Tea Recipes and Journal

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Here's a few facts about tea you may not have known...

Preparing Matcha tea isn't as straight forward as your usual tea. Originating from Japan, there's a bit of a ritual to the preparation along with a few varieties in how to prepare it which we've provided in some links within this article!

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This simple and easy to create winter chai recipe will warm you up this Australian cold season.
First you'll want to gather the ingredients below:

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A peeled piece of ginger around 2cm long
A stick of cinnamon
A bay leaf, dried
Cardamom seeds, around one teaspoons worth
Black peppercorns, also one teaspoon
Fennel seeds, this time 1/2 a teaspoon!
Cloves, 5 of them and make sure they're whole!
Around 3 cups water (750 ml)
Black tea leaves, a quarter of a cup of them
Half a cup of milk (125 ml)
Honey or brown sugar, take your pick