Time for Tea

The weather was so lovely yesterday and due to my beau and my best friend finishing their last exam a impromptu tea party had to be thrown!

I have two tea sets one, the brown, is from my sister who brought it back from Vietnam. It is carved from coconut shell and is traditionally used for honey tea (a combination of bee's pollen, special honey and green tea). My other tea set is just cool. It's glass and has a glass infuser so you can use and loose leaf or tea ingredients and see it infuse. At this tea party in the glass pot is lemon and ginger with optional honey and in coconut pot is white tea and pomegranate. Just in case you were wondering..

Because of this tea party i thought it would be appropriate for me to tell you a little bit about the benefits of different teas and a few facts about them.

All Teas

• All teas help hydrate and detox as they are liquads filled with differnt anitoxidants and help flush out the bad stuff
• Hot teas help keep you full where as iced teas help boost your metabolism 
• Tea was originally only used as a tonic and for medical uses only

Green Tea

• Made from the same plant as black tea but the leaves aren't allowed to oxiadize by heating on a high heat for a short amount of time, stopping the fermenting reaction
• Lower in caffeine then normal tea and drunk with out milk (often with honey or lemon)
•  Full of antioxidants that benefit your skin and general health
• Can help aid weight loss as it improves the function of the liver, burning fat effectively
• Can help with bad breath and immuntiy as it is a natural anti bacterial drink
• Can help prevent cancer

White Tea

• White tea is very similar to Green tea however it is harvested at a younger age and is less processed then Green tea as it is steamed then dried
• Due the process (or lack of it) white tea has the same as, but more of the antioxidants found in green tea
• White tea has very little caffine
• However white tea is less common and often more pricey

Herbal Teas

• Peppermint tea helps problems with gas and digestion
• Camonmile tea is ment to calm and help with sleeping
• Rooibos tea is rich in vitamin C and other minerals some beleive it helps with skin problems
• Echinacea tea helps boost the immune system

Hope that has added to your tea knowledge! If not there will (hopefully) be more post on tea things such as how to make your own tea and how long and the best way to brew tea.

Keep calm and drink tea.