Tea Recipes and Journal

An Introduction Dandelions have been around for thousands of years. For many children, they are playthings whose flower contains cute tiny seeds that look like helicopters when blown in the air. Many of these kids also believe that wishing on...

In herbal medicine, hibiscus is considered a very potent herb. Our hibiscus tea which is made of roselle herbs (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) is rich in vitamin C, protein, beta carotene, and organic acids that are important in keeping the human body in good shape.

Here are some of the benefits one can get from drinking Hibiscus tea.

Sometimes I'll get the question of 'How should I store my tea to extend its shelf life'? So I thought I would quickly talk about that here.

Tea doesn't like 5 things very much before it's put in a teacup by you, and those things are light, heat, moisture, odor and air.

This morning I stayed in bed far longer than I should, felt even a bit worse after I got up, and then remembered I'd brought some Damiana tea back with me for the weekend 'just in case'. I drank that and after about 20 minutes, I felt about 70% better and could go outside for some lunch and do some shopping.

The reason I'm creating this article is due to the above as I delve a bit deeper into the mechanics behind Damiana Tea and how it works.

Turmeric and Black Pepper (often coupled with Ginger too) sounds like a bit of an unusual combination, but there's a good reason for this!

Ancient people were actually quite good at discovering that certain combinations of herbs worked better than by themselves, although I'm sure they didn't know why - and all without the help of modern science.

Bael Fruit Tea is also known as Japanese Bitter Orange, Stone Apple, Wood Apple, and has a botanical name of Aegle marmelos L. Quite an interesting fruit in that it can be described as having a taste that is 'sweet, aromatic and pleasant, although tangy and slightly astringent', along with having a range of reported benefits too.

Bael fruit contains Vitamin C, Protein, Beta-carotene, Thiamine, and Ribovlavin.
Lets take a closer look at Bael Fruit!