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BRAND NEW JAPANESE CERAMICS

We’ve recently received a stunning shipment of new ceramics, straight from porcelain specialists in Japan.

Hasami porcelain products are made in a district of Japan, which has a 400-year long culture of porcelain manufacturing, and features straight lines and a modular design to represent the essence of traditional Japanese aesthetics.

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6 REASONS TO SWITCH TO CERTIFIED ORGANIC PRODUCE

Every September, Australian Certified Organic celebrates their biggest event of the year, where they highlight, promote and support products and brands that proudly wear the Australia Certified Organic Bud logo. If you’ve never seen this logo, it can be found on the back of our boxes of tea. Love Tea products have been certified organic for the last 5 years, so we thought we’d share our top reasons for choosing organic products, and why Love Tea will continue to produce tea that is Certified Organic.

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AUSTRALIAN SENCHA TEA

Our Australian Sencha tea is grown and harvested in Wangaratta, Northern Victoria, and is the first teas harvested for the season after the plant has been dormant over the winter.

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GOING CAFFEINE FREE

Coffee and tea are two of the world’s beverages of choice, and while many people understand that coffee contains caffeine and it is consumed for its stimulatory effects, it’s important to note that tea also contains caffeine.

The caffeine component found in the camellia sinensis plant contains varying degrees of caffeine, depending on how and when the plant is harvested and processed. Dependent on the growing techniques and treatments that the tea leaves undergo, they are then classified as white tea, green tea, yellow tea, oolong tea, black tea or matcha tea, all of which are caffeinated but to varying levels.

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VANILLA – A WORLD WIDE SHORTAGE

Not only is it the second most expensive spice in the world, it is one of the most labour intensive foods on earth.

After the flowers are pollinated by hand and the seed pods are harvested, each pod is soaked in hot water, wrapped in a woollen blanket for about 48 hours, placed in a box to sweat and are later laid out to dry in the sun. The whole process takes months to complete.

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AN INTERVIEW WITH YOKE YOGA INSTRUCTOR, KRISTIARNE

We all agree that winter is a time for snuggling under blankets with hot cups of tea, but it’s also a great season to focus on your health and be conscious of how you are moving and honouring your body. We had a chat to yoga instructor Kristiarne Wilson and got all her best tips on becoming a yogi.

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STAYING NATURALLY HEALTHY THROUGH WINTER

Winter is almost upon us, and while it’s the perfect season to snuggle up, get cosy and drink some tea, it’s also when people are focusing the most on preventing sicknesses, such as cold and flu. At Love Tea, we’ve always placed a big focus on blends that are designed to support specific health conditions, and with these things in mind, we thought this month we’d get a better understanding of the Wellness range, developed by our naturopath Emma.

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WHY YOU SHOULD ADD TURMERIC TO YOUR DIET

Turmeric is somewhat of a health buzzword at the moment, so we’ve enlisted the help of our Naturopath Emma once again, to give us some insight into what makes this herb such an important ingredient in our latest range of teas, and what it can do for you.
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THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF CACAO

With Easter just around the corner, we felt there was no better time than now to share a little info about the health benefits of cacao and why we prefer it to cocoa products.

So exactly what is the difference between cacao + cocoa?

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HOT TEA NOT YOUR THING? TRY THIS RECIPE…

In many countries around the world, conventional wisdom says that a hot drink can cool you down on a hot day, so being the tea lovers that we are, we endeavoured to find out if this was fact true, or simply an old wives tale.

As it turns out, a researcher at The University of Ottawa’s School of Human Kinetics decided this was a question worth pursuing, and a study was subsequently published in 2012 on body heat storage and hot fluid ingestion. The short answer is, yes, a hot drink can cool you down, however this is mostly due to the increase in perspiration, and subsequent evaporation from the skin, which has a cooling effect.

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HEALTHY RESOLUTIONS AND HOW TO KEEP THEM

New Year’s resolutions are often associated with health and wellness goals, but staying on track to achieve them can often be the toughest part. So we’ve enlisted the help of our Naturopath Emma, and have asked her what the 3 most common health and wellness resolutions are, and her top tips for staying on track to a healthier and happier you in 2017.
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