Heavy Tea Drinkers Have Lower Stroke Risk

Some interesting health news from my hometown Boston news channel ...

"The more tea you drink, the less likely you are to have a stroke, according to a new study. Researchers from UCLA found that people who drink three cups of tea a day are 21 percent less likely to have a stroke than people who don't drink any tea. Study author Lenore Arab said it did not matter if people drank green tea or black tea, though herbal teas were not associated with a risk reduction.

To come up with the result, Arab and her team reviewed nine studies, which had 195,000 patients and more than 4,000 strokes in total. She said that if people added three more cups of tea a day, their risk would drop another 21 percent. Arab suggested that antioxidants in tea could prevent coronary artery disease and prevent strokes, though that has not been confirmed. The study was published in the online edition of the journal Stroke."

Scarlet's Letter Review

Thanks, Amber, for trying out my teas and writing such a great review of the line. And congratulations to Nikki and Donna, Scarlet's Letter readers, on their win of a box of tea of their choice!

"I love tea. I like to say that it's part of the reason I haven't had a full on cold in about two years. I don't drink soda, I haven't had one sip in the past 5 years, so tea is an awesome alternative for me. I also love cute girly things, like lipstick and flirty designs. So when I recently stumbled upon StripTeas I was seriously smitten. How cute are these?? Just what is a StripTeas, you ask? Not your average tea bag, that's for sure! StripTeas is a cute single serving of tea in a recyclable aluminium package. They literally look like cute "strips" that you can dunk into your mug and brew some delicious and exotic tea for yourself, one serving at a time. StripTeas was started by Emily Koteff. Emily came up with the awesome idea to bring these fun single serving tea strips to America after venturing to India and seeing how much love and quality goes into the tea there, the exotic scents and flavors of the tea. Discover flavors such as Darjeeling, Sweet Khus, Mint, Masala Chai and more. These teas are a cute alternative to the regular tea we see in many stores today, and these would even make awesome gifts for baby showers or bridesmaids. StripTeas even has their very own blog!

Visit Amber's blog: www.scarletsletter.net and see what other fun products for women she loves - both naughty and nice :)

Old news is new to me!

Thanks, Google, for alerting me to this review, written by Chelsea in Seattle last October when my teas were first making their way into the world. I now offer seven blends instead of six and have moved from Seattle to Los Angeles, but I love what she had to say!

"I was visiting my favorite coffee shop, Muse Coffee Co. this weekend on Queen Anne and discovered Brent is carrying a new, hip, spectacular, fun, yummy tea called Strip Teas.

The design of these little puppies is just ingenious. In a tall aluminum foil perforated pocket, the entire tea "strip" is environmentally sound and 100% recyclable. The unique shape allows for the tea leaves within to unfurl releasing the fantastic flavors into the water and is the perfect shape to act double duty as a stir stick!

Packaging is just charming and the teas come in six spectacular flavors including Masala Chai (a black tea with ginger, pepper, basil and a touch of cinnamon), Pushkar Rose (just as it sounds, flavored with rose) and Maristar (with marigold petals and sweet anise).

Strip Teas is the brain child of Emily Koteff who lives here in Seattle, so support a local business woman and pick up a cup of Strip Teas at Muse Coffee Co. today"

From ILikeGranola.com

Thanks, Jamie, for featuring StripTeas on your blog!

To embrace your inner stripper and get everyone in the mood for a fun class, start the night off with some tasty and totally girly teas from Kamelia: Luxe called StripTeas. Kamelia Luxe’s line of StripTeas is anything but ordinary - not only do these fun little tea strips taste great, but they have unique packaging as well. Instead of a regular old tea bag, StripTeas are whole leaf teas that come in aluminum tea strips that you simply drop in your cup, let seep and then enjoy. No strings attached just like your Valentine’s Day night out with the girls. Get 10% off your order of a 12 pack of Kamelia Luxe’s StripTeas (which includes all seven blends: Darjeeling, Kashmiri Kahwa, Maristar, Masala Chai, Mint, Pushkar Rose, and Sweet Khus) by using this discount on all orders before February 7: Feb14VIP.