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Herbal Tea Benefits

Posted by Martin Birkhead on

Herbal Tea Benefits

Herbal Tea Benefits To start with, we are not medically approved doctors or practitioners, the following information is all available from the web, we have just gone through and brought it all together for the products we supply. It is by no means complete as some of the herbs below have been used for thousands of years and we still don't know all the benefits to them? Please consult your doctor before taking any of the following herbs. Chamomile Tea: It is a herb that people have used for centuries. People know it as a tea to calm an upset...

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Feel Fit with a New Year Detox:

Posted by Gaynor Birkhead on

Feel Fit with a New Year Detox:

Following on our Feel Fit New Year wellness tea theme, here at theuklooseleafteacompany we are also promoting our feel fit herbal infusion. A follow on from our fit and fruity; we offer another lively flavour of: blackberry leaves, citric acid, Mate, nettle leaves, sunflower and cornflower petals along with pieces of apple, caffeine free and extremely relaxing and refreshing at anytime of the day (or night). Feel Fit has a mellow bodied taste with a citrusy afterbite, giving an almost cherry and strawberry flavour (which is good considering there's none in it) ideal for cleansing the palette (other palettes may...

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A Fit & Fruity New Year Detox:

Posted by Gaynor Birkhead on

A Fit & Fruity New Year Detox:

A Fit & Fruity New Year Detox: A Fit & Fruity New Year Detox: Here at the uklooseleafteacompany 2016 has started in earnest with a good old fashioned resolution to feel better, get leaner, meaner, keener and fitter! So, ready, steady, go…... However; We are easing our way in gently with the delicious wellness, 10 vitamin (yes 10) herbal infusion “Fit & Fruit”. We can't promise miraculous overnight results (If only) but a gentle easing in with this delightful, healthy , light, fruity and refreshing imbibe. This multivitamin infusion includes: Vitamins C, E, B6, B1, B2, B12, Folic Acid, Biotin,...

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Looking for some hot stuff? - Red Chilli Chai

Posted by Gaynor Birkhead on

Looking for some hot stuff? - Red Chilli Chai

This rather hot composition is a real surprise. With base of Indian black assam tea, and flavourings of clove, cocoa beans, cinnamon, roasted liqourice root, black peppercorns and last but not least, chilli and some whole ones at that!!! I have tried most new inventions with chilli added, and I have to say “I liked them all”. However, I was a little dubious at first about chilli in my tea, but I love it; I think, here at theuklooseleafteacompany it's one of my absolute favourites. The taste if difficult to put into words as all the flavours can be tasted...

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Hibiscus Roselle Herbal Tea:

Posted by Gaynor Birkhead on

Hibiscus Roselle Herbal Tea:

Mild herbal infusion produced from the Hibiscus Sabdariffa Calyces giving the deep red colour. In Italy, hibiscus tea is known as carcadè or Italian tea and was first introduced from Eritrea, it was used as a substitute for tea when the country was hit by trade sanctions for it's invasion of Abyssinia. There are also many variations of drinking preferences around the world. In the USA hibiscus tea was made popular by a creation circa 1972 known as 'Red Zinger'. In the English-speaking Caribbean, the drink called sorrel, is made from the calyces and considered an integral part of Christmas...

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