Tag Archives | tea

Chamomile & Lavender: The Perfect Time-Out Tisane

By on July 14, 2009 in Chamomile, Tea, Tisanes

Modern life seems to surge forward at a pace that can be, unfortunately, anything but health-friendly. Between work, hobbies, and social commitments, the act of scheduling to meet the demands of daily life requires some serious creativity—and we haven’t even mentioned our demanding online lives! Inundated with all that pressure to perform, one of the [...]

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Close-Up on White Tea

By on July 13, 2009 in Tea, White Tea

Over the next few weeks, we will take a look at the “classic” Chinese teas — white, green, yellow, oolong, black and brick — and discuss the regions where they grow, the process each tea undergoes before it can be brewed, and the brewing techniques as well as descriptions of the different aromas, tastes and [...]

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Introduction to Tea Tasting

By on July 6, 2009 in Green Tea, Oolong, Rose Tea, Tea

Tea drinkers in the USA are beginning to demand high quality teas from their shops and suppliers. There’s a lot of web-literature about tea out there, and the drink is now becoming popular, but actual knowledge and experience drinking tea is still somewhat lacking. This is a good thing, because it allows tea merchants to [...]

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Kombucha: Weird Mushroom Tea or Source of Superhealth?

By on June 3, 2009 in Kombucha

Some time ago, I had a rather stubborn cold. Nothing seemed very appetizing. I was feeling down, stuffy, and chilly. Then, on my way home from work, I stopped at a corner grocery for something cool to drink – and decided to buy my first bottle of kombucha. Cracking open the plastic seal, I heard [...]

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Natural – non antibiotics – Treatments against Urinary Tract Infections

By on February 16, 2009 in CONDITIONS, urinary tract infection

Many women will suffer or have at one point or another already suffered from urinary tract infections. (I will refer to women in this article because the infections are much more common in women than men, since the male urethra is long and it’s more difficult for bacteria to reach the bladder. However, on occasion [...]

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A Pennyroyal Tea for Your Pains

By on October 20, 2008 in Pennyroyal, PLANT CURES

If you were young in the early nineties, you remember Nirvana’s song “Pennyroyal Tea” from the album In Utero. However, there may be a physiological reason that front man Kurt Cobain was thinking about pennyroyal: an infusion made from this extremely powerful herb can be soothing to the stomach, and it’s well known that Cobain [...]

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Diet Hacker – Slicing up the Super Food Debate

By on August 20, 2007 in DIET

What, you didn’t know we were in the midst of a formal debate regarding the super-ness of some so-called super foods? Well, when other internet publications suggest that we eat spinach every single day of our lives — I’ve got to put my foot down. I love spinach. But, every day? Come on people – [...]

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