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Thousands of years ago. When tea started to become a popular drink, Chinese Buddhist monks discovered that drinking tea helped with their daily meditation. Meditation, they believed, was the source of all enlightenment.  If you have ever meditated, you've discovered that it is not easy. Your mind drifts off into distraction and perhaps you even start to nod off. You're not alone.  The ancient monks also encountered these barriers to nirvana.  A Solution Is Found The monks discovered that drinking tea helped them with their daily meditation. They discovered that tea packed a one-two punch of caffeine and L-Theanine. Although they lacked scientific proof,...

Iced Tea - The Ultimate Summer Drink As the warm weather approaches, tea drinkers start making delicious, refreshing, fruit iced teas like Last Mango In Paris.  Iced tea is so easy to make with the Mist Iced Tea Maker.   Making Iced Tea with the Mist Iced Tea Maker If you are in a rush, you can add about 10 ounces of boiling water in the Mist Iced Tea maker and add 8 to 10 teaspoons of loose fruit tea like Last Mango In Paris or Strawberry Kiwi.  Let it steep for 5 - 7 minutes.  Then, simply add ice...

What is matcha? You’ve seen it on weird health-food blogs.  Your sister tried to bake a cake with it and made a mess of your kitchen.  You couldn’t help but notice the powdered tea in the shop, but didn’t want ask about it, because you didn’t even know where to start.  Regardless of how this unusual tea has surfaced in your life, you must be wondering: What is matcha? Matcha is powdered green tea.  Matcha is to green tea what flour is to wheat.  It was traditionally used in the Japanese tea ceremony, but now can be used to replace...