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Blending Teas — Get Creative!
Have you ever considered blending teas on your own? What about mixing favourite flavours to come up with something new and yet familiar to your tastebuds? We began doing just that in our home when our son began drinking tea. Albeit, he was drinking herbal tea with us at dinner, mostly because we didn’t want… Continue reading
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Traditional Masala Chai Recipe
By Alexandra Hoover Masala chai is a very popular tea from India which includes spices as well as herbs. In some situations, masala chai is used as ayurvedic medicine; nevertheless, this particular recipe should not be relied on for any curative qualities. While the word “chai” seems to apply specifically to Indian tea, it is… Continue reading
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Too Much Tea and More Health Benefits
By William I. Lengeman III In the last decade or so a great deal of ink has been spilled to let the general public know about the potential health benefits of tea. Some of these claims are rather lofty, some may even be deceptive, but there seems to be little doubt that tea does actually… Continue reading
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Review — Bourbon St Vanilla Rooibos
Name: Bourbon St Vanilla Rooibos Brand: English Tea Store Type: Tisane, rooibos Form: Loose Leaf Cost: $5.49 for 4 oz, quantity discount available [as of the original date of this article’s posting] Review: As the weather gets colder the need for warming beverages increases. But since true tea always contains caffeine, it may not be… Continue reading
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Honeybush: South Africa’s Other Herbal Tea
by William I. Lengeman III As the popularity of tea and tisanes has continued to increase in recent years, there has also been more interest in rooibos, an herbal beverage grown exclusively in South Africa. Though it’s produced from a different plant altogether, honeybush is another herbal product that’s only grown in South Africa. Honeybush… Continue reading
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Rooibos: South Africa’s “Redbush” Herbal
Rooibos is a South African herbal “tea” whose popularity has grown by leaps and bounds in the course of the past decade. According to one source, worldwide export sales of the plant grew by 400 percent in a five-year span ending in 2003. Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) takes its name from an African word of Dutch… Continue reading
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Rooibos Benefits
While nothing compares to a delicious pot of true tea, rooibos holds a special place in my heart. Rooibos (aka redbush or rooibush), is a plant indigenous to South Africa. During World War II, when tea was in short supply, people in the United Kingdom began to drink rooibos instead. (More recently, rooibos has gained… Continue reading
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