One of the best things you can do to ward off sinusitis and other sinus allergy conditions is to drink hot lemon tea everyday. Any variety of tea (black, green, decaffeinated or herbal) when mixed with fresh lemon helps to prevent mucous from clogging your sinuses; and if you do succumb to sinusitis the daily intake of hot lemon tea will help to hasten the healing process and keep the infection from recurring [...]

Since I’m always on the look out for tea remedies, this article in the Gourmet Traveler by Janet Ching has been added to my collection. Xia Sang Giu has existed for over 200 years and is [...]

Another name for the hot pot is electric thermo pot. What makes it such is its ability to not only boil water automatically, but to keep it warm for hours. This is perfect for preparing tea. But, it’s even more versatile [...]

Recently I caught a cold from my two-year old granddaughter who sneezed my way a couple of times and added a cough or two for good measure. I immediately grabbed the lemon juice for Vitamin C, but it didn’t help much. [...]

Over the past decade, we’ve been inundated with the health benefits of green tea; but did you know that green tea boosts brain cells? Yep, medical research has shown that the [...]

Naturally healing teas and tisanes must be carefully brewed in order to reap their healing benefits. Simple infusions made from herbs and plants can soothe and restore, and be steeped and enjoyed for better health. Here a few tips to keep in mind [...]

This tea is aptly named for the stressed-out American population–the “hurry up and go” generation. Not only are minds stressed with anxiety and worry; but bodies as well in a constant search for the latest fitness or dieting craze [...]

I love new tea discoveries and just the other day I was told of a new gourmet fruit that’s great with tea. This fruit is actually a lemon…well, not quite…it’s a cross between an ordinary lemon and a mandarin orange. It’s called a Meyer Lemon [...]

Author Jason Witt says, “There’s Peace of Mind for the health of your mind. Then tea is the Fountain of Youth for your body. And your spirit? That’s where tea is the Tree of Life. It’s healing for your whole person.” In his new book, The Spirituality of Tea: God’s Blessing for your Mind, Body, and Spirit, Jason explores these three inseparable concepts [...]

Tea District, a tea manufacturer that is involved in charitable giving through donations from the sales of its teas, has designed a Tribute to Kids with this delicious tea [...]

Rize tea or Çay is a form of black tea—the best selling tea in Turkey. Produced in Rize Province on the eastern Black Sea coast of Turkey which has a mild climate with high precipitation and fertile soil, this natural all black loose tea when brewed is mahogany in color. Rize Tea is grown without utilizing pesticides, and produced without addition of chemical additives [...]

The art of tea reaches a new level with the Teavana Perfect Tea Touch iPhone App. If you have an iPhone, you can download this free app at the iTunes Store, and if you don’t own an iPhone, this tea ware, which features everything you need to blend and steep your favorite teas, will make you want to go right away and purchase one [...]

My sister sent me a case of Penta Purified Drinking Water as a Christmas gift. It was her intent to get me started on a health regime of drinking half my body weight in water each day. I began the regime, but found the task of drinking this much water a little daunting; so, I used some to brew a pot of one of my favorite green tea blend instead [...]

The Splash Stick is a great Starbucks Coffee Company invention that makes the perfect on-the-go tea cosy. It is a green plastic stirrer that fits perfectly into the sip hole in the mouth of Starbucks coffee lids to keep coffee warm longer and prevent harmful spills from hot liquids [...]

I absolutely adore old (or should I say, vintage) movies. One of my favorite that I watch every Christmas holiday season is the musical, “Tea for Two” starring Doris Day and Gordon MacRae. Produced in 1950, this movie is a spinoff of a famous Broadway play, “No, No, Nanette” [...]