Archive for September, 2009

Environmentally Friendly Childs Teasets

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Prettywood Tea is in the process of going green!  You and your child will love this environmentally friendly tea set which is made from completely recycled milk jugs. When your little girl sets up a tea party, you will know our teasets are safe for the kids to eat food from. With the stringent quality testing that these toys undergo, not only are they dishwasher safe, but completely meet all FDA food contact standards. The sturdy, almost unbreakable teaset includes an entire set-up for your little girl, including tea pot, creamer, sugar bowl and four cup, saucer and spoon sets.

Childs Teasets by Green Toys

 

Reasons to try Gourmet Loose Tea

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

5 Reasons to Try Loose Tea –

Black Tea
Fine gourmet tea is perfect for those who like the finer things in life.
If you prefer a home cooked meal from fresh ingredients rather than a
microwaved ready meal, or choose your wine based on grape and country
rather than what’s on offer in the off-licence, why not consider fine
loose tea instead of teabags?

1. Health benefits

Specialist teas such as green tea provide many well-documented health
benefits including cancer and heart disease fighting properties.

Green Tea

2. Fantastic Taste

Whilst tea bags may be more convenient, making a proper cup of tea is
more rewarding and provides a much better flavour. There is no
compromise with loose tea and the flavors are really distinctive.

If there is a certain type of tea that you already like, or tea from a
specific country or region, perhaps you will want to discover more teas
from this region.

3. Different Styles and Flavors of Tea

If you like wine and know, or appreciate, the differences between
grapes or countries, the same applies to gourmet loose teas available from India, Chinese, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Japan, and each
loose tea has its own distinctive characteristics. You will soon
appreciate the improved taste and flavor of a specialist tea compared
to a cup of tea made with teabags, in the same way that you can tell a
good wine from a lesser wine.

4. Which tea is best for me?

Finding the right loose tea can be daunting task for the newcomer, and
there will be some teas you like, and some you don’t.

Green tea is often talked about as it contains many health benefits, but
what about the other sorts of teas?

Black Teas such as English Tea and Earl Grey Tea are a great way to
start the day, and are invigorating without being overpowering. These
teas are also often drunk to help aid digestion.

5. Follow the instructions

Once you have found the right gourmet tea for you, you will need to
follow the advice to ensure that you make it properly. Different gourmet
teas need to be brewed for a different length of time, and the water
needs to be at a different temperature. Getting the brewing process
wrong can burn the tea and make it almost undrinkable. In the same way
that you wouldn’t drink an expensive wine out of a paper cup, each fine
tea needs to be made correctly so it tastes right. It’s not the same as
dunking a tea bag in a cup of boiling water!

Making a cup of tea will become much more of a ritual, and scientific
process as you learn to get the temperature and brewing times just
right, to provide the best taste. Why not be adventurous and find the
perfect loose tea for you.Fine Gourmet Tea provides a great tasting
alternative to tea bags, so why not discover a world of specialist
gourmet teas today?

 

 

 

 

Black Tea