I know, I haven’t reviewed tea in awhile. Here’s the deal-
Desperate for caffeine I have been doing the beverage equivalent of hot racking coffee. The thyroid issues are leaving me totally feeling the way a used paper coffee filter looks. I prefer herbal teas, and since they don’t have caffeine there seemed to be no purpose in drinking it at the moment. But today, I don’t know…I just needed something to say, “hey me, take a break!”

I like mango combinations. Stash’s MangoPassionfruit is not particularly mango-y, or passionfruit-y. It is sort of like baby asprin with a little mango flavor …read more

A new study that was presented at the annual conference of the American Heart Association states that hibiscus tea significantly lowers blood pressure.

Researchers studies 65 people with high blood pressure and found that those drinking hibiscus tea had an average of 7.2 percent drop in their blood pressure.  This information can be found at Natural News.
Hibiscus has long been used for medical and health purposes.  It strengthens the immune system as well as helps reduce cholesterol.  It cna be used as a relaxant and is a great diuretic.
Hibiscus actually adds a sweet flavor to herbal teas and has long been …read more

I really, really liked this tea. It was fruity, with almost a winey flavor. It is more accurately a tisane rather than a tea because it has no tea in it. It is prevalently black currant and blackberry, with the tang of ginseng, sweetened with a little vanilla.

Jennifer and Peggy at Treehugging Family are focusing on Earth Day at b5 all month.
Some of the big environmental issues facing consumers today is greenhouse gas, carbon footprints the size of the Jolly Green Giant, and socio-ethical issues concerning working conditions and Fair Trade for farmers and workers. It can be overwhelming to try to juggle everyone’s needs when you just want a cup of something hot and relaxing!
So, did you ever think about growing your own herbal tea blends? Herbs grow prolifically almost anywhere, do well on windowsills, and in containers, and are easy to transform from fragrant …read more

Mmm. Teavana Raspberry Sangria.  It just sounds good, doesn’t it?  Do you know that I fed the used tea, after I had made my drink, to the chickens and they loved it ?  Why wouldn’t they?   Have you looked at all the dried  fruit in this stuff!
I really, really liked this tea.  It was tangy and fruity with a lot of raspberry flavor.   The aroma drew in every one of the kids in this entire house, no small feat- that, so my recommendation is not to brew it when you want some quiet time.