Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Seeping Time on Tea

When you are seeping your tea bag, ever wonder how long is the perfect amount of time to let the bag sit? Between white tea, black tea, and green tea, researchers in Malaysia have studied what seeping duration yields the maximum amount of antioxidants in your tea: 
Researchers in Malaysia decided to look at the antioxidant levels in three types of tea – white, green and black – as well as what affect the preparation of the beverage might have. What they learned was that the most effective steeping temperature and time was dependent on the type of tea. 
In white tea, antioxidant properties were affected by time (longer time means more antioxidants) and not temperature. In black tea, they found that steeping the tea for a shorter period of time was best, and increasing the time in hot water reduced antioxidant activity.  For green tea, steeping in cold water yielded the most antioxidants.
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www.newsmax.com/Health/Health-News/tea-antioxidants-health-benefits/2015/12/17/id/706246/

Feeling Under the Weather? Tea is Here for You


If you have been suffering from a cold or the flu lately, you're not alone. While you might have cleaned out your local pharmacy for over-the-counter cold and flu medicine, there are still some remedies out there that might be worth a try. Here is a soothing tea recipe to help you recover from your cold or flu: 
1. Lemon
Lemon is full of vitamin C, which can help reduce the duration and severity of symptoms if you already have a cold.
2. Cinnamon
Add this antioxidant-rich spice for a warming flavour.
3. Ginger
Ginger’s been used for centuries to relieve a sore throat and loosen up congestion due to a cold. Best known for its ability to calm an upset stomach, ginger can also treat vomit and nausea. (Click here for a warming apple ginger soup recipe.)
4. Cloves
Cloves can make it easier to cough up and eliminate phlegm. These flower buds can be ground with a mortar and pestle for a sweet and peppery seasoning.
5. Turmeric
One of the most effective anti-inflammatories around, turmeric can help reduce inflammation and relieve gastrointestinal discomfort.
6. Cayenne
Great for warming the body, cayenne help with stomach problems and poor appetite. Many traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicines add cayenne to help circulatory problems.
7. Raw honey
Honey includes small amounts of vitamin C and folate, and can help soothe the back of throats, which often become irritated from coughing.
Ingredients
3 cups of water
Juice of half a lemon
1 cinnamon stick
3 slices (1/4 inch thick) of fresh ginger
¼ tsp cloves
½ tbsp. turmeric
1 pinch cayenne (start with this and add more to taste)
1 ½ tbsp raw honey (can add more or less to achieve desired sweetness)
Directions
1. Add all ingredients (except honey) to a pot and bring to a boil.
2. Once boiling, reduce heat and let simmer for about 10 minutes.
3. Add honey and stir, adding more if necessary.
4. Pour tea through a strainer and drink while warm.
5. Rest.
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SRC: Find the complete recipe post here: www.chatelaine.com/health/wellness/flu-fighting-tea/

Monday, December 28, 2015

t-sleeve®: Take your tea on the go



Buying tea at local coffee shops or restaurants throughout the day adds up. Instead buying tea, pack it with you in the morning using your  t-sleeve®.

Not only can you purchase t-sleeve at a handful of retailers, you can also purchase them online. For those of you who live in Portland Oregon or Denver Colorado areas you may have a Whole Foods Market near you carrying t-sleeve® as well. Learn how to use t-sleeve® below.
Product Details
  1. Step by step instructions for t-sleeve®: 
  2. Place your favorite tea bag and packaged sweeteners into t-sleeve®. Close pouch and take it on the go.
  3. Prior to steeping the tea, remove tea bag from pouch. Feed tea tab through opening at top.
  4. Steep the tea, allowing t-sleeve® to rest outside of cup on string and tea tab
  5. After steeping, pull tea tab up, drawing tea bag into the t-sleeve®.
  6. Once the tea bag is inside, fold in half and squeeze the residual liquid into cup.
  7. Discard the pouch/tea bag into trash receptacle or compost container.
  8. Enjoy your cup of tea!
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Thursday, December 24, 2015

