black tea 🖤 🖤 🖤 The heart healthy tea. All tea originates from the same exact plant—Camellia sinensis. It’s how the plant’s leaves are processed that define if tea becomes black, green, oolong, white, and so on. During oxidation, oxygen interacts with the tea plant’s cell walls to turn the leaves the rich dark brown to black color that black tea leaves are famous for. Oxidation alters the flavor profile of a black tea as well, helping add malty, fruity, or even smoky notes! SCIENCE TELLS US Black tea contains flavonoids, which are beneficial for heart health. Studies have found that regularly drinking black tea may help reduce the risk of heart disease. Drinking black tea on a regular basis may help...
chamomile Anxiety Soothing & Digestion Boosting The plant's physician. In olden days, chamomile was known as the plant's physician because people thought that by placing chamomile next to a sickly plant, 90% of the time the plant would recover! Chamomile rightly gets the nickname because it has been used for thousands of years to treat everything from loss of appetite to irregular periods to bronchitis. Today we regard chamomile for its calming abilities to soothe anxiety and tension and it makes for a great bedtime tea. SCIENCE TELLS US Chamomile tea may protect against diarrhea, stomach ulcers, nausea and gas, likely due to its anti-inflammatory effects. Chamomile contains antioxidants that may promote sleepiness, and drinking chamomile tea has been shown to improve...
3 tea pairings for your summer outdoor activities 🧘🏽♀️ 🌿 🧘🏽♀️ 🌿 Are you working in the garden this summer? Try this tea! Lavender Sage Lemonade is blended with ingredients often found in a garden, making it your ideal companion to bring along when tending to your plants. Made with lemon myrtle, lemongrass, lemon peel, sage, lavender, rose hips, licorice root and calendula petals, this blend is herbaceous and refreshing. It works to help detoxify the body and calm the mind! We recommend using 2 teaspoons of Lavender Sage Lemonade per 8 oz of water. Serve iced and unsweetened or with a spoonful of honey to accentuate the lemon flavor. Love to hike & explore your natural surroundings? Try this...
Bagged vs. Loose Leaf Tea: 🌿 🌿 🌿 Did you know that tea bags are made with dust and fannings left over from tea production? Drinking loose leaf tea ensures you are getting the highest quality of tea, flavor, and health benefit because you are consuming the entire leaf, not just the leftovers. See the example below! ⬇ The sencha green tea on the left is tea from a tea bag. The sencha green tea on the right is our loose leaf tea! While teabags are loved for their convenience, preparing loose leaf tea actually doesn't require many more steps than bagged tea. And plus, the extra few steps in preparing loose leaf are worth it because your tea will just taste SO much better. This is...
Calendula Flower Wound Healing & Immune Boosting A splash of sunshine. This little flower has a very close connection with the sun. The flower of this plant tends to follow the sunlight during the day and could very often be found near the temples of a god who represented the sun. Many cultures all over the world have used calendula for its healing properties. Ancient Egyptians used it to rejuvenate their skin and the Greeks and Romans used it as a culinary garnish. In ancient as well as modern India, calendula is often strung into garlands for weddings and religious rituals. SCIENCE TELLS US Calendula contains numerous compounds that may fight oxidative stress and inflammation in your body. Calendula promotes skin...
