A few months ago I tried to drink 40 cups of tea in one day.I won't leave you in suspense... I did not achieve my goal. I had read aboutpeople drinking up to 30 cups of tea a day with no adverse effects, and since Ilike "round" numbers I figured I would drink 10 cups of each of the 4types of tea. Looking back on the experiment, I realize that probably thesepeople drinking 30 cups a day were in china where the cups are smaller. Also, as i tell people all the time, when youreuse the leaves, the successive infusions do not have caffeine in them. So myexperiment was flawed, but I had a good time, and I hope you enjoy the video Imade while trying to archive the goal. (Click Here for Video)
The tea tastings have been goingvery well recently. I have been booking up about a month in advance. Because ofthis, i have many people who do not show up at the last moment, because theyhave forgotten, or plans have changed since they made their reservation. So inorder to try and help with this issue, I am going to be doing two tastings aweek. One on Tuesday mornings from 8:45am till 10am, and one on Friday evening. Check our "Tea Events"page to make a reservation.
*Remember the tastings are free, butdo require a reservation. And if you can't make it, please call ahead of time,so i can give your spot to someone else.
Featured Products
Pu-erh: I have mentioned our mandarin black pu-erh in the past. We now have a mandarin Green and White Pu-erhs ferminted the same way, in a mandarin orange. We also have some plain white, green, and black pu-erh in larger cakes. The orange pu-erhs are $4 per orange, and the large cakes are $30 each.
Travel Matcha Whisk: This matcha whisk (Japanese: "chasen") is handmade from sustainably harvested bamboo. The bamboo matchawhisk is a necessary tool for achieving smooth frothed matcha. This one come with a spoon that folds in half. Everything fits inside the case for easy transport- $15
Lady Hannah's Whole Fruit: This tea has a very exotic flavor profile. The delicious blend of lemonand strawberry flavors combined with the natural flavors and tartnessof the various dried fruits create a summertime cooler - $4.50/oz
Tea History:
"The only tea plantation in the United States is located nearSummerville, SC. It is the property of Dr. Charles U. Shepard, who hasundertaken to prove that tea, one of the greatest staple articles usedby Americans to-day, can be raised by our farmers profitably.
"Thisattempt to add to our now widely diversified list of industries a newone, Dr. Shepard made partly as an experiment and partly as a regularbusiness enterprise. And it is very interesting to note that in abusiness way it has been quite successful. Last season Dr. Shepard sentto market upward of eleven hundred pounds of the finest tea obtainable,and this year’s crop, he states, will amount to more than two thousandpounds." (Read the whole article on our blog.)
I found this article in an 1898 edition of "The Cosmopolitan". It is amusing because more than 100 years later, there is still only one tea plantation in the United States. It is called the "Charleston Tea Plantation" and is owned by Bigelow Tea.
Sincerely, David Edwards Owner - NM Tea Co.
Coupon (Free Tea): Local Customers: Because you have signed up for our mailing list you are entitled to one free sample of tea every month. Just come in and mention who you are.
Internet Customers: Because of shipping costs your free sample will be included with any order you place. Simply request a type of tea in the comment section on the order page.
Tea Tip of the Month: If you are looking to capture the maximum health benefits for your heart offered by black tea, consider a study conducted in Germany that found that adding milk to tea negates the tea's natural vasodilating properties. It seems that the casein found in cow's milk blocks black tea's ability to help arteries expand and relax to keep blood pressure healthy. If you want a creaminess in your tea but are careful with the health of your heart, try adding milks without casein: soy, almond, rice, and others. That might take a little getting used to, but scientific studies show that new habits form in as little as two weeks.
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