It is officially the start of the Holiday Season!!! SBS Teas is offering you the chance to get a head start on your gift shopping by offering 20% off on everything on our website http://www.sbsteas.com/ without having to battle the crowds at the mall.
We have added boxed sets of The 12 Teas of Christmas, 12 Coffees of Christmas and 12 cocoas of Christmas for your gift giving. Our Holiday selection of teas, coffees and cocoas are also available for sale individually.
Be sure to check out our new adorable children's tea sets, tea or coffee combo sets, Baking With Grandma cookie mixes, Tea or Coffee Mystery combo sets, as well as gift mugs and teapots.
This year we have added a special Christmas In A Cup combo which includes a wonderful book-"A Cup of Christmas Tea" along with a special tea cup and saucer, a 1 ounce tin of our Christmas In A Cup tea and a special Holiday themed tea infuser. The book is about a young man who reluctantly goes to visit his elderly aunt for Christmas and the special memories that follow after she offers him a cup of tea.
Join us at http://www.sbsteas.com/ for this special sale. We will glady gift wrap and mail your gift to anyone on your gifting list.

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Did you know: Tea is the second most popular beverage in the world next to water?
Tea was discovered by accident nearly 5000 years ago?
Tea contains naturally occurring plant compounds that may be good for your health?
Like fruits, vegtables and other plant-based foods, tea has been shown in numerous studies to have significant health benefits. These benefits may be the result of the naturally occurring compounds in tea called flavonoids, which have antioxidant properties. In the body, antioxidants are believed to work to neutralize harmful molecules called free radicals which, over time, can damage cells and tissues and contribute to chronic diseases. Tea appears to have silmilar or higher antioxidant power than many fruits and vegtables.
Also, a serving of tea contains less than half the caffeine of an equal size serving of coffee. Of course, this depends upon the blends and strength of the tea brew. But, this is encouraging news for those of us trying to limit our caffeine consumption.
According to legend, the custom of drinking tea began around 2737 BC when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water belonging to the Chinese Emperor Sheen Nung.
So, lets brew a cup of SBS tea and join folks around the world who love their tea.

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After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Dark Ages pervaded and the economic and agricultural systems that stemmed from the Romans crumbled. Most of the aesthetic gardens in the Roman colonies went to seed leaving only those that provided food, such as vegetables and orchards. Ironically it was during the Dark Ages that the science of herbal medicine made great strides and the unique trustee of ancient Roman and Greek scholars’ knowledge was the Catholic Church.

This was the time when monks pioneered agriculture. Each monastery had its own orchard, vegetable garden and a hortus conclusus, or closed garden. The closed garden was used to grow herbs that were both spiritual and curative. Lilies and roses formerly woven into the wreaths of the Roman gods Isis and Aphrodite were now used to worship the Madonna. The importance of these gardens was such that around the year 800, the emperor Charlemagne sent each of his intendants a list of those plants that were to be cultivated in his empire. The document was known as De Capitularis and of the ninety plants listed the iris and rose were first and second respectively; followed by several other commonly know herbs such as sage, rosemary, cumin, mint, mallow and coriander. These plants played important roles, both culinary and medicinal. They often conferred taste and color to foods and perhaps most important, they preserved foods and masked the taste and odor of over aged meats. During the 1100’s the Crusades came upon the Italian town of Salerno which was the site of a renowned medical school founded by four doctors, an Arab, a Roman, a Greek, and a Jew each of whom was appointed the guardian of the secular knowledge of their people. These men were recognized as true masters and their teachings would influence European medicine for centuries to come.

Rose petals and buds were used by women to enhance the beauty of their hair and skin. Not surprising, knowing that following the rose blooming a rose hip develops, and a rose hip contains a multitude of vitamins which have properties that enhance one’s skin amongst its other properties. There are more different kinds of roses than of any other plant in the herb category, and they all provide rose hips of one description or another. One variety of rose is even called ‘Tea Rose’ named for the resemblance of its fragrance to black tea.

Tea uses - Rose petals are commonly used to make a tea blend or infusion colorful and visually appealing. If you want to create their own signature blends, rose petals and buds can make your blend distinctive and a blend that only ‘you’ can create. A lovely recipe using rose petals is called Rose Orange Cinnamon Tea - a delightful mix of rosebuds with an orange cinnamon zest that can be consumed hot or iced. This tea is best consumed without milk. For each serving you will need: 1 1/2 teaspoon of SBS Teas Cinnilla Moon tea, a large pinch of rose petals and buds, a teaspoon of orange peel and a pinch of cinnamon. Mix everything together and prepare as you would for a normal cup of tea.

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... It was bound to happen...

And so, as it would happen, I was sitting here writing with one of my
favorite teas beside me. Peach Melba from SBSteas.com. I adore this tea.
It's one of the ones that after purchasing an ounce for review purposes I
bought a pound. It is one of my all time favorite teas.

My little cottage has recently been rearranged so I only have my little
file box on the floor beside me. I sat my tea there. All of a sudden,
amidst deep thinking while answering an e-mail, I heard lapping. LOUD
lapping. I looked down and there was Moe, my lab-doby mix, lapping up the
tea with great delight.

I'm not sure this is something SBS Teas wants to use as a billboard ad,
but I thought the rest of you might get a kick out of it, and hey, now you
have both MY recommendation and my dog's.

You just never know what's going to happen when you get up in the
morning...

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