Health
Oct 1, 2019
Is Tea Hydrating?
A question that comes up time and again with our more health conscious customers is whether tea is in fact hydrating. Our recommended daily fluid intake is about 2 litres in order to prevent dehydration but can drinking our beloved cuppa contribute to this?
Aug 28, 2019
The Power of Peppermint Tea
Perfect peppermint tea; cooling, refreshing and a nice tingling treat to aid digestion and soothe a sore tummy.
However, Peppermint tea has a wealth of benefits beyond this and a few celebrity endorsers, including none other than Victoria Beckham who drinks it all day, every day! She even served it at one of her fashion shows in New York, tweeting ‘Peppermint Tea is the new Champagne’.
Apr 22, 2019
The Best Tea For Sleep
In the wired 24/7 world we now live it is unsurprising we are frequently asked what the best tea is for sleep.
Much l...
Jan 23, 2019
Super Simple Matcha Smoothie Recipe
Struggling to get the high you need from your coffee fix? Or are you struggling with coffee-related caffeine jitters?...
Jun 1, 2017
Just Landed - Ceremonial Grade Matcha!
It's been a lot of work behind the scenes but we are proud to finally be unveiling our latest offering - our high quality, Ceremonial Grade Japanese Matcha!
While we at Debonair Tea Co. enjoy all that the Japanese matcha tea ceremony has to offer, matcha has become quite the superfood darling in recent years and for good reason; it has 137 times more antioxidants than regularly brewed green tea!
Dec 1, 2016
Tea - A Tradition Revisited (Article for Hythe Life Winter Edition)
The British penchant for tea is a national institution, but in a world now dominated by big coffee chains and increasingly complex coffee concoctions our devotion to the humble cuppa is seemingly in decline.
Or is it? There has been unprecedented growth in ‘speciality’ tea over the last decade, but what does ‘speciality’ actually mean? A hundred years ago there was nothing particularly special about loose, whole leaf tea. In many ways we are in fact going back to basics!
Aug 18, 2016
Caffeine in Tea: Dispelling the Myths!
One of the most common questions we get asked is which of our teas contain caffeine. Indeed, with the constant health claims made about various teas and infusions in the media, it’s unsurprising there’s some confusion.
What is caffeine?
Caffeine occurs naturally in some plants including coffee beans, tea leaves and cacao pods used to make chocolate...
May 23, 2016
Why does a cup of tea solve everything?
In times of crisis, it's a national institution that we find or offer comfort in a simple cup of tea. Putting the kettle on to ease stress during a bad day or ahead of impending bad news is a tried, tested and often successful strategy.
Mar 8, 2016
What is Rooibos 'Tea' Exactly?
It’s delicious drunk with or without milk and sugar, it is high in antioxidants and it is also caffeine free – but Rooibos isn’t really a tea at all.
As a company that has not added decaffeinated tea to our growing range of teas and infusions – because we have yet to find a process that doesn’t completely distort its character – we often find ourselves converting decaf fans into Rooibos drinkers.
Jan 5, 2016
Bitter about drinking Green Tea? You might be brewing it all wrong...
Want to embrace the health benefits of green tea but don't fancy incorporating it into your diet because it all tastes bitter and boring?
We hear this feedback all the time and it breaks our hearts! There is a huge amount of diversity and complexity of flavour in the huge range of speciality green teas produced around the world.
Jul 28, 2015
Super-Spice: The Benefits of Ginger
Here at Debonair Tea, we’re huge ginger lovers and seem to consume vast amounts of the stuff (fresh, ground, stem) in our tea and our food.
We’ve always known it makes us feel good but we’ve recently had our eyes opened to the fact that, from a health credentials point of view, ginger really is the original “super spice”.