Matcha is an 800 year old, shade grown Japanese green tea. Made exclusively from the tips of the youngest tea plants. Ground into a fine vibrant-green powder. It is used for a delicious ingredient in recipes but is a delicious and extremely healthy drink. One of the highest natural antioxidant levels [...]
Aloha and Tea Greetings!
Before summer closes on its final swing – there is still time to enjoy ourselves! Maybe it is too hot for you to enjoy a soothing cup of tea shared with friends? Yet, tea comes to the heat rescue. Here are a few Icy Tea recipes and ideas perfect for that [...]
This summer Sarah, Selena and I have been practicing tea tasting. We sampled black, green, and dessert teas. I am very excited to begin offering this service to our customers. It is surprising how much there is to learn about tea!
The tea plant is an evergreen shrub named “Camellia Sinensis”. At our tea tasting [...]
What is Tea?
Tea is brewed from an evergreen shrub named “Camellia Sinesis”. The difference of flavor and color is determined by the lack of or amount of oxidation.
What is oxidation?
The process where leaf enzymes are exposed to oxygen. This creates a chemical change – the various flavors develop according to the length of time oxidized.
Where [...]
Treasures of the Inca. Isn’t this an odd name for a stately tea? But, it is a smiling reminder to me of a close tea friend, Maxine West. Maxine West loved Treasures of the Inca tea. Maxine was a lover-of-the-tropics. Her favorite place in the whole world was Hawaii. She [...]
