#tea mixes

[thioxduncan]

Allergies kicking your ass?

Try this tea mix:

For every cup of hot water, take a tablespoon of nettle leaf: mix the nettle leaf with loose leaf tea, then pour hot water over the mix and let steep for 5 to 10 minutes. Drink as you normally do.

[saplingtrahearne]

Making authentic Thai iced tea at home is very simple and tastes much better than using mixes or powders.

[ladylunatea]

Teas for Cold, Flu, and Allergies

Heavenly Tea Leaves Herbal Tea Sampler – Amazon

It’s been a while since I’ve posted here and apologies for that. With everything that’s been going on in the world, tea parties, along with other gatherings, are on hold. However, we can’t let that discourage us from .

If drinking a hot cup of tea is not already in your daily routine, I hope the teas in this post will help convince you that…

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[i-windwater]

Tea and herbal tea ideas for summer and fall

Tea and herbal tea ideas for summer and fall

Are you tired of the same choice of drinks and ready for something different? Here are some tea mixes you can make easily with great taste. You can drink them warm or cold with ices. A little honey or brown sugar is optional.

1. Green tea and lemon - Green tea and lemon go well together because both are clearing and cooling. You can add lemon juice, lemon slice, or half a lemon. If no lemon, try lime, orange or other seasonal fruit.

2. Green tea latte - Green tea powder seems to work better here. Mix with some fresh milk to make a quick smoothie or shake. 

3. Black tea and hibiscus flower - Black tea and dried hibiscus flower make a popular ice tea in the summer. You can also add lemon, plum or other fruit to make it more tropical.

4. Hibiscus tea with plum or lemon - Hibiscus flower makes a good non-caffeinated summer drink. It has beautiful purple-red color and sweet-sour taste. Adding plum or lemon makes the drink more refreshing and clears the summer heat.

5. Oolong tea with plum or lemon - The loose-leaf Oolong tea goes well with dried Chinese plum or sour fruit like lemon or orange. Sour taste can wake up our senses especially in sleepy hot days. 

6. White tea with the fresh peach slices - The loose-leaf white tea is the high-end Chinese tea because of the delicate flavor. Peach or pear can add another layer of fragrance to the drink. Rose flower is also a good pair with the white tea.

7. Black tea with freshly chopped strawberry - fresh fruit goes well with almost any tea too. Popular choices include strawberry, peach, apple, pineapple, mango and so on.

8. Green tea with fresh mint - Freshly chopped mint can add flavor to almost any tea. Green tea goes well with mint because of the clearing and refreshing properties. 

9. Oolong with rose - The Chinese Oolong tea is best with loose leaves. Add rose petal or different flowers to add the fragrance. 

10. Ju Hua and Go Qi Zi - Chinese Chrysanthemum flower and Goji berry. Both are famous Chinese herbs that can clear heat and nourish eyes. They are non-caffeinated herbal tea. A popular drink for the summer and fall time.

All drinks can be mixed and matched to create your own flavor. Fresh fruits and herbs add taste and nutrition. Chia seeds are a good choice too. These soaked seeds puff up and create a chewy texture. It also helps you feel fuller and eat less food. Not to mention the nutrition of this superfood. 

Use loose-leaf tea when possible for the best flavor. A good quality loose tea and fresh ingredients make the biggest difference. Just add hot water to brew and let it cool down before storing in the refrigerator or adding ices. For milk or fresh fruit, add last before you drink. 

I am surprised to find the Starbucks in Taiwan offers Lemon black tea with Li Chi fruit jelly. If the big company are open to new flavors, why can't we develop our own special drinks?

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[betterbemeta]

Things in tea that piss me off.

OK. I would love to be a tea snob. I would love to buy fandom teas and get loose leaf tea and infuse it and bla bla bla bla bla, because I love it. But my supermarket doesn't carry this stuff. And the multitude of health food stores only carry health food-type-superfuit-ripoff tea. And shipping that shit in takes too damn long.  So sadly at the moment I am limited; bag tea only.

Unfortunately this makes me a bit angry because they put such ridiculous things in mixes where they don't belong and in such strange quantities. Don't get me wrong: measured in proper amounts, these ingredients are delicious. But here are some of the ones that piss me off: 

Hibiscus. Hibiscus has an unmistakable flavor that I don't really like so much. Well-balanced by something else it can be okay, but for some reason it's in so many fruity teas without having a right to be there. Raspberry tea? Hibiscus is the first ingredient. Peach tea? Hibiscus is higher on the ingredients list than actual peaches. Apparently hibiscus is the only ingredient needed to make something with 'tropical' in the title.

Lemon Balm. I have never tasted this on its own, and I have no idea if it's any good or not. But it's found as filler in so many tea mixes and it's got this distinct flavor that overpowers everything.  So your green tea mix becomes lemon balm with green tea, your herbal tea becomes lemon balm tea, and on and on. As far as I can tell, it's a filler, used to make things taste more sharp and herbal.

Lemongrass. Same thing as lemon balm, but more subtle about it. This would be fine if measured properly but it sometimes seems to be a filler.

Peppermint. Mint tea is good, but some dumb fuck keeps adding so much peppermint to the mix it tastes like a candy cane. Without the sugar. And I hate candy canes.

Licorice Root. I love licorice. But I do not like this kind of licorice when it's overdosed. Too much licorice root makes everything taste foul for hours afterward.

Cocoa/cocoa peel. Ugh. This stuff is too bitter and tastes like I am eating walnut husks or something. I don't like this stuff; if I want chocolate in my tea, I will put chocolate in my tea. Or tea in my chocolate.

Mate. This can be fantastic in a good mix, but too much and I feel like I am eating hay. And I know what that tastes like; I spent my childhood summers on a horse farm.

I have to say that I am not buying Tazo tea anymore. Celestial seasonings is a bit better but puts hibiscus in anything remotely fruit related. But at least their chamomile tea is just that: chamomile, with nothing else.