The low down on CAFFEINE!!!

This one goes out to Haley in Galveston

so lots and lots of people love tea but don't necessary love the caffeine, so I have come up with a few tid bits to help you, my lovely readers, cope with this little situation.

A. One of the most impressive ways of getting rid of some of the caffeine is just in the brewing style. It is FACT, pure fact, that 80% of the caffeine is released in the first 30 seconds of brewing. Soooooo to get of rid of 80 percent of the caff, brew it somewhere else (doesn't even matter where) for 30 seconds and then in the mug of hot water you are planning to make into your delicious cup of tea! There is still a lot to be brewed into tea in that little tea bag but not as much caffeine! ; )

B. Drink an herbal tea that doesn't have caffeine... but if you want to add milk and sugar... you can't use herbal tea, naturally. So then I would use red tea. It tastes pretty much the same as black tea but doesn't have caffeine. PERFECT!

C. I would just say get over it. Tea has 60% less caffeine than coffee. So you are doing a lot better than all those coffee drinkers out there Anyway. That's good enough.



Tea of the moment: Hong Kong Style Milk Tea... yum yum yummmmmmmy

Rats are pretty nimble

Next time you see a rat, if you are in the city you see LOTS i'm sure, have a cup of tea with it. Don't just try red rose tea though like in the video. Mix it up. I'm going to try some green tea myself. Please do it! Hava cup of tea with your pals!

Tea of the moment: the moment has changed, FINALLY! so it is now starbucks holiday blend.

bobapearlsbubblesCHOOBA

Ok so I figure it is finally time for me to introduce you to BOBA TEA!
also known as:
-Pearl Tea
-Bubble Tea
-tapioca tea
-Chooba tea (this one is new to me but that's what I'm told and I LIKE IT)

So I'm sure you've heard of it. It has become PRETTY popular over the last couple years here in the USA, but just for your 411 it actually came to be in the 1980s in Taiwan. So we, who are here in the USA went without for a pretty long time.

Some of you may be those people who are afraid to try it. A lot of people are. Those weird little ball things look pretty weird! But just try it! I mean it's just tapioca in a milk tea. It doesn't even have to be milk tea, it can really be any kind of tea you want.. COLD OR HOT. Oh the o-p-p-o-r-t-u-n-i-t-i-e-s. I swear once you try it you will eventually come to love it. This I am sure of. I say eventually as I have not met very many people that have love Boba on their first try. It is just too different. But just keep trying it cause it is just a fun drink.. you really just can't miss out on it.

LOVE,
L.J.M


Tea of the moment: Although I should say Boba, I can't cause I can't lie to you and know I can't fool you. My last post was just like 5 minutes ago... so it's kinda the same moment. So basically it's still my free tea... naturally.

an adventure

Before I do or say anything.....I'm sorry about my time away...you know... out of sight out of mind... I guess. ;)
To make up for the abandonment I have decided to share with you a personnel story... A story of surprise, beauty, a dash of shame and OF COURSE TEA!
So... the other day I am walking down 86th street, to be exact I was on 86th between first and second... in New York ... (for my out of town readers) well asI am walking I see lots and lots of garbage bags, although they do not seem to be garbage.
Before I go on I would like to give you some background information of myself. You know those people that make a living going through other peoples garbage and then either sell or use the stuff they find.. I think they are called... well I forget... they have a name though. Well although I don't judge at all, OBVIOUSLY, I am not one... background info done.
Well I see these bags of "garbage" and what is in it but tons and tons and TONS of unopened tea... I look around and think who would do this? and then I see I am standing right in front of a grocery store, so I figured they must have been overstocked and thrown the extra rest out... so I took some, I took a lot. Now I am not shamed because I figure it was completely sealed and tea does not go bad and it is inappropriate to throw away perfectly good tea... so no i am not shamed.
this is a list of the tea I got.
-Green Tea Ming
-Red Bush Herb Tea
-Cranberry Apple Zinger
-Green Tea Apple and Spice
-Green Chai
I put all this tea in my bag and then went home.
I had A LOT of tea to start with so now it is absurd but the good kind of absurd!
My moral of my story is keep your eyes open on the street for tea, it is there, you just have to find it. :)

Jealous? Kinda?



Tea of the moment: my free tea...c'mon!