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Review — Japanese Sencha Kyoto Cherry Tea
The Subject: Japanese Sencha Kyoto Cherry Tea from The English Tea Store. Water temperature: 180° F Steeping time: 3 minutes Tea type: Green (Japanese) Scents, flavorings, etc.: Cherry Aroma, dry: Strong cherry Aroma in the cup, plain: Cherry with slight grassy Taste, plain: Cherry and slightly grassy Aroma in the cup, enhanced: N/A Taste, enhanced:… Continue reading
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Review — Japanese Sencha Tea
The Subject: Japanese Sencha Tea from The English Tea Store. Water temperature: 180° F Steeping time: 3 minutes Tea type: Green Scents, flavorings, etc.: N/A Aroma, dry: Pleasant grassiness, a hint of spinach Aroma in the cup, plain: Mild, grassy Taste, plain: Mild, grassy, no bitterness or spinach taste Aroma in the cup, enhanced: N/A… Continue reading
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Review of Harney & Sons Green Tea with Thai Flavors
Name: Green Tea with Thai Flavors (formerly known as “Bangkok”) Brand: Harney & Sons Type: Green tea, flavored Form: Silken tea bag Review: Spring is here, and so is my taste for lighter teas. Green teas really hit the spot this time of year, and when they are lightly flavored with a hint of tropical… 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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Green Is for Good Luck
What better day to talk about all things green than on St Patrick’s Day! And while some will opt for pitchers of green beer tonight, I’ll be seeing green in pots of tea! If ever I was to find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, I’m sure it would be a… Continue reading
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Most Unlikely
A large portion of our kitchen is occupied by my tea and its paraphernalia. And tea does not always remain in the teacup, but sometimes makes it onto our plate. Even though I cook with tea, I am often surprised at the other unexpected places that I find my favorite beverage. Sometimes, its in other… Continue reading
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Go Green (Tea) for St. Patty’s Day
Green shamrocks, green hair, green clothes, green hats, even rivers dyed green — um, I think I’ll stick with green tea this St. Patty’s Day. It’s healthy, it’s tasty, and it’s green! Repeat after me as we skip down the yellow brick road of teadom: flavonoids, polyphenols, and catechins — oh, my! These magical ingredients… Continue reading
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Tea and Illness
So the past few days have had me feeling under the weather, and I’m still not out of the woods yet. But one thing I discovered is that hovering my face over a hot cuppa tea is almost as healing as consuming a bowl of chicken soup. Being the ever-curious woman I am, I found… Continue reading
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Tea and Caffeine
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on February 9, 2010. The decaffeination process described here has since been shown not to be effective. My thanks to Nigel Melican of Teacraft.com for his note on this. It’s the long , cold days of winter where I live, and tea is something I drink for taste,… Continue reading
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