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Tag Archives: black tea
Mountain High Chai: Striking the right balance
In South Asia, the word “chai” just means “tea.” Spiced tea, as we know it, is actually “masala chai.” And what is that? It is black tea mixed with spices including cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and pepper, in many variations. Continue reading
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Heat for the perfect steep
Boil, plunk, and enjoy. As in, boil your water, plunk in the tea sachet, and drink your tea. Aren’t those the basic rules for making tea? Actually, no. At two leaves and a bud, we think if you’re going to enjoy a premium cuppa’ our whole leaf tea, you might want to learn a bit more about how to prepare one so you get the most out of every leaf. So consider, for a minute, that the temperature of the water you’re preparing for tea is just as important as the time you allot for steeping the tea. After all, you want to brew up the best tea you can, don’t you? But not to worry — we’re not about to intimidate you with how you should buy a fancy-schmancy thermometer to painstakingly take the temperature of each kettle you’re … Continue reading
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Tagged assam, black tea, boil, camellia Sinensis, earl grey, Green tea, mountain high chai, Oolong tea, steep, temperature, two leaves and a bud, water, white tea, whole leaf tea
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Feeling fluish?
I shouldn’t have to tell you about the health benefits of tea. People have been reporting on that for years now — they love to throw around terms like “antioxidants” and “flavonoids.” Here’s some information from the Tea Council of the U.S.A., Inc., in case you want to steep a cuppa tea and sit down for some feel-good reading about what you’re drinking. [Read: Drink tea and feel smug.] But, let’s get serious for a minute — you can hardly switch on the evening news lately without hearing about the encroaching flu season. I’m going to take the advice from the Centers for Disease Control and get my flu shot as soon as I can, and I think you should do the same. And forget about colds — with a daughter in daycare I can’t wash my hands often enough … Continue reading
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Tagged antioxidants, benefits of tea, Big Island Bees, black tea, flavonoids, flu season, flu shots, hawaiian honey, honey, immune system, Ohi'a Lehua Bloosom honey, tea, theanine
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4 top tips to brew a better tea
Here are Two Leaves and a Bud, top four tips to brewing a betta’ cup of tea. But first and foremost, use one of our great organic teas! 1. Water: If you have good drinking water from your faucet, then use it. Otherwise, use bottled water or filtered water. 2. Temperature: in a kettle, bring the cold water to boiling and turn off the heat. Let it sit a few minutes before pouring into the teapot. In the meantime, condition the teapot by putting a small amount of hot water in it, swish it around, and pour it out. This will help prevent the teapot from cracking when the hot water is poured in, and also helps keep the teapot warm. Generally for green tea, the hot water temperature should be low, about 180 degree water. For black Tea, the … Continue reading
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Tagged black tea, breweing tea, Green tea, organic tea, organic tea sachet, tea sachet, tips to brew tea, two leavea and a bd
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How to Make Tea Circa 1941
Although shot in 1941, this little Gem from the BFI National Archive has the all the needed tips for passionate tea drinkers!†you will benefit from the six golden tips for making the perfect cuppa’ tea, as well as countless other handy hints (never store your tea next to cheese, for example). There’s an assessment of the pros and cons of various teapots and words of wisdom about the tea bush itself. Everything we wanted you to know at Two Leaves and a Bud is there, but if you need more information on tea and organic tea, we still have it too!
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Tagged BFI on tea, black tea, cuppa' tea, Green tea, how make a perfect cup of tea, organic tea, tea, two leaves and a bud, white tea
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