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Fair trade is a tricky thing. I’ve written before about why I believe fair trade is important, but there’s a flipside: too often, fair trade tea is of lower quality to similarly-priced, non-fair trade tea. Which leaves a tea lover to decide between sacrificing quality or sacrificing an ethical stance.
Over the past year I have bought primarily non-fair trade tea, for one big reason: there are very few fair trade tea options around here in Melbourne, and the ones that I can find tend to be in teabag form. But one goal I’ve set for myself over the next few months is to explore some of the fair trade tea options available online. Here are five online tea stores that sell fair trade tea.
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4 commentsDecember 10, 2009
While red rooibos is readily available at most supermarkets here in Australia, its unoxidized brother has hitherto not graced these shores. But Tick Tock Teas and Dragonfly Teas have combined to bring green rooibos to Australia, and they were kind enough to send me a free sample.
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no commentsSeptember 3, 2009
While browsing through Mighty Leaf’s website in preparation for the review I just posted, I noticed that they have a great offer on for people who haven’t tried their tea pouches before: Buy your first tea pouches from Mighty Leaf and get 25% off.
There are actually three separate offers – one for herbal tea
, another for black tea
and a third for green tea
.
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no commentsJuly 1, 2009
It’s been icy cold here in Melbourne for the last week, and tonight Bec and I rediscovered one wintry favourite: ginger tea.
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2 commentsJune 15, 2009
First, a disclaimer: while I do have a little person in my life, this little person is only interested in breast milk. Thus, I have tested My Cup of Tea’s Little People’s Tea myself and I cannot verify whether this tea is ideal for kids. Given the tea’s natural sweetness, I suspect that My Cup of Tea got it pretty right.
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no commentsMay 15, 2009
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.
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no commentsJanuary 28, 2009
