Posts Tagged ‘tea’

Can Tea Be Harmful?

Monday, July 26th, 2010

We usually hear only about the great and many benefits of drinking tea - there are so many of those that we are bound to hear of them a lot. This blog has also spoken often about the many health benefits of drinking tea. However can tea also be bad for you? Can there be [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

The Many Uses of Tea Bags

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Tea is good not only as a refreshing beverage, it has therapeutic properties as well, and green tea can help to combat any number of ailments ranging from diabetes to cancer! As for all the other things that a tea bag is useful for, read on:
For Plant Health
Used tea bags still have it in them [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Some Interesting Facts About Tea

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Now if you are a tea drinker and a lover of tea, chances are you would enjoy learning more about this cup of good cheer and find some of the stories associated with tea and tea drinking fascinating. Read on to find out some strange facts and myths related to tea:

Whether its black, white, green [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Popular Spice Tea Recipes

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

As the time to enjoy iced tea rolls around; with the summer season being upon us, let us explore the various spices and fruit flavors that you can add to your cup of tea. These tips and tricks can be modified for a hot cup as well as a cold glass of iced tea.
You can [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

The History of Tea in India

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

While it is true that tea is said to have originated in China some 5000 years ago, tea is also indigenous to India and has been drunk there for nearly 3000 years. China tea differs from indigenous Indian tea which is generally referred to as Assam tea because it is the eastern Indian state of [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Tea Party Etiquettes - Some Dos and Don’ts

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Many of us are not going to be in a situation that requires knowledge of proper tea etiquette and what to do and not to do when invited for a tea party, but who knows! And if you want to host a little tea party of your own then it makes sense to know a [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Legends Behind the Original Cup of Tea

Monday, April 5th, 2010

The cup of tea that we all enjoy today has a long and colorful history that dates back thousands of years. There are a number of very interesting legends that surround it and the way that tea came to be used as a beverage for a vast number of peoples the world over.
Shennong and the [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Slimming Tea - Is It Really Tea?

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Time and again, weight loss products are called into disrepute for being inefficacious, misleading or even downright dangerous. So when we hear so much about the so called ’slimming teas’ one would be correct to view them with a degree of uncertainty. The fact about certain so called ‘Slimming Teas’ is, that many of them [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Tips to Make that Perfect Cup of Tea

Friday, March 19th, 2010

It is perhaps presumptuous to think that one can teach another to make tea. One has been making tea for years and does not need someone else to tell how a perfect cup may be brewed, one may well say! But even tea lovers, may yet improve upon the entire tea drinking exercise with some [...]

Read the rest of this entry »

Caffeine From Tea – Is It Harmful?

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Caffeine has had a bad reputation now for a long time; and has been blamed for a number of different ills ranging from sleeplessness to causing fetal abnormalities. We have all known for a long time that coffee contains caffeine; however now we also know that tea contains caffeine, which would naturally lead us to [...]

Read the rest of this entry »