Apr 02 2006
Tea info
I’ve written before about how much I’m enjoying daily white and green tea. It’s almost as varied, and at least as interesting, as wine, and I can drink it every morning! Great health benefits, so it’s become part of may daily routine (which includes a 1000 calorie per day, mostly organic and low fat, set of food choices – time to clean up this body so it will carry me for a very long time).
Anyway, the adiago teas web site has some great descriptions of different teas of all types, describing history, geographic origin, harvesting techniques, and flavors. It’s a wonderful information resource. That said, prices are high, and all but the Rooibos Red teas are not organic.
Adiago takes the position that the taste/quality of the non-organic teas is higher, and that makes some sense since there is far less produced (so far). That said, tea is grown in areas with little control over pesticides and pollutants…so for daily use, I’m staying mostly organic. I’ve found the all organic Numi and Rishi brand teas to be excellent (and Rishi is also fair trade certified).