teas and seeds - Tea CUP with a Cause

Feeling a BIT under the Weather?

2012-02-04T09:36:00.000-08:00

deliciousteas and healthychiaseed

share my journey from delicious aromatic teas, hand blended hebal infusions, in the kitchen with healthychia seed puddings to chia DeLights , tea-cup with cause, tea ware, tea adventure travel, tea talk and laughter, beyond the leaf and my favorite tea links. Follow me on fb and buy my tea from The TEA & BAG Ladys tea shop too!

Immune Boosting- Cold Chaser - Prep Time: 3 minutes

Ingredients: elderflowers, lime–tree blossoms, Thyme, aniseed, fennel, rose-hip peel liquorice root, blackberry leaves, wild thyme. To PREPAIR: Add 5 cups water in a pan, once water is boiling add fresh ginger strips to water, reduce heat to simmer for 15 minutes. Strain ingredients from liquid and drink. Add local honey, organic brown sugar or lemon to taste if desired. Remainder of tea can be used later. Enjoy! To purchase www.teabaglady.com Wellness teas.

Forget the Chocolates.

2012-01-27T18:02:00.000-08:00

deliciousteas and healthychiaseed

share my journey from delicious aromatic teas, hand blended hebal infusions, in the kitchen with healthychia seed puddings to chia DeLights , tea ware, tea adventure travel, tea talk and laughter, beyond the leaf and my favorite tea links. Follow me on fb and buy my tea from The TEA & BAG Ladys tea shop too!

This year give your love delicious

BLACK Chocolate and ROSE Petal TEA

VALENTINE TEA

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Give the GIFT of Healthy Tea

2011-10-29T08:23:00.001-07:00

Gourmet tea makes a luxurious, pampering (yet affordable) gift in a variety of price ranges. Perfect for co-workers, teachers, hostess gifts, friends, family, boyfriends/girlfriends, husbands/wives ... and anyone else on holday gift giving shopping list!
All of my herbal infusions are hand blended and and hand packaged - Not your grocery store TEA!
10% of sales from Tea goes to our fundraiser Tea Cup with a Cause

TEA makes the perfect Gift
LOVE TEA
Loose Leaf TEA Infuser for just $23.

Have you been looking for true love in a teacup? Then you're sure to fall 'head over heels' for our Valentine's Tea. Don't wait until February to treat yourself to this romantic tea, give it a try today. Or give your LOVE the rich taste of chocolate-dipped strawberries. But without the calories, fat or heavy guilt that usually follow. It's our sinfully rich and amorous black tea from Sri Lanka with the rich taste of dark chocolate and fresh summer strawberries. You will LOVE this tea! Great flavor great taste.

Browse - This TEA

TEA Expo

2011-09-06T13:37:00.001-07:00

deliciousherbal tea infusion

share my journey with everything tea, from delicious aromatic teas, hand blended hebal infusions, head 2 toe tea style, in the kitchen tea ware, tea adventures travel, tea talk and laughter, beyond the leaf and my favorite tea links. Follow me on fb and find my teasandtoes tea collectibles on etsy too!

2011 Educational Conference http://www.worldteaeast.com/
September 9, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., held in the Philadelphia Marriott Ballroom

Can't wait to see what new teas and products they have to share.
The World World Tea Media (WTM) is proud to debut its Cha Jing Lifetime Achievement Award at World Tea East.

The Cha Jing Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes and celebrates individuals who have made considerable contributions to the growth, innovation and education of the specialty tea industry throughout their lifetime.
This year WTM will honor John Harney, founder, Harney & Sons Fine Teas. Widely respected by his peers, and a role model for many, Mr. Harney's career has had a significant impact on the specialty tea industry through innovation, mentoring and service.

Mr. Harney will be honored and awarded during the World Tea East Networking Reception, Friday, September 9, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., held in the Philadelphia Marriott Ballroom. Tea East Educational Conference is comprised of: Core Seminars, Focused Tea Tastings, Workshops and World Origin Tasting Tour. Each program is designed to meet specific needs. Attending the Educational Conference keeps professionals of all experience levels informed of the latest trends, imperative industry statistics, product and business development knowledge

rose petals, peppermint & lavender tea

2011-08-14T20:34:00.000-07:00

deliciousherbal tea infusion

delicious rose petal tea (hand blended by me)

ingredients: rose petals, peppermint lavender, purple flowers. and other herbs & delicate flowers. This herbal tea instantly awakens the senses.

