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Tea Chronicles: How to brew Ice / cold Tea?
Remember to make the perfect chilled glass of Ice Tea, it is of utmost importance that the tea leaf used is of good quality. No amount of addition of flowers, fruits, flavors can rectify that which has gone wrong at the source. Hence opt wisely and get ready to buy loose leaf tea.
Once you have the tea, measure 1 litre of water. Heat it until the bubbles come to the side of the pan or its 95 degree Centigrade. Add 9 grams of the Tea leaf / infusion to the...
Tea Chronicles: Understand it is Tea & not Potpourri!
My dear friends, countrymen, tea lovers, tea enthusiasts, remember when the thought knocks on your door to entice you into making yourself a cup of tea or entering a tea salon or a tea bar to have a cup of the two leaf and a bud, do remind yourself whether you would like to have the cup of tea to soothe the mind, to awaken yourself, to dream and drift or merely to write, read or hold close as a companion. If the thought lingers that the cup should heal the body and soothe the soul, then do understand one...
Tea Chronicles: Diffence between Tea, Infusion, Tisane.
Tea Chronicles: What is First Flush Tea?
FIRST FLUSH TEA
The first pluck of the harvest is called the first flush. The tea harvest in India is from the month of february to the month of december depending on the geographical region and the weather. The tender two leaf and a bud which blooms after the dormant period of winters, is plucked to taste like sunshine in a cup. It looks bright and tastes fresh and floral.
Recipe: Breakfast Matcha Mango Smoothie
To begin the day with a spark, the one thing that i feel helps tremendously is a good breakfast! If one can have this one smoothie, it brings in the antioxidants, the protein, the carbohydrates and the the minerals!
The recipe is simple and with Mango being in season, all you need is to have in your cupboard good Matcha from a reliable source and you are ready to seize the...