Tea Talk

Fruit Tea is one of my favorite brews to drink when the weather warms up. Fruit teas are delicious and refreshing with no caffeine, so you can drink them any time during the day or in the evening. If you are looking for a great beverage to replace soda, look no further. Fruit teas are a healthy, flavorful option. Because of their fabulous flavor, there's no guilt, just pure enjoyment. They're also an excellent option for the kiddos, with no added sugar unless you choose to add some. Fruit teas can be enjoyed either hot or cold, but at this...

As the weather warms up, my taste buds go into iced tea overdrive. I find nothing more refreshing than cold iced tea on a hot day. And because I’m a tea snob — yep, I admit it — I prefer to make my own iced tea to enjoy all day. One of my new summer favorites brewed into iced tea is Honeybush Peach. I can enjoy this caffeine-free tea all day and into the evening or until I’ve drunk it all and it’s gone. I will make a big batch in my flash chill Takeya Iced Tea Maker and then...

Here's a shout-out to all the fabulous Dads and Grandfathers in our lives. I was blessed to have a great Dad and a wonderful Grandpa. They both factored majorly in my life, especially when I was younger. So in their honor, I thought it would be fun to talk about the origins of Father's Day. This comes from the History Channel... The campaign to celebrate the nation's fathers did not meet with the same enthusiasm as Mother's Day–perhaps because, as one florist explained, "fathers haven't the same sentimental appeal that mothers have." On July 5, 1908, a West Virginia church...

Wow, it's June already! How can that be? But I'll take the warmer, sunnier weather with no complaints. As we roll into June, did you know that June is National Iced Tea Month? Not just a day or week but the whole month - I love it! I'm an equal opportunity gal between hot and iced tea. But as the temperature goes up, I find there's nothing like a cold glass of iced tea to refresh me. I tend to go to the fruitier teas in the warmer weather. Peach tea is always a customer favorite. So I carry a...

After last week’s article on cold brewing black, oolong, and Puerh teas, I fielded many questions about whether and how to cold brew herbal teas. At this point, I’d like to clarify — so that we’re all on the same page — that herbal tea is any tea or tisane beverage that does not come from the tea plant Camellia Sinensis. So now, onto my thoughts on cold brewing herbal teas. There are two views on this: yes, you can and no, you shouldn’t. I’m not trying to be funny, but if you smiled and thought, “Yep, that cleared it...