Tea News

So let's get this out of the way: This is not authentic pho. Rather, this quick soup is inspired by pho - and my own observation that one of my favorite teas, a rooibos chai, includes the very spices that create pho's intoxicating broth: cloves, allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom.

You go to bed exhausted with the sweet scent of sunscreen after a long day in the sun, but all you can do is toss and turn.

Just in time for warmer weather, May's shipment from The Republic of Tea that I received to review as an Enlightenment TEAm blogger, featured four of their refreshing line of iced teas .

Do you want to eat healthier but think it's too complicated or means only eating salads? There are so many simple steps you can take to enhance your health.

While some chains command a respectable fan-base, Fantasia is on an entirely different level than its competitors.

If you're a cookie fiend, can't resist meat, cheese or creamy salad dressings, haven't munched broccoli since 1986 and are not sufferin' succotash, you may be a super-taster. A new Stanford University study found that at least 30 percent of us are supertasters.

Avant-garde UK desginer Richard Symons' eerie and zombie-inspired novelty teapots are daringly different.

"This is your own home now," announces our host, welcoming us to Thengal Manor. And we wish it was, this gracious residence of one of India's great tea dynasties, which has opened the family villa, with its idyllic gardens and an impeccable staff of 15, to overnight visitors.

Summer desserts at JW Marriott Hotel Seoul The hotel's lobby lounge is holding the "I Love Berries" promotion from May 1 to June 30.

Tea is still struggling with a reluctant consumer base. Traditionally, most Croats consume tea only when ill or during the winter months.

I was finally able to kick my daily 20 oz Diet Coke habit several months ago by using a 24 oz.

If Pope Francis is feeling a bit homesick these days, he need only go downstairs to St.

Rich date bread and buttery scones, covered in clotted cream and lemon curd. Tiny, adorable sandwiches, made with cucumber and mascarpone cheese, house-cured salmon with creme fraiche, and truffled egg salad and finely diced chives.

Green tea is prepared using the leaves of camellia sinensis undergoing minimum oxidation during its processing.

The official branding of our town as the "Birthplace of Sweet Tea," a recent tourism incentive of the Greater Summerville/Dorchester Chamber of Commerce, has spawned added enticements for visitors.

Millions are still asking where to find Marley coffee drinks other than online. The short answer: inside the fridge at your local gas station.

Fro-yo spots may be commonplace, but Sincerely Yogurt's signature Greek-style recipe stands out.

Gardening editor Stephen Orr likes to give friends this portable garden, which contains the ingredients for tisane, or herbal tea.

Call it blasphemy to all things good and right in the universe if you want, but I am just not a big fan of coffee.

Even as the country moves out of the great recession, many Americans are still in a money-saving mode looking to conserve wherever possible.