So, as a kind of apology - one of my beloved tea recipes - lemon almond iced tea. Most of all, I like hot tea, but sometimes the weather is really hot and this tea has perfect and really recognizable taste. Well, you will need:

• 10 tea bags, black
• 4 cups boiling water
• 1 2-litre bottle of lemon carbonated drink
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 lemons, sliced thinly
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbs almond extract

Process first of all, brew tea and steep for not more than 10 minutes. Cut lemons and put slices into a large pitcher, then squeeze them. Add sugar. Mix everything with tea. Add pop just before serving.

Believe me, it tastes really delicious!

So, Sorapot is a simple modern and high-tech teapot. It’s designed to make tea brewing extremely easy procedure and tea-drinking a real pleasure. It is perfect for brewing green and white teas. They taste delicious! This post has a large heat sink that prevents tea from becoming too bitter (‘cause pouring water is not very! hot). As for me, this teapot can’t leave anybody indifferent!

So, after a YEAR!!! Of such tortures I found a reasonable decision I bought a tea canister or a tea container (as you like). Now, I can listen to her news and be sure my tea wont get cold.

In such canisters tea can stay warm during hours (actually, it depends on the type of a canister) and to become as tasty as possible. Canisters vary in shape and size; they can be made from various materials, ranging from steel to glass.

I like the the most such canisters which are used for tea drinking but in some canisters you just can keep your loose tea and will be fresh and without any mixtures! Look at the following photos, arent these containers amazing?

And now, I would like to share with you my results of October 2007:

1. I still believe that tea is the best beverage to drink;
2. Nobody made me change my mind black tea is better and tastier than green tea;
3. Tea is better and more useful than coffee;
4. It is adorable and so comfortable to sit with your friend in a cafe and to drink tea while discussing her latest love affair or something of this kind;
5. Only tea makes me hale and hearty each morning.

Good luck and drink as much tea as possible!

Dr Judy Rees reported that such antioxidants as polyphenols are found in tea and they are responsible for blocking the harmful processes in molecules and namely these antioxidants (along with many other protective features!) defend a person from various diseases and skin cancer as well.

P.S. You have to drink at least 2 cups of tea a day in order to reduce skin the risk of skin cancer appearing and further development.

The first and the most popular kind of course, black tea. This name it got from colour of leaves after the process of oxidation. So, leaves become almost black, possess specific taste and contain a lot of caffeine in comparison to other kinds of teas (approximately, 50-60%).

Now, I will tell you more about a new kind of tea that gains popularity in the world: green tea. The process of oxidation is minimal. Actually, it is stopped, thus allowing us to taste delicious beverage with adorable taste and low caffeine content (only 10-30%).

Oolong tea this kind of tea is not known to everybody. Leaves undergo only partial oxidation. It is the golden mean between green and black kinds of tea in both taste and caffeine content.

White tea one of the most incredible and delicate tea. Its peculiar feature natural softness and sweetness. The smallest and the youngest tea leaves are used and no oxidation is required. Low content of caffeine.

Puerh tea is a special medical kind of black tea. It is the most mysterious of all teas. It is extremely strong with deep flavour, has no bitterness and a little bit peaty. Which one do you prefer?

So, try not to confuse: there are 3 main types or varieties of Camellia sinensis. The India type (grows in Assam region), the China type and the Hybrid type (it is a cross breed from the 1st and 2nd types). The India type is a tea plant with big leaves and its favourite place of growing is low altitudes. The China type is a tea plant with small leaves, as a rule, it grows at high altitudes. The Hybrid type is something general between the following 2 types.

Now, it is so easy to imagine how much time, talent and knowledge tea-tasters and tea-manufacturers need in order to make so many tea blends from a single plant.

• More than 80% of all tea drunken was black tea and only 16% went to green tea;
• On the South and the Northeast of the USA is the biggest concentration of tea-lovers;
• About 85% of tea drunken was consumed with ice;
• Ready-to-drink tea became extremely popular in the USA (sum of sales - approximately $2.65 billion);
• Nearly 65% of tea prepared was made using a tea bag;
• In 2006 tea drinking in public places has increased by 10%;
• In 2005 Americans drunk more than 50 billion servings of tea.

First of all, tea is a delicious beverage, made of specially treated tea-lives. As a rule, they are poured with hot water, special processes occur and tea is ready. Various flowers, herbs, fruits and spices can be added to tea.

Secondly, tea is a plant. To tell the truth, this statement must occupy the 1st place, but… I just cant put it before the process of tea-drinking. So, tea is an evergreen plant. Tea plant grows only in warm types of climate, a tropical one will be OK. Moreover, tea of high quality can be achieved only when plantations are located at the elevations (1000-1500 meters).

The third point, tea is just a word, possessing its own spelling, cases and pronunciation. It considered to be of Chinese origin and was written as THEE.

Interesting facts, as it turned out, tea is not a bush, it is a tree, but, people dont allow it to grow. What is more, such an innocent word as tea can have a little bit queer meaning: marijuana or even a break in a cricket play.

I solve this problem by means of tea, namely this simple procedure helps me to restore the balance and to collect my thoughts, while drinking tea, it seems to me that the world stops and I can enjoy the life as it is. Everything becomes clearer, easier, brighter. My mind and soul warms up and I begin thinking that life is not so bad. So, it is my own moment of happiness in the hustle-bustle of the big city and I enjoy it everyday of my life. I am in love with tea and everything concerning it, I have tea of various kinds and from different countries, I can’t imagine how I can live without this drink. My friends wonder and think that I am crazy, because I adore drinking tea even when it is 45 degrees above zero! Come on, join me!