Dandelion Tea: The Herbal Tea for Recovering Coffee Addicts
I’ve been drinking a lot of dandelion tea lately. It’s a bitter, dark herbal tea with a slightly tangy flavour. Suffice it to say it’s an acquired taste.
Dandelion tea is commonly recommended to people looking for a coffee substitute, because it tastes similar but doesn’t come with all the nasty side-effects. It has no caffeine, can aid weight loss and may even prevent cancer. It also purifies the blood, improves the liver, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen functions, and relieves indigestion. It can even clear the body of repressed emotions like anger or fear, which can be stored in the liver and kidneys.
My Oxfam tea cup
The Tung Ting Oolong tea wasn’t my only tea-related Christmas present this year. Bec also picked up a cool tea cup for me from the Oxfam shop. Oxfam, in case you didn’t know, is an organization working to fight poverty and injustice throughout the world. One way it does this is by selling handmade goods created by workers in third world countries, who are paid fairly for their work.
But, the cup…
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