Homemade Chai Tea Latte

What could be cozier on Christmas Day than a chai tea latte? 
Ingredients
Chai Tea:
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 black tea bags
  • 2 whole cloves
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ground ginger
  • ½ tsp cardamom
  • ½ tsp ground nutmeg
  • ⅛ tsp ground allspice
  • 2 TB pure maple syrup 
Latte:
  • ½ cup chai tea (recipe above)
  • ¾ cup whole milk
  • 1 TB pure maple syrup
  • pinch of ground cinnamon
Instructions
For the chai tea: In a medium-sized saucepan, bring the water and spices to a boil. Whisk the spices in the water. Once the water reaches a boil, turn off the heat and allow the spices to steep in the water for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, turn the heat back on and add the black tea bag and maple syrup. Return to a slight boil (the goal is a hot liquid for steeping). Once boiling, turn off the heat. Allow the tea bags to steep in the water and spices for 5 minutes. Remove the tea bags and strain the tea through a fine mesh sieve (like this). Reserve ½ cup of chai tea for the latte. Store the rest of the chai tea in the fridge up to two weeks for freshness.
For the latte: In a medium-size saucepan, bring the milk, maple syrup, and pinch of cinnamon to a slight boil (the sides of the milk will begin to bubble), stirring often. Once the sides of the milk begin to bubble, remove the pan from heat. Using an immersion blender (this is the trick to a frothy homemade latte), blend the milk until it's frothy.
Pour ½ cup of chai tea in a mug. Slowly add the warm, frothy milk to the tea. Sprinkle the top of the chai latte with an extra pinch of cinnamon, if desired.
Serve warm.
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SRC: Find the complete recipe posting here: livesimply.me/2014/10/06/homemade-chai-tea-latte/

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Ginger Tea and Blood Pressure


Maintaining a healthy blood pressure is a universal priority. While many have genetic predisposition to blood pressure issues, diet and exercise can often help combat blood pressure despite family history. Recent studies have focused on the relationship between ginger tea and high blood pressure:
Hypertension is a common problem nowadays with most of us living a sedentary lifestyle. Add to it unhealthy eating habits like snacking on junk food, loaded with salt, and binge drinking sugar-sweetened beverages, all of this add to the rising blood pressure. 
While medications do help in keeping blood pressure under control, there are certain natural remedies that also help the cause. Ginger is one such remedy and is also known for its cardiovascular benefits. Ginger is commonly used in Indian cuisine and is easily available. It relaxes the muscles surrounding the blood vessels and improves blood circulation, which helps in lowering blood pressure. 
Using ginger regularly in your diet, either by drinking ginger tea every day or including it as a spice in your food, can help control blood pressure and also prevent heart disease.
High blood pressure is a silent killer as it does not show any particular symptoms and cannot be spotted easily. However, few signs like frequent headache, breathlessness, nose bleeds and vision problems may indicate high blood pressure, but they only way to confirm your blood pressure is tipping on the abnormal side is to get it checked from a doctor.
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Monday, December 21, 2015

What is t-sleeve?

Want to learn more about t-sleeve® and how it simplifies life for avid tea drinkers? Go no further. Here you can read a bit about our product, and watch a video which explains it all for you.
T-sleeve® is a brand new, complementary product for tea drinkers who use tea bags. T-sleeve® was created from a vision to enjoy a mess-free, tea drinking experience.

This handy design starts as a carrying pouch for your favorite tea bag and package sweeteners. Take it with you on the go to work, a restaurant or meeting a friend for a cup of tea. T-Sleeve® then becomes a tea bag squeezer when you steep your tea. After you have steeped the tea, simply pull the tea bag up into the t-sleeve®, fold and squeeze the residual liquid out, and then discard. There’s no mess, no wet fingers and no drippy tea bag. T-Sleeve® is made of recyclable and compostable materials, so simply dispose of the t-sleeve® and tea bag into the garbage or compost container. T-Sleeve® will compost, so you can feel good about making a difference in the environment.
Watch a video and learn more about t-sleeve ®


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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Renewing Clay Mask

 It isn't hard to enjoy a cup of refreshing green tea. Beyond enjoy it by the cup, green tea can be used to make a renewing facial mask for you to pamper yourself at home.
RENEWING CLAY FACIAL MASK

Use this clay mask once a week for an all natural skin renewal.

