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  Beautiful skin starts from within. The skin is the largest organ in the human body, composed of three layers. The outermost layer is the epidermis, then comes the dermis, with the deepest layer being subcutaneous tissue. Skin is always in a dynamic state of self-renewal, its cells constantly moving and differentiating. The skin aging process can be viewed as two distinct mechanisms: internal and external. The deeper layers of the skin are affected by an increased breakdown in internal cellular processes, while the epidermis primarily sustains damage from external factors, the greatest of which is chronic sun exposure. All layers...

Supplies List:  -Assam tea -flavored teas for second fermentation: Strawberry Fields, Jasmine Pearls, and Mango Tango Tea are all great for this, but feel free to play around with your favorites! -SCOBY -Sugar -Large jar -Cloth -rubber band   What exactly is Kombucha? If you translate directly from Japanese, kombucha means kelp tea: “kombu” is a type of Japanese kelp, and “cha” means tea in Japanese. In general, a good rule of thumb is that if the name of your tea ends in ‘cha,’ it’s probably Japanese—such as sencha, matcha, and genmaicha. The deeper you look though, the weirder the story...

Out of 4,000 Certified B Corporations worldwide, The Tea Spot is among the top 5% B Corps in the impact area of Community B Lab is transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet through partnership with businesses. They explain this special acknowledgement, "Every year, B Lab recognizes the top-performing B Corps creating the greatest impact through their businesses. These B Corps are named Best for the World™ as their verified scores in the five impact areas evaluated on the B Impact Assessment (BIA)—community, customers, environment, governance, and workers—are amongst the global top 5% in their corresponding size group. These...

Though Canada Day is behind us, our celebration is continuing for the rest of the month. And what better way to celebrate than with tea? Though Canada has only around 10% of the population of the US, Canadians drink twice as much tea per capita, on average, compared to Americans [1, 2]. With the French and British roots of the Canadian settler colonies, it isn’t so surprising that tea has held such popularity. The average Canadian drinks 1.2 cups of tea a day [3]. The largest Canadian fast food chain, Tim Hortons, mirrors the Canadian love of tea by carrying...