By now, it’s not news to anyone that green tea is at the top of our Super Foods list. Over the past 10 years or so there have been myriad research studies showing that tea has very powerful anti-oxidative effects that provide significant health benefits for numerous organs and systems throughout the body. Recently, a [...]
It’s unlikely you would go out of your way for a cup of aged tea, even if someone told you it was a delicacy. However, there is an exception to everything. Pu-erh is an unusual kind of tea; in fact, many people think it tastes better when it is old. Much like wine, it gets [...]
In the past month, I’ve had two major events happen in my life - I was laid off from a job I’d had for only four months and my mom came to stay with me as she continues to recover from a broken hip. I love my mom very much, but we haven’t lived together [...]
The story behind this vegetative-flavored tea began thousands of years ago when a servant was pouring green tea for his master. While in motion, the servant accidentally dropped brown rice from his pocket into the cup of green tea. The master - a warrior - was so angered he beheaded the servant, but he drank [...]
After three consecutive months of having fun with tea and sweet indulgences, for this month I’d promised a post on tea as an aid in weight loss. Quite timely…I’m sure I’m not the only one out there looking to wipe off a few holiday-acquired pounds.
The Tea Spot’s expert on tea and metabolism, is, coincidentally enough, [...]
I read a news article recently about several 12-year-old boys who became violently ill after consuming an energy drink called Zipfizz containing tea that a friend shared with them at school. The mother of one boy reported that “he was profusely throwing up and everything that was in his stomach came up that day”. The [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
