Are we poisoning our kids?
“Kids were so used to sugared drinks that when we gave them mango tea, they said it tasted like water .We gave seventh graders a black tea with strawberry flavor and they were asking for sugar,” said sociologist Elizabeth…
The Next Hidden Epidemic?
Everyone knows about the evils of soda –no nutritional value, high sugar content, contributor to obesity, diabetes, even heart disease. Sugar – whether in the form of corn syrup or rapidly digested sugar – is the major dietary villain. And…
Take the stress test, then sip and chill
If you've wondered what ever happened to LTR, in a word: Moving. As in going from a leafy, bucolic suburb near NYC to LTR's "hometown" of San Francisco. Alas, while what is quaintly known as "household goods" is lurching its…
How Tea is Decaffeinated: Expunging the jingle-jangle: Part 3
Ah, the web. Look up 'how to decaffeinate tea" and you will find breathless missives advocating infusing tea for 30 seconds or up to five minutes as the cheap, foolproof way to extract caffeine from tea. Nice myth. Or as…
More on caffeine and tea: the pot thickens: Part 2
What if someone told you to throw out that first cup of freshly ground coffee, pour water over the used grinds and -- voila! -- decaf coffee! Yet that's the method some tout for tea. Now, tea leaves aren't coffee…