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Fresh Living blogger Holly Lebowitz Rossi, compiled a beautiful gallery on the healing power of tea. She did a good job of convincing me to try to the stuff. And as a coffee addict, that was a difficult task. To get to her informative and pretty gallery, click here. It begins …
Tea isn’t a casual drink; it requires the careful choice of the best leaves, the patience to wait for water to come to the right temperature, the knowledge of how long to steep, and the time to let the wisps of steam warm your face as you savor every sip. In places from Buddhist monasteries to English parlors, tea has also long been recognized for its healing properties, from the antioxidants in green and white tea to the restorative properties of various herbal blends.
Click through this gallery to learn about the healing properties of different types of tea, and to read inspiring ways in which tea imitates life.
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posted November 5, 2008 at 1:21 pm
This is absolutely true. Tea and the ceremony and ritual of selection, preparation and appreciation go far toward helping me find peace, contentment, stillness and a quiet appreciation of something simple that has stood the test of time. I find myself able to extricate myself from the most terrible and frantic of moments by shifting to a time for tea.
Being a guy, I suppose I should be able to find the same comfort in a cold beer or hot cuppa java – but it’s not the same, not at all the same. I attended a wedding in Okinawa while I was in the Army and the bride and groom gave presents to their guests. I was given a set of two cups, without handles, and a pot for tea. The glaze on the pottery was crazed and that gift was precious. It started a new facet of relaxation for me that was totally absent before that moment. Nice.
Franco,
posted November 5, 2008 at 5:42 pm
As one coffee addict to another could you consider posting a healing power of coffee article. Not that I need any convincing it would be preaching to the choir.
posted November 5, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Then there are those of us who crave iced tea. UNSWEETENED iced tea.
My Southern grandmother, who made her iced tea with honey, is cursing me from heaven.
posted June 4, 2009 at 8:13 pm
I must have tea every day; it is my life, my sweetness, my hope. I have fibrocystic breasts (a benign but somewhat bothersome condition) and was told to cut back on my caffeine consumption to minimize the symptoms.
I’d rather have the symptoms than give up my tea. I’d like to put a plug in for the Grace Tea Company, who are online under that name. They sell great tea at reasonable prices and are beautiful people to deal with. Blessings to everyone.
posted June 5, 2009 at 9:58 am
Very good information done in a nice style. Tea continues to amaze me with its benefits. It seems to be in the news almost daily now. What a wonderful thing Tea is and it tastes soooo good!
posted June 5, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Hi, everyone – I had to respond to Paul L, by sharing this gallery on the hidden health benefits of coffee! I wish I could drink coffee…the caffeine is a bad scene in my body….because it’s one of my favorite smells in the world!
Here’s the gallery:
http://www.beliefnet.com/Health/2009/05/Hidden-Health-Secrets-of-Coffee.aspx
posted June 6, 2009 at 5:27 pm
I have been giving my son and wife oolong tea. They both have itchy skin, and it is helping.
posted June 10, 2009 at 8:41 am
Green tea has a high content of vitamins and minerals. It contains ascorbic acid (vitamin C) in amounts comparable to a lemon. Green tea also contains several B vitamins which are water soluble and quickly released into a cup of tea.
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