INGREDIENTS:
1 oz French white clay powder, or bentonite clay powder
3 tablespoons freshly brewed hot green tea
1 teaspoon baobab oil
11 drops lavender essential oil
10 drops Aura Cacia Rose Otto Precious Essentials oil

DIRECTIONS:

Combine ingredients. If too dry, add more tea. If too wet, add more clay. Smooth over face and let dry for 10 minutes. Rinse with warm water.
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SRC: Find the complete post here:  www.bustle.com/articles/128348-3-white-clay-mask-recipes-you-can-make-at-home-for-the-ultimate-skin-detox

t-sleeve Gives Back

 t-sleeve® aims to not only make enjoying tea more convenient and mess-free for you, but also make an effort to enrich the community around us by giving back.
This first version of t-sleeve® will give 10% of net profits to help Foster Children locally and nationally. Our charitable foundation plans to seek out community resources that assist in helping foster children. This could be foster care and stable home environments, events or activities for foster children or other options outside of local, state or federal government programs. This commitment will provide faith, love, hope and care to foster children in ways they may not otherwise experience in their daily lives.

Please go to our contact us page if you know of an organization in your community that could use assistance to help local foster children lead happier and more enriched lives. 
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Monday, December 14, 2015

Green Tea: Health-promoting Effects

Green tea has been present in human culture since it's discovery in approximately 3,000 B.C. in the People's Republic of China.  A recent study conducted at the University of Shizuoka investigated the long-term health benefits potentially from green tea including preventing cancer, diabetes, obesity, liver disease, and neurodegenerative diseases. 
Green tea contains various ingredients with specific health-promoting effects. For example, tea polyphenol catechins (Figure 1) are believed to exert protective effects against diseases such as cancer, obesity, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, neurodegenerative diseases, and tooth decay.1,47 They may also have antibacterial, antiviral, and hepatoprotective effects. Among the catechins, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) demonstrates the strongest bioactivity. The content of EGCG in green tea is higher than those in black tea and oolong tea, which may explain the superiority of green tea in terms of health benefits.7 Caffeine induces awakening, decreases the sensation of fatigue, and has a diuretic effect. Theanine and γ-aminobutyric acid lower the blood pressure and regulate brain function. Vitamin C exhibits antiscorbutic activity, prevents cataracts, and possibly boosts the immune system.7

A large body of scientific evidence has revealed the mechanisms by which green tea and EGCG exert beneficial effects on human health. Majority of scientific evidence based on cellular and animal experiments indicate that green tea can exert beneficial health effects. However, the evidence relating to its effects in humans remains inconclusive.

In this review, we focus mainly on the bioactivity of catechins, in particular on EGCG, which demonstrates the highest activity in most cases. We have mainly focused on the beneficial health effects of green tea on selected diseases such as cancer and diabetes, for which we have conducted basic experiments.
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SRC: Read the full journal article for this study:  www.dovepress.com/green-tea-catechins-for-well-being-and-therapy-prospects-and-opportuni-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-BTAT

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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

London Fog Recipe

One of the most delicious tea beverages out there: A London Fog. Earl Grey Tea with a hint of sweetness and frothy steamed milk. If you aren't a fan of Earl Grey, you can stray from a traditional London Fog and substitute your favorite tea in this recipe. 
Ingredients 
  • 3/4 cup or 6 ounces hot tea 
  • 1/4 cup or 2 ounces hot milk 
  • Optional: sweetener of your choice, or shot of Vanilla Coffee Syrup  
Directions 
Place the teabag in a mug with boiling water and allow it to steep for 5 minutes. Remove the teabag, add a shot of vanilla syrup and/or sweeten the tea, as desired. While the tea is steeping, heat the milk in a pan or in the microwave until steaming. Use a milk frother for about 15 seconds, until the milk doubles in size and is super foamy. Pour the milk and froth over the hot tea and stir gently. Enjoy! 
COOK'S NOTE: If you don't already own a milk frother, I can't recommend one highly enough! 
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SRC: Read the full post for this recipe here: www.barefeetinthekitchen.com/2015/01/london-fog-recipe.html

Friday, December 4, 2015

t-sleeve® Packs: Holiday Gift for Tea Drinkers

Looking for holiday gift ideas? If you have family or friends that love tea, the t-sleeve® is a great gift for all tea drinkers. Perfect for packing tea to take on the go to work or school, and also handy for enjoy a cup of tea at home on the couch, the t-sleeve® can be used everywhere.
Purchase Our Tea Accessory Product

t-sleeve® disposable tea bag pouch and post-steep squeezer. Each box contains 20 t-sleeves.
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6 Reasons to Drink Ginger Tea

