The word infusion comes from the latin "in fundere" meanning "to pour in". Pour in the water, seep the tea and strain. Simple, effective, enjoyable.
Last weekend I had the opportunity to sample out my herbal tea blends at the local market. We talked tea, drank tea and appreciated tea. This was a great chance to get with the employees and locals and hash over what makes an herbal tea, why herbal teas, why loose leaf tea vs tea bags and how they can be easy to enjoy.
I feel as though, all too often, loose leaf tea blends are looked at as too time consuming, messy or inconvenient and this was a chance for me to demonstrate that that certainly doesn't have to be the case and often is not. There are so many infusion methods/materials out there these days that support the process of simple, effective, and enjoyable. We also discussed the benefits of loose leaf tea over tea bags, which are plenty, and how medicinal herbal teas are best served as loose leaf infusions to maintain integrity of the plant material and provide you with optimal nutrients and medicine.
I was totally stoked to see the interest, the "oh yeahs!", and frankly the conversion!!! Once provided with more information, people can then go and make better informed choices for their health and the health of those that surround them...if you are curious though skeptical...ask! You will not merely being drinking a cup of tea but rather preparing and administrating an easily assimilated medicine, food, and supplier of water! I will doing a tea tasting at the Blue Moon Market in Exeter, NH on Dec 5th (I think it will be around 2-4pm, but will keep you posted), so if you want to come sample, hash over, or do whatever else you can think of regarding tea...come on by!
Special props to Skye Nacel for the kick ass photo work!
Last weekend I had the opportunity to sample out my herbal tea blends at the local market. We talked tea, drank tea and appreciated tea. This was a great chance to get with the employees and locals and hash over what makes an herbal tea, why herbal teas, why loose leaf tea vs tea bags and how they can be easy to enjoy. 
I feel as though, all too often, loose leaf tea blends are looked at as too time consuming, messy or inconvenient and this was a chance for me to demonstrate that that certainly doesn't have to be the case and often is not. There are so many infusion methods/materials out there these days that support the process of simple, effective, and enjoyable. We also discussed the benefits of loose leaf tea over tea bags, which are plenty, and how medicinal herbal teas are best served as loose leaf infusions to maintain integrity of the plant material and provide you with optimal nutrients and medicine.
I was totally stoked to see the interest, the "oh yeahs!", and frankly the conversion!!! Once provided with more information, people can then go and make better informed choices for their health and the health of those that surround them...if you are curious though skeptical...ask! You will not merely being drinking a cup of tea but rather preparing and administrating an easily assimilated medicine, food, and supplier of water! I will doing a tea tasting at the Blue Moon Market in Exeter, NH on Dec 5th (I think it will be around 2-4pm, but will keep you posted), so if you want to come sample, hash over, or do whatever else you can think of regarding tea...come on by!
Special props to Skye Nacel for the kick ass photo work!
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Great post Meg! Can't wait to host you at "The Moon"! Really looking forward to seeing you!
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