Tea Blog - Learn All About Tea — Green Tea

There’s a lot of variety to green tea.  Some of it is flavored, some of it is just green, some of it is rolled up into little balls, some of it is in bags, and all of it is of different prices and qualities.  This post is a bit of an introduction to the different types of green tea. >>>>  Step up to Premium Green Teas.  Check out our Green Teas   <<<< Green tea is a true tea.  This means that it is the brewed leaves of the camellia sinensis plant, and nothing else.  Many things which we tend...

It may seem like we named this tea “Moroccan Mint” because they both start with the letter M.  However, have you seen how difficult it is to spell Moroccan?  Anyone who has seen me struggle to spell the name of this tea in the shop knows for a fact that I cannot do it.  Were we just trying to find a word which alliterates with “mint”, we would have chosen “majestic” or something else which I can actually spell.  Moroccan Mint is called Moroccan Mint because Moroccan Mint tea is actually a real thing. For those who are unfamiliar with...

Thousands of years ago. When tea started to become a popular drink, Chinese Buddhist monks discovered that drinking tea helped with their daily meditation. Meditation, they believed, was the source of all enlightenment.  If you have ever meditated, you've discovered that it is not easy. Your mind drifts off into distraction and perhaps you even start to nod off. You're not alone.  The ancient monks also encountered these barriers to nirvana.  A Solution Is Found The monks discovered that drinking tea helped them with their daily meditation. They discovered that tea packed a one-two punch of caffeine and L-Theanine. Although they lacked scientific proof,...

She just walked into our store and said, "I made some cake for you with Citron Green Tea."  We were stunned when we tasted it.  She had just made it and it was still warm. Wow. Delicious.  And she calls it Good Life Cake !   We sent her home with some Matcha and said try cooking with this too.   We'll keep you posted to see what Chef Mary does with the Matcha. Look at Susan. She is all smiles.