Tea Cup Photo Competition Our wonderful panel of judges have picked their favorite tea photos from our Spill It Tea Forum and the $100 tea gift certificate winners are: 1) $100 Most Original Tea Cup […]
Health benefits from caffeinated tea
End of semesters can be very difficult, you have to say goodbye to new friends, colleagues, and thoughtful professors. Yesterday was my last day at my internship, where I was […]
Chrysanthemum – The Golden Flower
One of my favorite herbal teas is Chrysanthemum tea. This fragrant tea is reported to have many medicinal values in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Most notably, within TCM, it is claimed […]
Make Your Own Genmai-cha Tea
In researching this article, I came across the following legend regarding the origin of Genmai-cha: In feudal Japan, there was a servent named Genmai. One day he was serving his […]
The Caffeine Equation.
Sometimes, I just need it. Caffeine. Without it, at times, I’m fearfully rendered a cranky monster or a walking zombie; it’s not a pretty picture. As an addict in the […]
Catechins can help you find success in healthy eating
Who doesn’t wish they looked like someone else at one point in their life? Or that they could have their high school waist forever? Even though I am only in […]
Untangling the web of Japan’s radiation effects
What shook Japan on March 11th was fatal and catastrophic, but no one knew then that its shocks, in the form of economic drains, wouldn’t cease a bit several months […]
The Most Popular Green Teas
With the summer heat here to stay for a few more months, many people are trying to find ways to cool down with more than just water. Green tea is […]
Bargaining for tea in Shanghai
As the tea puffed its warning steam, the host of the teahouse urged me to drink up. I was in the Old Town of Shanghai and after market hunting and […]
A Blooming Tea made with Black Tea
Introducing our first blooming tea made with black tea, Black Gold Blooming Tea! Traditionally, flowering teas are made with Silver Needle white tea, but sometimes people want a showy tea, […]