What if, instead of paying soft drink companies
to manufacture flavored and colored water that’s fortified with empty, petroleum-grown calories that we don’t need and that are bottled in petroleum-made containers that we’ll discard… what if we just picked some leaves and twigs and seeds off some plants and poured hot water over them?
I know it sounds wild and radical, but work with me here!
I think we could call this drink… “TEA.” You know? A simple name for a simple beverage. 😉 (Haha, yes, I’m kidding, tea already exists!)
Don’t get me wrong, I do enjoy the occasional soda.
Heck, I even enjoy the occasional fast food burger with my soda, too. Sometimes those bubbles and childhood memories are too hard to resist!
But I’m absolutely smitten by the realness of tea!
I started drinking tea in high school to be different. Even then I wanted to cultivate an appreciation of tea because of what it stood for. Now, I drink tea because I like it and because the caffeine in coffee is WAY too strong for this little girl.
Tea’s gotten even more wild and radical for me lately 😀
I started drinking my looseleaf tea with the leaves/seeds/twigs wild and free in the cup which is what inspired this little tea-alogue! It’s like drinking tea gone native. A return to the tea of ancient times. It’s the tea we’d be drinking if all we had in this world was a tin cup and a campfire and some bushes. Which brings me to the point of all this.
Tea is the most handmade, democratic beverage! (Well, besides water!!)
- Anyone can make tea from wild plants or home grown plants.
- It’s better for our bodies (no sugar, no high fructose corn syrup)
- Tea brings the drinker closer to the source (drinking a product of plants instead of a product of manufacturing)
- Tea drinking is steeped in ancient human culture, it brings with it a rich human tradition.
Heat up some water, friend, let’s pour ourselves a cup!
Looking for some new tea sources?
I just found Davids Tea in Canada (recommended to me by Chris Brogan, who is awesome!). My favorite of their blends so far is the organic North African Mint, it’s minty but with clove and peppercorn and cardamom!! And the best part? $5 shipping to the United States and free shipping for orders over $50!! (Not affiliate links, just plain enthusiasm!!)
Lynn Debbs says
Hi There ! Jenny, I think you are totally delightful!! I was given tea as a child only when sick.
Thus, I equate it with grim times. You have just made me “rethink” tea drinking! Until now, I
have purchased tea for others, but usually steer clear of it myself. Time to change!……and since
I’m a fairly old broad, that’s not always easy. I would also like to order a necklace, but haven’t
totally figured it out yet….but don’t worry, I will!! I make stone & sea glass jewelry myself, but
mostly I’m a watercolorist…. You are an inspiration…Rock-On Jenny Hoople!!!
jennyhoo says
Thanks for your kind words, Lynn 😀 Glad to have brought another tea drinker into the fold!! Let me know if you need help figuring out the checkout process 🙂 I can take phone orders, too, my number’s on the Contact page!
p.s. I LOVE playing with watercolors!! My mom got me some last year that are made from natural ground up earth pigments!