Kill the flu with tea

Guten Tag!

It’s a cold and blustery morning outside which means it’s a great morning tea. Especially a tea that wakes you up and makes you feel good. The one I’m speaking of I am drinking right now; big surprise there.

Name: Green Tea Echinacea

Type: Green tea, Herb

Company: Yogi

Purchased: Cub Foods

Taste: Has more of a green tea taste then it does of the herby Echinacea but the immune boosting herb definitely does give a bit of a zing that wakes you up and makes you feel good.

The Yogi Tea brand has a great line of teas for this time of year. They mix their tea with ingredients that naturally build up your body's defenses and lift your mood. Echinacea for example is an herb that has been claimed to boost the body's immune system and help fight off infections like the flu. Not to mention it tastes great. Just think of it as a good tasting cold medicine. 

Edible Gunpowder

Name: Gunpowder
Type: Chinese Green Tea
Company/Purchased: TeaVana
Taste: Somewhat ofa coppery aftertaste but it's not bad. It doesn't linger. The main taste however, is slightly grassy with that wonderful slightly peppery flavor. If stepped right it can also have a slight nutty flavor to it. 

Of all the teas I drink, Green tea is some of the most finicky. Steep it too long and it is very bitter and has none of the original flavor. Steep it too little and it has no taste. Gunpowder only needs about a minute of steep time. So you can't go and get lost in Facebook or go clean your bedroom while waiting for the full flavor of this tea to develop. I learned that the hard way and ruined a good cup of tea my first time.

Gunpowder is believed to have received its name from the English word for the gunpowder pellets used for cannons. Below you will see two pictures. See if you can figure out which is tea and which is actual gunpowder pellets.

     
There are four ways you can use to tell the difference between which of the pictures below is true gunpowder and which is tea. 

1.      1. Light them on fire. Not advisable unless you know how to handle flaming gunpowder. 

2.      2. Steep them. Also not advisable unless you have the proper water container. No a fish tank will not work.

3.      3. Put them in your mouth. Good luck….

4.      4. Go to youtube.com and watch what happens to save your fingers.

Here is the answer just in case you didn't figure it out:  A: Cannon Gunpowder, B: Tea Gunpowder