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diana lynn
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Post subject: What is the best tea to start with?  Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:17 pm |
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Merry Meet to all,
One of my goals for this year is to cut back on the coffee drinking. I use a lot of sugar and creamer along with it. But anyways, in my readings I see that tea is very much a part of Witchcraft, especially the areas I've been so interested in. So my question is, what would be the best kind or flavor to start with? I know that I don't like ice tea, so I'm afraid I won't be able to find something that will suit me. I would like to start with something that is mild or mellow. I love to be able to have a hot drink when I'm working, at home chilling, or just whenever. I come from a family of coffee drinkers since I can remember. Thanks for any help!
_________________ Diana Lynn "Wiccan and Witch in training" 
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Post subject: Re: What is the best tea to start with? Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:49 pm |
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The problem with this question is that everyone is different. Its like with coffee, everyone has their own preference.
I tend to use fruit or herb teas as I have been trying to cut out caffeine.
Whilst I make a lot of teas myself, I also buy a lot. Different ones for different times of day and mood.
For keeping out the cold or if you feel you need something really warming, I like lemon and ginger with a spoon of honey.
Camomile for bedtime, or just unwinding, peppermint is nice and refreshing.
I like anything with raspberry or cranberry, and blackberry and nettle is good too.
The only one I sweeten is the lemon and ginger, so the reduction in calories is really good.
Go with flavours you know you like to start, and then work out from there.
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Post subject: Re: What is the best tea to start with? Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:32 pm |
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Tiggerkins has given you the best advice I know of. I am a huge coffee AND tea drinker. When the morning coffee stops, the tea picks up,,,,usually iced during the day switching to warm at night or if I'm just in the mood for it. My two all time favorites (besides good ole Lipton!) are Constant Comment and Chai. I'm drawn to the exotic spices of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, orange, lemon, cardamon ~~~ I've gotten into blending my own teas here of late as under my business licensing I can purchase bulk herbs and my supplier has these wonderful tea bags that you fill and press closed with a hot iron after mixing your own blend ~~~ AND they carry the very best 100% organic Chai blend that I purchase in bulk (they have an extensive supply of organics) and I make up my own bags at a fraction of the retail store cost. Shot me a PM if ya want more info,,,,
Blessings, Silver Firelite
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Post subject: Re: What is the best tea to start with? Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:46 am |
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You'll just have to experiment. Our local health food store often has sampler boxes where you get 5 bags of 4 different teas in a box to try out. Have a tea party and ask each of the guests to bring a few bags of their favorite to share. Not sure if they have tea houses/rooms where you live. Around here there are a few where you can sample different teas similar to wine tastings.
I personally like Earl Grey in the morning, in winter I add a cup of Triple Leaf's Cold & Flu Time blend (and so far I have escaped all the coughs and sniffles the kids dragged home) and switch to Rooibos for the afternoon.
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Post subject: Re: What is the best tea to start with? Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:49 am |
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dreamweaver200011 wrote: my supplier has these wonderful tea bags that you fill and press closed with a hot iron after mixing your own blend
Oh, that sounds great. I have these little drawstring bags, great because reusable, but the strings tend to come open or not close tightly enough that no tea leaves escape. Where do you get those? Bright Blessings, Sequoia Mist
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Post subject: Re: What is the best tea to start with? Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:46 am |
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Sequoia Mist wrote: dreamweaver200011 wrote: my supplier has these wonderful tea bags that you fill and press closed with a hot iron after mixing your own blend
Oh, that sounds great. I have these little drawstring bags, great because reusable, but the strings tend to come open or not close tightly enough that no tea leaves escape. Where do you get those? Bright Blessings, Sequoia Mist  http://www.starwest-botanicals.com/cate ... -tea-bags/
Caution, you can get very lost and very poor on their website 
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diana lynn
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Post subject: Re: What is the best tea to start with? Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:40 pm |
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Thanks for all the suggestions! I'm going to write these names down and see if I can't find someplace to check them out at. As suggested, I would like to someplace that I try them out as samples first!
Blessed Be!
_________________ Diana Lynn "Wiccan and Witch in training"
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Post subject: Re: What is the best tea to start with? Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:44 pm |
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Silver Firelite; do you have a website where you sell your items? would love to check it out. I am so for supporting anyone on this website over a wal-marts or such. just let me know. Thanks!
Blessings to all!
_________________ Diana Lynn "Wiccan and Witch in training"
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Post subject: Re: What is the best tea to start with? Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:00 pm |
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When I switched from coffee to tea, I found that English Breakfast Tea has the right flavor for me in the morning and I sweeten it with a packet of stevia. At night I like to have Earl Grey. I don't often drink iced tea. In the afternoons, I like mint or cinnamon spice tea. In hot weather, I just let it cool off so it's no longer steaming before I drink it.
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Post subject: Re: What is the best tea to start with? Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:56 pm |
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Post subject: Re: What is the best tea to start with? Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:14 pm |
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My most recent batch of loose tea was bought at Teavana which has a store at my mall. Some of them are.very expensive though. Mountain Rose Herbs is an online supplier of herbs and teas. I know I saw those tea bags SF was talking about on there too.
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Post subject: Re: What is the best tea to start with? Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:20 pm |
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My HUGE problem there is that I have not listed all of my inventory 
I haven't updated or worked on it since before the holidays started 10/2011 and am trying to get to it caught up ONE entry at a time 
~ I will have to put up some of my teas for you and I have some really nice selections of gemstones and small Chakra sets as well as crafts I've made like altered journals and bookmarks and tarot bags, trinket boxes, etc AND not the least, my husbands music,,,,You can catch my website link in my profile and I'll probably post it in Products & Services when it gets closer to being stocked better 
But I like playing with my own blends too 