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Shopping for gifts for the tea lovers in your life can be difficult if you have little knowledge about tea. Buying boxes of bagged teas from the grocery store and a typical tea kettle isn’t going to satisfy a finicky tea lover. Surprise the tea lover in your life with a tea lover’s gift basket from Zhi Tea.  Zhi’s tea lover’s gift baskets are customizable so that you can pick a variety of tea samples to include.

Perfect Gifts for Tea Lovers

Zhi Tea also sells various teaware such as tea makers, tea spoons, tea timers, infuses, and tea pots that are perfect gifts for tea lovers. Having the correct teaware will allow your tea lover to correctly steep tea, for the most flavorful tea drinking experience. Tea lover’s gift baskets and teaware make excellent birthday and holiday gifts for the tea lovers in your life.

Why drink loose leaf tea over the bagged tea bags you find in a grocery store? As anyone who has enjoyed a cup of perfectly brewed loose leaf tea can attest to, the drinking experience is far superior to the bitter and bland teas most people have experience with. Many people are unaware of how to properly brew and steep loose leaf tea so they simply stick to the cheaper, inferior versions. Brewing loose leaf tea is made easier with the Perfect Tea Maker from Zhi Tea.

How to Use the Perfect Tea Maker

To use the Perfect Tea Maker, one simply puts the desired amount of loose leaf tea and the correct temperature of hot water into the Perfect Tea Maker. Then allow the tea to steep for the recommended time, depending on your tea, then simply place the Perfect Tea Maker over a mug and the tea will release. Learn more about recommended water temperature and steeping time at Zhi Tea.

People have been drinking green tea and reaping the health benefits of green tea for thousands of years. You may have heard of the potential health benefits of drinking green tea and started drinking a cup or so a day. Unfortunately many who attempt to drink green tea for their health find the taste to be bitter and unpalatable. There are several solutions to this including drinking only loose leaf green tea, trying different varieties of green tea, and learning the proper brewing methods for green tea.

Green Tea Gifts: Variety and Teaware

Get yourself and your loved ones some green tea gifts to really begin reaping the health benefits of green tea while enjoying the taste. At Zhi Tea, you can choose from a wide selection of handpicked green teas as well as purchase useful green tea gifts including infusers, tea makers, tea spoons, tea timers, and everything else you’ll need to brew the perfect cup of green tea.

When you are looking for a unique gift to give to the tea lovers in your life, why not create custom tea gift baskets? Creating a custom tea gift basket will give you the option on how large of a basket to give, as well as allow you to include multiple tea tins and samples of tea. Add teaware like a tea maker, tea timer, or tea spoon to enhance the steeping and drinking experience of the teas you’ve included. You can also mix and match white, green, oolong, black, flavored, rooibos and herbal teas all in one basket.

Where Can I Create Custom Tea Gift Baskets?

Create custom tea gift baskets with premium, handpicked loose leaf teas at Zhi Tea. Zhi Tea was founded by a pair of friends with a true passion for tea which you will see reflected in their teas, teaware, and tea gift baskets.

In 2009, the American Institute of Cancer Research reported that more than one hundred thousand cases of cancer are associated with excess body fats. According to the report, patients with excess body fats suffer from endometrial, esophageal, pancreatic, kidney, gall bladder, colorectal and breast cancers. According to Dr. Laurence N. Kolonel, Deputy Director of Cancer Research Institute in Hawaii, excess body fat increases the amount of hormones in the body, such as estrogen, which disrupts the how the body process insulin. Both estrogen and insulin imbalance are linked to an increased risk in cancer. In order to lower your risk from suffering cancer, you need to curb your excess body fat by increasing your daily physical activity, eating fresh fruits and vegetables, and drinking oolong green tea. Medical research proves that the polyphenol present in oolong tea is effective in increasing your metabolism, and helps break down the excess fats in the body. People who drink oolong green tea regularly are able to maintain a healthy weight.

Oolong Green Tea – Cheaper Way to Stay Healthy

Medical bills are expensive, and nobody wants to get sick. Every person wants to stay healthy and enjoy life. One of the things you can do to avoid suffering from chronic diseases such as cancer or diabetes is to drink oolong green tea every day. Based on numerous research, this tea has been proven to provide different health benefits, and many people confirm that their life and total being improved when they start drinking oolong tea regularly. According to them, drinking oolong green tea is a cheaper way to stay healthy.

Jeffrey & I will be having Christmas Dinner together today.  Celebrating our friendship, love and another year of Zhi Tea.

Wishes to everyone on this day.

May Joy Peace & Love be your path ahead for 2010.

Today’s Menu

Tea Priestesses Terrific Tea-brined Turkey & Roasted Chestnut stuffing
with Heavenly Orange Blossom Oolong Cranberry Sauce;
Roasted Squash, Red Potatoes with Travis Heights fresh herbs;
Suzi’s Kitchen Szechuan Green Beans

Dessert
Dr. Oolong’s best in class Apple Pie

All Day Nibbles
Gingerbread angels;  Chocolate/Pecan hard cookies
Assorted imported cheeses and crackers