Leaf Teas
Posted on Saturday, October 9th, 2010 at 1:06 am
Which Brand Name Of Tea Is The Right One For You?
You can purchase tea just about anywhere these days. Walk into a dollar store and you will find a small collection of bagged tea that has been on the shelf for who knows how long and every grocery store has shelf after shelf with about every name brand imaginable represented. This has brought some tea lovers to a big question: does the quality of tea matter?
You can go online and purchase extremely high quality teas from the most exclusive name brands or you can walk into the local dollar store and pick up random tea for a buck per box. Which is better? Will they really taste different once brewed?
The quality of tea does matter, but it doesn’t always correspond to price tags as easily as you would think. If you could taste a variety of teas that are the same type and name you would find slight differences. Some would taste amazing while others seemed slightly off and others would just seem bland and dull compared to the more exciting tastes. These differences are a result of the quality and freshness of the tea.
Here’s the shocker: the higher priced teas are not always the better tasting ones! Some of the lower priced teas can beat out the high priced alternatives in taste tests. In order to get the best at the most reasonable price you have to find brands well known for high quality and stick with them.
We’ll now take a look at a couple of the top brands known for delivering high quality teas.
Twinnings Tea is well respected around the world because they have been producing high quality fine teas since the early 1700s. This is not a fly-by-night company that is putting out cheap tea to make a quick buck. Twinnings Tea focuses on high quality products that taste delicious, smell great and are blended perfectly every time.
You could go online right now and shop through all 50 of the Twinnings Tea flavors. You may not always see them on local shelves, but shopping this huge selection of high quality tea online is nothing short of exciting.
Introducing Stash Tea
Stash tea has also been in business since the 1700s and also has a great reputation of providing very high quality loose leaf teas. Stash sells more to commercial customers than everyday people, but you could find some of their products on grocery store shelves in your area. They do serve the commercial market more but their products are known for being superior in quality.
Stash Tea can be a bit more expensive than other fine teas, but supporters and lovers claim that it is well worth the price being asked.
We’re throwing Teavana Tins into the mix because the freshness of your tea has a lot to do with how it tastes. Even the finest most expensive teas can get stale and taste less than spectacular if they are not stored properly. Since tea is not as easily kept fresh as coffee (which can be put into the freezer), you need something like Teavana Tins to keep it fresh and tasting great.
Teavana Tins will keep your tea fresh for up to a year!
Brewing Loose Leaf Tea : Brewing Oolong Tea
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Adagio Teas Ingenuitea Teapot Enjoy the superior flavor of tea with this ingenious teapot. Steep loose tea as easily as using a bag. With three easy steps your tea is ready to enjoy. Step 1: Place tea leaves and hot water inside. Steep according to taste. Step 2: Placing teapot atop a cup opens a valve at bottom. Tea flows down. Step 3: Your cup is ready. Toss the teaves and place teapot in dishwasher. Durable, microwavea… |
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Progressive Stainless Steel Mesh Tea Ball $0.01 Rid yourself of your ties to teabags, and welcome the versatility of a tea ball. Able to handle single cups, teapots, and even stockpots, this tea ball can be used for loose leaf tea, bouquet garni, or spices for your winter mulled wine. The attached hook lets the ball hang from your teapot or panhandle and is easily removable when your herbs have fully steeped. Made of high-quality steel, the tea… |
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Blue Bird Garden Porcelain Teapot Night Light $15.99 Description: This adorable Blue Bird Garden porcelain teapot shaped night light will be sure to add brightness to any room. A beautiful soft blue background is accented with several types of leaves with birds resting on the branches, and gold paint accents all around. Just plug this light into any power supply and flip the switch to make any dark room lit at night. This fabulous nightlight is UL a… |
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Columbia Sportswear PFG Offshore Teaser Action Board Short $60.00 These hard-working board shorts want the fish just as bad as you do. Made of smooth polyester sateen, they’re both water- and sun-repellent to keep you comfortable while you work your line. LESS Constructed with both fun and function in mind, they come fully equipped with cool prints, a zippered side security pocket, and of course, a built-in bottle opener. Authentic fit. FEATURES: Fabric: 100% po… |
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Old Dutch Black 5-piece Cast Iron Tetsubin Set $49.99 Having a Testubin Teapot is the epitome of authenticity when it comes to brewing your own Asian loose leaf tea. Made from a durable cast iron, this Old Dutch set features an enameled interior and a black finish. |
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Taking Tea in Style Sweetheart Tea Lover’s Gift Box $25.99 This Sweetheart Tea Lovers Gift Box includes three gourmet loose leaf red teas also called Rooibos, and are handcrafted into 21 individual teabags. These delicious loose leaf teas have no caffeine and are high in antioxidants. |
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Feeding Friendsies (Hardcover) $13.09 Baby and her friends make mud pies, puddle water soup, dirt dessert, and yellow leaf tea for the butterflies, chickadees, frogs, and wiggly worms who visit their garden. |
