January is National Hot Tea Month - January is also a time to make some changes for the better. What are your resolutions and how can tea play a part in making your life better this year?
Here are 14 tea resolutions for 2014:
1. Keep a journal. Journaling is said to be great for your personal psyche... keeping a tea journal can be very beneficial as well. Start by recording each new tea you try and everything you experience about that tea through each of your senses. Record all of it. Then add some notes about how it made you feel... others feel, etc.
2. Learn more about tea. Learn about proper brewing, health benefits, terroir (the regional conditions that make each tea from different places taste unique).
3. Use cold, fresh, quality water for brewing. And, try a variety of different strainers/infusers, cups and pots.
4. Learn how to brew different types of tea using different temperature water/brew time. No more bitter tea if you treat each type correctly. Remember whites and greens must be brewed using lower temperature water than black tea.
5. Explore teas from different regions of origin. Create personal or business events for each type. People enjoy sampling events. It has been said over and over again that tea is like a vacation in a cup. Let's get going!
6. Explore different methods of processing: white, green, oolong, black. Learn what makes each different.
7. Store your in a dark, airtight container. Do not refrigerate (unless it is something unusual and suggested by your supplier), the condensation will ruin the tea every time you open it.
8. Make tea a healthy part of your daily fluid intake. Skip the sweeteners and added calories!
9. Learn to enjoy the taste of tea with nothing added. A quality loose leaf variety should be so delightful that you would never think to add anything to it.
10. Spice it up or sweeten it, naturally! Try adding spices instead of sweeteners. Ginger, for example, is great in blacks or greens. Add some fruit to your hot or iced tea or skip that altogether and purchase a blended tea with a variety of fruits already in the mix. No need for added sweeteners! Try adding your own healthy flavorings to your tea in place of sweeteners. Try a slice of lemon, or simply lemon zest.
11. Clean out the cupboards! Get rid of that old stale packages in the back of the cabinet.
12. Try a new tea once per month... at least 12 times per year. Try something new to you. Visit a tearoom or shop to purchase a new loose leaf tea. In most cases, you should be able to purchase a small amount to try.
13. Get cooking. Try cooking with tea, adding tea to food and beverage recipes.
14. Befriend a coffee drinker. Yes we went there! Drinking coffee or tea brings people together. Be open to new experiences. Sharing goes both ways. Introduce one another to something new. The most important part of this is to share and experience something together with your friends. Teach your coffee drinking pals something special about tea and introduce them to the wonder and delight of tea... you may not transform them completely but you may help them to discover something more...
Use National Hot Tea Month to learn more about tea and enjoy tea more, each and every day!
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