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Robert O'Brien

Last Mango in Paris - A lovely fruit tea

Iced Tea - The Ultimate Summer Drink As the warm weather approaches, tea drinkers start making delicious, refreshing, fruit iced teas like Last Mango In Paris.  Iced tea is so easy to make with the Mist Iced Tea Maker.   Making Iced Tea with the Mist Iced Tea Maker If you are in a rush, you can add about 10 ounces of boiling water in the Mist Iced Tea maker and add 8 to 10 teaspoons of loose fruit tea like Last Mango In Paris or Strawberry Kiwi.  Let it steep for 5 - 7 minutes.  Then, simply add ice...

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Aubrey Simonson
What is Matcha powdered green tea

A Beginner's Guide to Matcha

5 Key Takeaways from this Blog Post:  1. What Matcha Is: Matcha is powdered green tea, traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies. Unlike regular tea, where leaves are steeped, matcha involves consuming the whole leaf, providing a more concentrated dose of nutrients and caffeine. 2. Health Benefits: Matcha is rich in antioxidants, even more than regular green tea, due to consuming the whole leaf. It also contains L-theanine, an amino acid that promotes calm focus, making it popular among those seeking a balanced energy boost. 3. Preparation and Taste: Matcha has a grassy, slightly bitter flavor, often balanced by mixing it...

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Robert O'Brien
Water quality, temperature and tea

Water quality, temperature and tea

A much neglected factor in the taste of your tea is water quality and temperature.   Municipal tap water is treated to be safe to drink.  The flavor varies from place and time of year.  Public drinking water must achieve certain standards to be deemed safe to drink.  During the filtration  process water is treated to removed particles and microbes.  During the final stage of the process, chlorine is added to kill off any left over microbes.  So the tap water you get is very safe to drink, but it may have a slight chlorine taste.  We recommend a simple...

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Aubrey Simonson
Pyramid tea bags are environmental bad

Pyramid tea bags are environmental bad

Our customers occasionally ask us for tea bag and tea pyramids.  Our response is "Sorry we don't carry those." The reasons are quite simple.  Tea bags, while they are quite easy, they do not provide the best tea flavor possible. The tea in tea bag teas are called fannings, or tea dust, and they are produced mostly to give color and not flavor.  Open a tea bag up and look. You will find fine tea dust. It's a bit like comparing instant coffee to quality roasted coffee beans freshly grounded.  Tea bags, if you haven't guessed, is the instant coffee...

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