Different from the usual chamomile, peppermint, and breakfast teas, ginger tea might be less common, but is certainly isn't any less delicious or good for you. Find out how cozy-ing up with a cup of ginger tea can help your health: 
 Ginger tea is loaded with vitamins and minerals: Ginger tea has plenty of vitamins, magnesium, minerals and amino acids, which can help improve your blood flow and decrease the chances of cardiovascular diseases
Relieves nausea: Drinking a cuppa can relieve the nausea. Drink a cup of ginger tea before traveling and it will help you to prevent nausea, vomiting, and headaches related to motion sickness. It is also useful to get rid of a jet-lag after a long trip.  
Aids in digestion: Useful in improving digestion and increasing absorption of food, ginger tea helps in de-bloating after eating too much.

Good for treating cold: If you often suffer from cold, cough and running nose, then drinking a cup of ginger tea makes complete sense. Ginger tea imparts warmness to the body and leaves you feeling fresh.
Relieves stress: Ginger tea has a combination of strong aroma and healing properties, which may help in lowering stress and tension. Drinking ginger tea will keep you refresh and cool throughout the day.
Eases menstrual pain: To all the women who are suffering from menstrual cramps, drinking ginger tea will help relieve the pain and relax the muscles. You can mix a cup of ginger tea with honey, peppermint or lemon for a near-to-perfect soothing effect.
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SRC: Read the complete article here: indiatoday.intoday.in/story/how-about-a-hot-cup-of-ginger-tea-today-make-regular-affair-itll-be-your-winter-bestie-health-wonder/1/538599.html
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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Baking Green Tea Cranberry Muffins

Waking up in the morning is easy when there's a Green Tea Cranberry Muffin waiting for you. This Green Tea Cranberry Muffin recipe isn’t taking any short-cuts, allowing that homemade flavor to shine. If you've never baked with tea no worries, this is a great first time tea baking recipe. Copy down your ingredient list below to ensure you have everything ready before starting this Green Tea Cranberry Muffin Recipe.
  • 3 Tbs. green tea leaves
  • 4 oz. (8 Tbs.) unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup mild honey
  • 6-3/4 oz. (1-1/2 cups) unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp. table salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp. finely grated orange zest
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/3 cup (1-3/4 oz.) dried cranberries; more for garnish
  • 4 oz. (1 cup) confectioners’ sugar, sifted
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SRC: Find the Directions and Nutritional Information for these Green Tea Cranberry Muffins at: www.finecooking.com/recipes/green-tea-cranberry-muffins.aspx

Have a Cup of Tea with t-sleeve®


Join t-sleeve® for a cup of tea and chill out because everything is better with a hot cup tea. Try making your tea with less fuss by using a t-sleeve®. T-sleeve® starts as a carrying pouch for your favorite bagged tea, and sweeteners to take with you to work, a restaurant or anywhere you may go that won't have your tea or sweetener. When you make your tea it will keep the string out of your cup and then the t-sleeve® becomes a tea bag squeezer when you steep your tea. After you're done the t-sleeve® can be used to hold the wet tea bag for disposal, preventing the wet fingers drippy mess and fuss. Read more about t-sleeve® below and visit www.tsleeve.com/product-details.html to watch it in action. 
The goal of t-sleeve® is to be not only a convenient way to enjoy tea, but to be as eco-friendly as possible. Both the box packaging and t-sleeve® are recyclable. Once t-sleeve®  comes in contact with the moist tea bag, it becomes a compostable product.  Feel good about doing your part for the environment and reducing your carbon footprint.
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Virgin Hot Toddy's Crockpot Style


The best time to enjoy a Hot Toddy is when it's cold outside. This hot beverage can help anyone feel rejuvenated instantly. This Virgin Hot Toddy is infused with the goodness that comes from lemon, cinnamon, ginger, herbal tea and honey. These ingredients provide you a vitamin blast with the deliciously soothing effects of a warm tea. The best part of a virgin hot toddy is the kids can start to appreciate the warm wellness that this tea provides. This particular Virgin Hot Toddy recipe was created by Elana's Pantry who suggests adding the lemon at the end of this recipe, provided below. 

Crockpot Hot Toddy


  1. Place water, tea bags, ginger, cinnamon and honey in acrockpot on highest setting
  2. Steep for a couple of hours until hot
  3. Ladle into cups and add lemons when your guests arrive
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