Fully Loaded Tea announced that it will be hooking up with Tree of Life in a new distribution agreement.
Tree of Life has been around a long time, I have been  buying their brands since the 80s, I am pretty sure. I haven’t had the chance to try the Fully Loaded brand but they look really interesting.

Flavors include:

Citrus Spiked
Goji Force Green
Naked Strawberry Green  (with rose petals-yum)
Cucumber Mojo White
Shameless Berries Fruit Tea
Bulletproof Currant
Wild Siberian Fruit Tea

The new agreement with Tree of Life will put the Canadian based company in more stores in the United States, including Whole Foods. If I see some …read more

Hawaii has been growing tea for over one hundred years, who knew?
Apparently that rich, volcanic soil that grows such awesome beans also grows tea leaves and the Department of Agriculture is encouraging the producers to grow! grow! grow! I first read aout Hawaiian teas on the New York Times site and then did a quick search to see what I could find out.

Apparently the flavor of Hawaiian grown tea is unique. That makes sense since the climate and soil play a big role in the finished flavor. I found the Hawaiian
I am interested for sure. Here are some producers that …read more

My oldest son is in the Air Force. At this point I have not seen him since June, 2008 and it looks like it will be March 2010 before I see him again.  To say that I miss him is an understatement. To say that I am proud of him is absolutely the biggest understatement ever. He has been stationed in Utah, Alaska, Iran, and northern Japan. He will be spending 6 months in Kuwait soon…He is seeing the world, and doing what his dad and I raised him to do. Follow the call on his life.  Be part of …read more

Tea producers in East Africa like green tea best, even if it is black.
Production costs for the region’s 177 tea factories are high, meaning that the actual profit on the tea is lower than it could be. Raising prices will not allow Africa to compete in the world market so Africa has decided to lower costs. Theywill do this by constructing hydro-electric power companies to produce electricity for the tea factories. This is expected to lower processing by fifty percent. Since the factories are all located favorably for hydro-electric power this is one of the best solutions to an economic …read more

Do you fancy yourself a tea czar? A tea alchemist? The mad scientist of tea? You can win a $500.00 gift card to Teavana in their Tea Master’s Challenge.
All you need to do is come up with the wining blend of tea. The contest runs from now until August 16, 2009. You just need to go to the site, look through the hundreds of teas, and create magic.

That’s not so hard is it?
There are some seriously good prizes even if you don’t win the grand prize. Besides they will sell the winning blend in their stores. Now, how many people …read more

Stash Tea is offering a free night at one of the 600 bed and breakfasts participating in this program. Basically customers will get one free night with the purchase of a night at the bed and breakfast. The inns that are part of this program can be cound through out the United States and Canada.
Stash has published a Guide to Bed and Breakfast Inns which is available for less than five dollars when you purchase three boxes of any Stash tea at you local grocers or with a ten dollar purchase online.
There are few things more romantic or luxruious than …read more

A few weeks ago a magazine stole content from me. Even after being contacted by b5media and me they totally ignored us and blew us off.
SO…if you want to read my view on it..check out BakingDelights.

I am glad they liked it enough to say it was their best dessert ever…..
image:marye audet

East is meeting west as Bigelow and AriZona teas team up to create a new line of organic ready to drink tea.

The flavors they are offering are:
Organic Green Tea Acai White Cranberry : Regarded as a miracle fruit by many, the acai berry’s tantalizing tropical flavor blends exquisitely with white cranberry to create a uniquely flavorful green tea.
·          Organic Green Tea Original Green: The pure, clean flavor of perfectly brewed, all natural green tea … light, refreshing and rich in nutritional benefits.
·          Organic Green Tea Lemon Ginger : Delightfully subtle yet tart, its delicate, lemony …read more

Once again experts are trying to figure out a magic formula for weight  loss.  First it was green tea that was promised to take of the pounds and then it was black. Then it was oolong.

Now it seems that white tea is the magic melter of fat cells.  Researchers studied people and found that those who drank four or more cups of white tea a day lost an average of four to eight pounds with out making other dietary changes.
White tea is said to increase the metabolism and decrease appetite. Perhaps it does.  If you want to give white tea …read more

This has to go down as one of the weirdest things I have ever read.
A woman in the Birmingham Alabama area  was shot at, I assume, close range by her husband. He then shot himself.
Being a woman, she got a rag to hold to her head an went and did what any sensible person would do.

She made a cup of tea.  When the police got  there she offered the deputy a cup as well.  Now that is true, Southern hospitality right there, y’all.  The police said she seemed disoriented.
Ya think?
Probably the cup of tea perked her right up.
I find this …read more