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Moringa Tea - The New Super Food

Moringa Tea - The New Super Food

Moringa Tea made from dehydrated and ground Moringa Olifera leaves, is now increasingly known and used worldwide for its medicinal properties and health benefits.

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6 Herbal Teas for Your Evening Tea Sessions During Monsoons

6 Herbal Teas for Your Evening Tea Sessions During Monsoons

Someone who loves rain and enjoys the monsoon season like it’s an emotion. From the rain pattering on your window to the damp yet sweet earthy smell in the air and reading a good book with a steaming hot cup of tea and pakoras plate in your hands.

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How to Make: Cutting Masala Chai

How to Make: Cutting Masala Chai

Monsoons and chai are a packaged deal! A lot can happen over a cup of tea. Chai is an emotion in India. The beauty of chai is that it is comforting to drink and made with a diverse mix of spices that strengthens the aroma and flavour of the tea. It is the catalyst for good conversations. Every house has their very own version of this must have beverage - from Cutting chai to flavoured green tea. One of our all-time favourite tea blends is our cutting masala chai that's made with some of the most aromatic spices we know:...

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How to make: Tea Popsicles

How to make: Tea Popsicles

How to make tea popsicles Even though tea popsicles are chiefly a summer treat, one can consume them year-round. All of us rustle up recipes over the weekend or have one friend who loves their tropical popsicles! These are absolutely easy to make. Here is a Blue Lagoon Chia Popsicle iced-tea popsicle recipe with our bestseller blend, Blue Lagoon Blue Lagoon Chia Popsicle   INGREDIENTS 250 ml coconut milk 300 ml hot water 3tbsp chia seeds 1 Blue Lagoon tea bag 1tbsp powdered sugar 1tbsp honey (optional) INSTRUCTIONS  Make the tea first. Boil 300ml water and dip the Blue Lagoon tea...

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Darjeeling – The Best Tea Tourism Spot in the World

Darjeeling – The Best Tea Tourism Spot in the World

The Fabulous Five - Archibald Campbell, a civil surgeon of the Bengal Medical Service who was posted as Superintendent of the sanatorium town of Darjeeling from 1841, was also a keen botanist.

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Skin Benefits of Green Tea

Skin Benefits of Green Tea

Japanese monks who visited China to study Zen Buddhism in the 7th century CE learned of green tea’s great healing properties. In addition to lowering blood pressure and reducing cholesterol, green tea is full of antioxidants, Vitamin B2, Vitamin E, and minerals such as potassium, magnesium, calcium, zinc, phosphorous, and copper.

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Do you have Tepidophobia?

Do you have Tepidophobia?

Tepidophobia is the fear of a badly-made cup of tea. Yes, the feeling has a literal word now. It is when someone makes a generous offer of treating you to some freshly -brewed, homemade tea and you feel those butterflies in your stomach, petrified about the consistency, the flavour and even the colour.

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Impact of Covid-19 on The Global Tea Industry

Impact of Covid-19 on The Global Tea Industry

The aromatic beverage prepared by pouring boiling water over cured tea leaves, not only brings a sense of calmness, fulfilment, and refreshment in the tea drinker’s life but also enables several health benefits daily. It has been brought to us by several countries famous for their major tea plantation and cultivation.

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Elephants in the Tea Garden

Elephants in the Tea Garden

For years, the tea estates in Dooars and Assam have faced human-elephant conflict. Although elephants do not eat tea leaves, they often pass through the plantations during their long migrations, damaging the tea bushes on their way.

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Secrets of Tea Tasting

Secrets of Tea Tasting

Tea Tasting involves three of one’s senses – Sight, Smell, and Taste. One first sees what the dry leaves look like (whole, broken, crisp) then smells the dry leaves (clean, musty). Then one brews the liquor, observes it (muddy, clear) smells it (fresh, flowery) and finally tastes it.
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