Tea Times Blog

(Tea TImes Blog) – The weather is now cooler here, so I can now enjoy drinking hot tea again.  Today I explored the deep, dark reaches of my kitchen cabinets and found my unopened box of Equo Organic Masala Chai tea.  My sister-in-law had purchased this for my birthday. Both she and I appreciate that [...]

(Tea Times Blog) I took a trip to Washington Square Mall on Monday evening.  After a too-large meal at the Cheesecake Factory, my mother, daughter and I decided to walk some of it off in the mall.

The first thing I saw was the Teavana shop.  I had to stop.  They has samples of several teas [...]

(Tea Times Blog) – It is still hotter than normal in my area of Oregon, so I am continuing my search for iced drinks.

After my success with the refrigerator tea using the white pomegranate and mint tea, I decided to play some more with the mint tea.  I had lemonade in the refrigerator that had [...]

(Tea Times Blog) – This morning was the first in a long while that I actually had breakfast at home.

Let me say that I most definitely eat breakfast most mornings; I believe that is the reason that I have managed to lose 20 pounds since the beginning of 2009.  But I usually eat at my [...]

(Tea Times Blog) – While wilting under the 100+ degree weather, I’ve been trying to build up enough energy to make iced tea. Whenever I thought about making some, it was still 94 degrees at 10 P.M. and there was no way I was going to subject myself or my family (including the fur-covered, four-legged [...]

(Tea Times Blog) -Day three into my investigation into the effects of brew time on the flavor of tea.

Again, I’m using Green Tea Super Anti-Oxidant by Yogi Tea, an Oregon company.  Its parent company, Golden Temple, is headquartered in Eugene.  Eugene is a progressive college town, its nickname being “Berkeley North” after that other left-of-center [...]

(Tea Times Blog) – As you may remember, yesterday I started an experiment to see how steeping time affects the taste of tea.  I’m currently working with Green Tea Super Anti-Oxidant by Yogi Tea, partly because I have enjoyed it so far, and partly because it is currently the only tea I have at my [...]

(Tea Times Blog) – My mom started drinking tea for the same reason I started . . . as a socially acceptable alternative to coffee.  However, her idea of a good “cuppa” is taking the tea bag and dunking it a couple of times into a mug of hot water.  The joke in my family [...]

(Tea Times Blog) – I’m going to start my journey from where I am.  My cupboard has many different teas that I have either bought or been given as gifts.

Various flavors of Numi teas:  I received this as a gift from my significant other.  Over half of them are decaf.  I like that these are [...]