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Hello, tea lovers! As we navigate all that is unknown these days, I pray that you are all still staying safe in these trying & unprecedented times!  With all of the new and constantly changing restrictions, the overwhelming wave of statistics we are bombarded with daily, & negativity that seems to invade every facet of our lives nowadays, I thought we would take a break & focus on some positivi-tea! :)  First, & foremost, let's talk about the potential for all of this new free time we are presented with. While we seemingly still have plenty of tasks to complete, rooms...

The very first western travelers to Japan were fascinated by Japanese culture especially the tea ceremony. Today, one does not have to travel to Japan to partake in the traditional tea ceremony or to enjoy the matcha tea which is served. A Buddhist monk in the 9th century served tea to the Emperor Saga, the ruler of Japan at that time while he was on his trip to the Karasaki village.  This is the first documented instance of the tea ceremony.  Later circa the 12 century, a monk known as Eisai prepared a unique variety of tea that was a powdered green...

Happy weekend, friends! We hope you all had a wonderful week & that you have plans to enjoy the beautiful weather that is predicted for this weekend!  Part of enjoying this beautiful weather & tea in general is avoiding ingesting plastic. Kind of weird & out of the blue, right? Wrong! Lately we have seen various news articles that are warning tea drinkers of tea bags shedding billions of microplastic particles into every single one of their cups. Yuck! No one likes to think about willing eating plastic!  Moreover, we at Good Life Tea knew this & warned about it over...

GUEST BLOG POST- From MarthaBlessing.com.  Thanks Martha  What if the healing prescription you need isn’t at the doctor, pharmacy, or holistic practitioner? What if the key to healing your symptoms is instead, a spiritual prescription? As I stood in my kitchen waiting for the tea kettle to whistle, I pondered the label on my new bag of oolong tea.  My friend, "Rob the tea guy", had gifted me a bag of Ti Kuan Yin oolong tea.  Serendipitous for sure.   I was first drawn to the Hindu goddess of compassion 22 years ago when I began my journey in meditation and...