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Types of Breakfast Tea
Breakfast may or may not be the most important meal of the day but it’s safe to say that for countless people around the world the breakfast time pick-me-up is the most important drink of the day. If you live in the United States, for example, your morning beverage of choice is likely to be Continue reading
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Tea and Taxes
Tax Day is here. For some people still scrambling to fill out the right forms and gather all of their information, this is a very stressful time – even more so for those who owe for the current or previous tax years. It is times like these when a pot, not a cup, but a Continue reading
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Review of Harney & Sons Earl Grey Supreme
Name: Earl Grey Supreme Brand: Harney & Sons Type: Black tea, flavored Form: Silken tea bag Review: A good Earl Grey can be hard to find. So many companies cut corners on Earl Grey, using only cheap black tea and then covering up its deficiencies with a heavy dose of bergamot oil. Fortunately, the good Continue reading
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Tea and Cholesterol
There’s certainly no shortage of assorted and sundry wondrous claims for the potential health benefits of tea. Among these, the possibility that drinking tea might help lower your cholesterol level. One study suggested that drinking black tea might result in lower levels of low-density lipoprotein, a “bad” cholesterol, in a test group. The study was Continue reading
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Getting Out of Your Tea Rut
You can easily get settled into one or two favorite teas, drinking them all the time. Usually, a breakfast blend black and a basic green are the choices — the former as a caffeine jolt in the morning, and even at lunch and during your mid-afternoon break; the latter because you read somewhere that green Continue reading
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Tea — It’s What’s for Breakfast
Tea is a splendid idea any time of day – morning, noon or night, before, with or after a meal. So why is it that we have something called a “Breakfast Tea” and what does it have to do with Breakfast? The blend itself, which is comprised of Assam, Ceylon and Kenyan tea, and is Continue reading
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Review — Harney & Sons Organic Assam
Name: Organic Assam Brand: Harney & Sons Type: Black tea, Assam Form: Silken Teabags Review: Assam is a tea that I have a love/hate relationship with. A truly good Assam is a wonderful thing: A great palate cleanser after a big breakfast, a wonderful pairing with chocolate, and a sturdy, bracing drink any time of Continue reading
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Review — Borengajuli Estate Tea
The Subject: Borengajuli Estate Tea Water temperature: 212° F Steeping time: 5 minutes (actually, 3 minutes might be better) Tea type: Black Scents, flavorings, etc.: Nothing added Aroma, dry: Fresh, planty tea smell, fragrant Aroma in the cup, plain: Planty tea smell Taste, plain: Strong, somewhat bitter, Aroma in the cup, enhanced: Milk and sweetener Continue reading
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Organic Monk’s Blend by English Tea Store
Name: Organic Monk’s Blend Brand: English Tea Store Type: Black tea, flavored Form: Loose leaf Review: Now I know what monks get up to in their spare time. They add grenadine to black tea to make everyone’s life a little sweeter. OK, well, maybe I am being corny, but this is a really nice tea. Continue reading
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A Bit of Gluten-Free Heaven
I am known in my family as a great sufferer when ill. I sit around in my misery, moaning and sighing. Picture Felix Unger of ‘The Odd Couple’ in a pink bathrobe. I assemble all my many remedies around me. Someone once asked me exactly what my remedies were. I started to make a list. Continue reading
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