Teato has many loves. Sunsets. Beautiful Women. Tea. And when it comes time to give someone a present, Teato gives them…tea. What else? It is the embodiment of beauty, in tiny little leaves.
But if you want to bestow the gift of tea on someone special, you must know their heart. Here are a few suggestions on what kind of tea to give those close to you:
Choosing Tea for a Friend
If you are just beginning on your friendship journey, go with a sampler — something with a variety of tea. That way they can find the path to loving tea, and you, themselves. Whether that path is through black tea, green tea, or herbal tea, they can be their own guide.
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Greetings, Tea students.
As you sit there with your hot cup of loose leaf tea, welcoming the first hints of Fall, perhaps you think to yourself, “Master Amanzi has taught me so much. I know how healthy tea is, where it comes from, how to make it—but how much should I drink?”
This is a good question, young Tea Seeker, and I am glad you have asked it. Your tea knowledge has grown, and I am suitably impressed.
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There seems to be a lot of confusion out there about the amount of caffeine in a cup of tea, and what that means. When you drop your tea bag into your cup of tea, you want to know just how much caffeine you’re getting. The short answer is that it varies—depending on whether you’re using a tea bag or loose leaf tea, how long you steep it for, etc. But fear not—Master Amanzi shall tell you more.
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Hullo again, tea-loving commoners. Time to put down your tea bags, take a big sip of your loose leaf teas, and pay attention. For ‘tis I, the Earl of Grey. I am sure you’ve missed me at least ten times as I’ve missed you. Nevertheless, here I am to tell you a bit about Puerh Tea.
As the health benefits of tea become more and more clear, and an increasing number of delicious types of tea reach stores worldwide, tea is becoming incredibly popular. And as tea drinkers get to try all new kinds of tea to which they’d previously never been exposed, they discover new favorites. Puerh tea is a new favorite with many experienced tea drinkers.
So what is Puerh tea?
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Hey people! There’s a lot of press about there about how healthy tea is, listing off all the health benefits, but let’s never forget the best reason to drink tea—it tastes delicious!
So with that in mind, I wanted to tell you guys about alternatives to boring old sugar. Most people don’t know that there are choices—they think that if you want your tea sweeter, sugar is all that’s out there. Not true! So how about these alternatives?
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Greetings Tea Students. I, Master Amanzi, have opened my giant Book of Tea Knowledge today so that I could impart unto you some valuable information about the leaf teas that come from Japan. So go get put your tea bags in some hot water, and spend the next three minutes steeping in enlightenment.
In Japan, 97% of the tea they drink is locally grown and processed. This is unsurprising, since tea has been popular there for centuries—long before the Western world was exposed to it. Almost half of Japan’s entire tea production is picked in the Shizhuoka region at the foothills of Mt. Fuji. Green tea is the least processed kind of tea, and may easily be found in all over the country. But if you would like to expand your tea consciousness and learn a little bit more, please continue.
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Recently I told you guys about the ins and outs of adding milk to your tea. But as everybody knows, there’s a lot more options than that! For many years, tea makers have added fruit and herbs to their tea blends. But sometimes, you want to add a little something yourself. Well I’ve got a couple of tea tips to help you out.
Naturally, there’s no limit to what you can put into a cup of tea. Cinnamon, mint, blueberries, strawberries…you name it—the possibilities are endless. So I’m just going to stick with the most common ones for today.
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Greetings tea lovers and students of the Way of Tea. Please sit down with a pot of loose tea, pour yourself a cup, and pay attention. I shall impart to you the history of tea.
As you may have noticed, the arrogant Earl of Grey has on more than one occasion claimed credit for discovering tea. This is, of course, ridiculous. Tea has been around many more generations before the Earl was born—before his country even existed.
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Part 7: Herbal Tea
You are no doubt anxious to complete your lessons on the different types of tea. You have studied hard, I have no doubt, and know all that I have shown you and more about the previous types I have explained to you: white tea, green tea, oolong tea, black tea, rooibos tea, and yerba tea. Now it is time to finish your journey.
The final type of tea is herbal tea.
Herbal tea, like yerba mate and rooibos, are not actually types of tea since they are not made from the leaves of the tea bush. But while these other two are made from specific plants, herbal tea is basically any kind of tea not made from tea leaves. Herbal teas are actual infusions made from other plants, such as leaves, flowers, roots, or seeds.
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