The Tea Diaries

Melli's tea blog. I review and photograph and write about tea. Cheers! x

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some common varieties of tea dragon!

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The Tea Challenge, Day 15: Jasmine Dragon Pearls Green Tea

Tea: Jasmine Dragon Pearls Green Tea

Type: Green

From: Teavivre

Ingredients: Pure tea buds and new leaves, Jasmine flavour

Caffeine: caffeinated | decaffeinated

Amount: 1 tbsp

Water temp: 80°C

Brew time: 1-2 min

Effects: calming | de-stressing | energizing | alert/clear-thinking | sleepy

Smell (leaves before brewing): terrible | bad | okay | good | very good | fantastic

Verdict: terrible | bad | okay | good | very good | fantastic

Comments: This tea is definitely one of my absolute favourites. I adore the Jasmine and floral flavours, which are very present without being overpowering, and the flavour is just as exquisite even on the third steep, albeit losing a hint of sweetness.

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Tea Challenge, Day 14: Organic Dragon Well Long Jing Green Tea

A long overdue continuation of my tea challenge series! Terribly sorry about the incredibly long and unnecessary hiatus, but we are back with more teas, which means more reviews to come! 

Tea: Organic Dragon Well Long Jing Green Tea

Type: Green 

From: Teavivre 

Ingredients: organic pure tea buds and new leaves

Caffeine: caffeinated | decaffeinated

Amount: ~3 tsp

Water temp: 80°C

Brew time: 1-2 mins

Effects: calming | de-stressing | energizing | alert/clear-thinking | sleepy

Smell (leaves before brewing): terrible | bad | okay | good | very good | fantastic

Verdict: terrible | bad | okay | good | very good | fantastic

Comments: I love this tea! It has a subtle but present flavour, without any bitterness. It is light and palate-cleansing, but if you want a stronger flavour just let it brew for a couple minutes longer and the flavour really comes to life, still without being overpowering. This tea is perfect for casual every-day tea time.

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Tea of the day: Earl Gray

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In today’s edition of ‘Unnecessarily Gendered Items’

the only tea u should drink is

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I was actually curious about this and so looked up the ingredients of each tea to see if there was an actual reason as to why they would be gendered.

Men’s tea: ginger, cardamom, liquorice, carob, cinnamon, barley malt, roasted chicory, peppermint, fenugreek, fennel, mace, anise, ginseng flowers, astragalus, turmeric root, chili pepper, cinnamon extract (natural flavour), black pepper.

Women’s tea: ginger, cinnamon, orange peel, fennel, chamomile, barley malt, dandelion, black pepper, orange extract (natural flavour), juniper berries, liquorice, cardamom, cloves, angelica root extract (natural flavour).

I know from previous research that angelica root is used in some herbal remedies for menstruation, and we know chamomile has been used for soothing nerves.  The male tea has has more hot spices (which increases blood flow) and fenugreek (which apparently increases libido). 

This translates to: Period Tea, and Boner Tea.

Thanks, Yogi.

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hey compadres its cold and flu season, so i’m gonna brush you up on some basic benefits of some common teas

BLACK TEA

lots of caffeine (if you want to be alert)

has polyphenols-an antioxidant

may lower the risk of clogged arteries and heart attacks

It should...

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A guide to tea

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damn where’s the matcha!

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Flora Chan   |   http://floramakesthings.com

"Prologue is a series of fine teas inspired by literary classics. Each canister of loose leaves features a unique blend of flavors that characterizes the novel. The designs on the tins include motifs from the narratives and other elements that are a part of the reading experience."

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You may think that British stereotypes are incorrect, but in the back of our science GCSE revision guides, there’s a guide to making the perfect cup of tea.

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Dear everyone else in Britain: When was this. Is this still around? Because if so I’m never going to be able to take a conversation about the education system seriously ever again. 

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I tried to make my tea look all artsy and whatnot but just drawing in the frothed milk didn't do anything so I dipped the toothpick in food colouring except then it fell in and now we have a toothpick in the food colouring oops

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Tea: Raspberry Lemon Mate Type: Yerba Mate

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adding milk tea: wild orange blossom type: herbal

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Tea and Tolkien, a perfect afternoon.

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