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Greening our tea Habit

The “Greening” of our Tea Habit

It seems like our culture is really starting to promote all the “little” things we do on a daily basis to be more ecological and “green”. The idea is that even the seemingly small things add up to significant amounts when we all contribute to them frequently. This concept is really driven home lately with…

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Haute Couture of Tea Fashion

The previous post reminds me of some serious tea couture – the Red Dress created a few years ago by designer Brett Cooper. After being commissioned by Celestial Seasonings to make a red gown from their tea packaging, Cooper transformed nearly 700 packets of tea into this red gown and matching hat, purse, and heels.…

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Kick your sweet tooth craving with a cup of tea

Simply Sweet – Kick your sweet tooth craving with a cup of tea!

Sweets are my vice. I like pretty much most things sweet: ice cream, chocolate, cookies, strawberries, and if it’s not sweet, I make it so: sugar in coffee, honey in tea, vanilla soy with my cereal, sugar on grapefruit, kettle corn popcorn… you get the idea. So since my sweet tooth is around pretty much…

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mmmmm….. Ice Cream!

Jennifer Armentrout, contributor with Fine Cooking, is testing tea ice creams. So I have decided to post my favorite ice cream you scream we all scream for tea cream…Even Obama!!! Red Rocks Tea Cream
 This is a creamy, rich and delicious red tea ice cream. Serving Size: 10 INGREDIENTS: • 1 quart milk • 6…

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