02.08.10
breakfast beverage for champions
With the U.S. economy still struggling, what do you do when you’re on financially shaky ground and stressed out? With the cost of health care being what it is, we just can’t afford to get sick. So it is important to focus on staying healthy. An interesting article in QRS Magazine speaks of tea as ...
02.05.10
Not just “peasant tea”
Although originally considered the “peasant tea” of Japan, kukicha, or stem-and-twig tea, is growing in popularity in the Western world. In Uji, Japan, tea farmers made this tea from parts of the tea plant that were left over after the expensive buds and leaves were sold. The farmers drank these stems and twigs after sun-drying ... 02.04.10
The perennial question: Which tea is healthiest?
Hardly a day goes by that we aren’t asked, “Which is the healthiest tea - green, white, or black?” So, what is your answer? Ours is that all teas are loaded with antioxidants and have much less caffeine than coffee, but studies are conflicting on which level of oxidation makes for the “most” health benefits. ... 02.03.10
Some tea speculations
In this world, as I see it, both visible and invisible history exists for every physical object. I’ve been thinking about what holds tea, and how that shapes its taste as well as how we drink it. There is a history behind each ceramic cup we hold, whether singularly handmade or molded in large quantities. ... 02.02.10
Tea mountains
In my last post, I talked about culture shocks associated with tea, and in this post, I feel the need to talk to those just starting out on the tea path, and share some advice for the beginner. I often use the analogy of ascending a mountain when it comes to trying tea, which I ... 02.01.10
Winter tea tastes
One of my favorite pastimes is to try different types of tea. Recently, I discovered a set of tea bags in winter flavors. The boxes advertised four types - Ginger Snappish, Pumpkin Spice, Eggnogg’n, and Apple Cider.
Unfortunately, the Apple Cider tea was nowhere to be found. Apparently, there wasn’t any in stock, which was rather ... 01.29.10
Life in the tea hole is one delightful surprise after another
You’ve all experienced it - you are at dinner with friends and one of them raves about a new gadget she has just purchased, one you have never heard of. Then, over the subsequent days, that gadget seems to pop up around every corner.
When I fell down the tea hole several years ago, I immediately ... 01.28.10
Chi and tea?
If you find yourself lagging and dragging right now – start sipping and start breathing; pour a cup of tea and then do some deep inhalations and exhalations.
Change is all around us. Change comes from within us. Change is us.
For most of us, the weather is changing during these winter months – and this does ... 01.27.10
The best gift of all
When my mom came to visit over the holidays and try out a place to live in Austin, I lent her my coffeemaker to keep in her apartment. Needless to say, it really only gets used when she visits, so it was an easy thing to do. However, what we didn’t think about was that ... 01.26.10
Peppermint tea for the feline soul
The health benefits of tea, particularly herbal tea, are widely known and tea has been used throughout history to ease ailments. Recently, I discovered that herbal mint iced tea has mental and physical health benefits for our furry friends of the feline persuasion. I found this out completely by chance through a sequence of unfortunate ... 