$10.00 - 1. oz tin
The best herbal tea you'll ever taste

Assam Tea

2011-08-05T13:41:00.001-07:00

Seasons in Assam The annual tea season in Assam begins in April. Also known as the first flush season, the teas produced have a characteristic lightness in flavor and crispness in texture. However, the second flush (May - June) season, produces the highly sought after Assam black teas that are more robust and with a lot of tippy, malty and full-bodied character.

Bold black tea from the Assam region of India. Assam tea is known for a deep, burgundy-red cup and pungent flavor. Our Assam Melody is perfect for tea drinkers who may be new to the powerful character of Assam. Rich aroma, more sweet starchy than malty, like roasted plantains. Rounded mouthfeel, malty without being overpowering. Slight notes of raisin. Brisk astringency and not extremely pungent. A solid, 'friendly' Assam, from the well-regarded Meleng Estate.

We recommend using higher temperature water, close to or just before boiling (190 - 200 F), with a proportion of one teaspoon of leaf per 8oz of water. Some recommend water at a full, rolling boil, but in our opinion boiling reduces the oxygen content in good water and gives the tea a flatter taste as opposed to a livelier taste from slightly cooler water. Steeping time can vary depending on whether you wish to drink with milk or without (Assams take milk very well and are often served with a bit of whole milk). To drink without milk, 3 ½ to 4 ½ minutes is plenty of time to bring out a well balanced sweetness and astringency. With milk, a slightly longer time is required, 5 to 6 minutes, to acquire enough astringency to balance the milk -
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Chai Cups

2011-07-29T15:30:00.000-07:00

Cost $19.00

Size: 2.5" d. x 3" h. 6 ounce capacity.

Handcrafted Character

Each piece is hand painted, glazed and fired in small batches in a traditional North Indian kiln. Because of their hand crafted nature, no two are exactly alike. Slight variations in the pattern, drips and imperfections in the glaze, as well as subtle shifts in shades and texture all contribute to the one of a kind character of this distinctive Indian teaware. Idiosyncrasies in appearance are part of their essential character and do not interfere with their function. All items are sold as is.

Care Suggestions - Proper care for your teaware will ensure longevity. Do not use any abrasive materials, heavy perfumed soap or bleach. The teaware is dishwasher / microwave safe.

Masala Chai

2011-07-20T10:31:00.000-07:00

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We are so excited to offer you the best " Masala Chai " We have ever tasted

Masala Chai In India, Masala Chai means 'spiced tea'. This method of combining tea with spices has evolved over countless generations. Chai is an exciting beverage, distinctive in flavor and a traditional favorite. Our Masala Chai mix is a spice mixture with no added sugar, so you can cook and bake with it too! It is similar to the spices used in pumpkin pie, we are now pleased to offer you Janam's own special blend for getting the flavor just right. Add the type of milk and sugar to suit your taste. To make it properly you must use paper filters. that we sell on line at http://www.teabaglady.com/

We offer two types of TEA BLENDS - Both Delisous

1. Assam Satrupa Estate CTC: CTC refers to the method of manufacturing tea leaves where they're 'cut, torn, and curled' to produce a small size of leaf (looks granular) that gives a full-bodied cup and lots of rich, malty flavor. This is the best type of tea for making Masala Chai, though it's lovely on it's own with milk and sugar or lemon and honey. It is a single-origin tea from Assam, India's largest tea producing region known for making this particular style of tea

2. Karens Masala Chai Tea Blend: A combination of two wonderful black teas Assam and Ceylon, we added cardamon pods, cloves, ginger root, aniseed, and vanilla bean. Delisious!

Directions to make;
Step 1: Add two tea spoons of either of the teas mentioned and one tea spoon of Janam' Spice Mixture and add both tea and spice mixture to our bleach free tea filter, twist filter bag at the top.

Step 2: Place filter bag in pot or cup, add boiling water and steep for 3 to 5 mins, remove filter bag, add milk and sugar to taste, or cool and refrigerate, add milk and ice later for a fabulous iced chia tea. Its that simple...

