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Tea Cup: Twinings Chamomile & Delicate Apple = Love at First Sip

In a previous, a post titled Herbal Tea Bus Offers Starbucks Customers a Ride; I shared how I ended my long time love affair with coffee. To be 100% honest, I have to admit I still love the smell and easily recall the amazing taste of great coffee. My transition from coffee to herbal teas was primarily made when I discovered the caffeine jolt my daily coffee drinks provided was affecting me in some undesirable ways. Those jolts that helped me rev up for the day ultimately wrecked havoc on my ability to sleep calmly through the night.

I even switched to decaf but my, I can’t get to sleep blues continued to plague me. Aside from the poor quality of sleep I endured, I began to notice some slight heart flutters from time to time. I visited my doctor to discuss my concerns. She asked if I consumed coffee and or other caffeine laden beverages on a daily (or less frequent) basis. (I admitted to my love affair with coffee.) After agreeing to some tests to identify if I had an undiagnosed medical condition, I discovered no condition existed. It was then that my doctor suggested I wean myself off the coffee drinks and take notice of how my body responded without caffeine.

Me Time: How to Design Time to Relax & Unwind

At the end of a busy day, do you often feel exasperated and tightly wound up? If yes, stay with me. Today, I will share some of my secrets that will help you feel better quickly. Creating a balance between work and relaxation is very necessary in order to experience a healthy interaction with life and keep our sanity.

Tea Cup: Herbal Tea Bus Offers Starbucks Customers a Ride

I’m in the mood to make a confession today. It is important and meaningful for me to share that on a personal level; experiences prove that life really is a journey.  In addition, while on the journey the opportunity to evolve continues to extend its hand for me to take hold. I am formerly known as a happy Starbucks coffee addict. I also have to share it was not an exciting or easy transition to turn away from that tall cup with the comfort sleeve, extra hot, non-fat, decaf, mocha, and with no whip. My love affair with their designer coffee drinks began many years ago. Not to mention that I have logged more hours in their boutique cafes than I can reasonably calculate. How much money did I spend over the years?  Gosh, I have no idea and would be horrified if someone was able to provide me with that amount.

Tea Cup: Curb Cravings With Green Tea Helps The Body Burn Fat

Green tea has a long history of healthful benefits and its qualities are significantly more effective than black tea. Both teas come from the carnellia sinensis plant but green tea leaves are steamed rather than fermented like black and oolong teas. This prevents a powerful anti-oxidant, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), from being oxidized and therefore diminished.

Antioxidant Properties

Most of us have heard of the positive effects red wine can have on a fatty diet and its healthful benefits on heart disease. High amounts of catechins polyphenols, particularly EGCG, are present in green tea. And EGCG has twice as much resveratrol as red wine, making it a powerful weapon towards lowering cholesterol, inhibiting blood clots and negating the effects of a fatty diet.

Tea Cup: Reach For Your Sweater and Ginger This Fall Season

As fall temperatures are being experienced across the country, many of us are reaching for a sweater, blazer or overcoat to insure we are warmly dressed. Feeling chilled all the way down to the bone is just not a comfortable thing. What I know for sure is this is the perfect time of the year to make ginger root tea.

Enjoying ginger root tea on these fall and upcoming winter days will be like enveloping yourself in a fluffy down comforter. Warmth will gently and thoroughly radiant through you.