingdom—and to a lesser extent the United States— green tea varieties and loose leaf green teas have only relatively recently become more popular. In Japan, however, the situation is quite different. While black tea and other types are available, the country is best known for producing and consuming Japanese green… Continue reading
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A Brief History of Jasmine Tea
The possibilities for flavoring tea are nearly endless. Over the centuries, tea producers and consumers have experimented with fruits, spices, flowers, herbs, and even smoke to create distinctive flavor profiles. Some flavored teas have achieved legendary status. Earl Grey, for example, combines black tea with the citrus aroma of bergamot. Lapsang Souchong develops its unmistakable… Continue reading
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Matcha: The One Healthy Tea to Rule Them All?
Here’s my oft-repeated opinion on the health benefits of tea, condensed into a single sentence: I don’t deny that there is evidence suggesting tea may offer health benefits, but there is certainly no shortage of people willing to stretch those claims in the interest of selling more tea. While many discussions about tea and wellness… Continue reading
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