The WEEKLY Tea Infusion

2011-07-15T16:04:00.000-07:00

Rejuvenate: Let your cup of tea lift you above the daily grind, filling you with calm and vitality, let the infusion of pure water and carefully picked leaves connect you to the farmer who cultivated the tea harvest, with the person who packaged or brewed your tea and me the person who wrote this blog, and notice your breath in this moment. Listen to your heartbeat look around? Ask yourself who do you care about, who cares about you. Be grateful for this moment because actually nothing else matters for you at this moment. Rejuvenate and re-charge your soul batteries with a nice cup of Moroccan Green Tea.

Morrocan TEA Glasses- $8.00 Each

Morrocan Green Tea and Mint - $10.00 (2.oz)

Directions for Morrocan Green Tea

Add 1 to 1 1/2 TBS of Gunpowder Green Tea to your pot Pour in about ½ cup of boiling water. Swirl the liquids around and then quickly pour out the water, taking care not to lose any of the tea leaves. (This will rinse out the bitterness and make it a much smoother tea).

Add 1 tsp of Dry Mint or a handful of fresh mint leaves
Add 2 - 3 TBS of Sugar or to taste
Add 1 TBS of Orange Blossom Water or to taste (optional)
Pour in the rest of the boiling water into the Tea Pot
Let the mixture infuse for about 6 minutes.
Drink and Enjoy! Keep filling the pot with hot water for multiple infusions

Please NOTE: if using cut dry mint make sure to put it in a tea filter or a 1 mesh tea ball) so that it won’t be floating in you tea cup.)

Psalm 46, The Bible says: Be still and know that I am God. This is the gift. If you can slow down enough to pay attention to the details of this

moment then the basic goodness and raw joy of being alive is impossible to ignore. Be grateful to God for this moment

The Meaning of Tea

2011-07-01T18:04:00.000-07:00

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A Tea inspired Journey:
Most recently I watched a documentary The Meaning of Tea and read the book by the same name. What is the meaning of tea, so it made me ask the question why do I drink tea and how does it make me feel?

I have drank tea for a very long time more than 50 years now, and for as long as I can remember. My late mother would say everything tastes better with a nice cuppa tea. Most people I meet think because I'm English I should drink tea. "Just because I'm ENGLISH, and most days I do drink tea, and always at 3pm and most nights just before bed. In the winter months I drink more tea, sometimes as many as 5 or 6 cups. I don't start my day with tea I start with a cup of coffee. then about 10:00am my need for a cup of tea begins... after that first cup of tea reward myself throughout the day depending on my mood and whats going on in my life, sometimes I don't seem to be able to get enough of the amber stuff! It sooths my soul and relaxes my mind maybe its something to do with the L-theanine thats in the tea... a natural relaxant and oftern found in many weight loss drinks. I like to drink good black teas mostly and with milk and sugar " Assam CTC tea is one of my favourites, its a good strong tea and I like it with with lots of milk. In the summer months I drink less tea. Most recently we introduced iced tea to my collection of teas. I select these teas mainly through smell and those that appeal to my senses before its brewed. But to be perfectly honest don't like iced teas much, no matter how hard I try just don't have a connection to it! I don't even like ice in my water. Its an American thing ( I think). I could be wrong. Tea always makes ME feel warm inside, so how can I add ice to a warm thing?

Each day at 3:00pm my automatic tea alarm goes off in my head "TEA TIME'. But WHY?

Maybe my connection to tea is a time to slow down, to be still with GOD for just a moment, be grateful, and then after the tea has been drank that moment is gone forever and I'm ready to face the remainder of the day knowing I've had that brief encounter with God over a cup of tea.

No matter how hard you try, you cannot accelerate enlightenment. Every religion teaches the need to slow down in order to connect with the self, with others, and with a higher force. in Psalm 46, The Bible says: Be still and know that I am God."- Carl Honore, In praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed.

Our journey is an exploration of the calm and purposeful nature of tea life, as recorded in several countries throughout the world. At the heart of this tea journey is the imperative to create a stronger interest in tea in a modern world that is fast losing it connection to the earth. Follow the meaning and journey of TEA and see how it relates to YOU.