The mysteries of tea | JanDunlap.com

I drink a lot of green tea. One reason is that it contains high concentrations of antioxidants, which research studies have shown to be good for your health.? Another reason I drink it is that other studies have shown that ingesting green tea may promote weight loss, which is never a bad thing when you frequently hear the food in your kitchen calling your name, like I do. And finally, I drink green tea because I get thirsty and it tastes good.

Now, however, I?m feeling pressure to have a more intense experience when I drink green tea, thanks to Tazo, a tea company out of Portland, Oregon. (Why am I not surprised?) I bought a box of their Zen green tea, and I?m intimidated by their brewing instructions. Not only do they suggest using a gourd as a cup for drinking the tea, but while the tea steeps for three minutes, you?re supposed to contemplate eternal mysteries.

I don?t have a drinking gourd, and I can barely catch my breath in three minutes, let alone mull over eternal mysteries.

Heck, I can?t even think of an eternal mystery in three minutes.

Four minutes, maybe, but three?

Never happen.

So now I figure I have to do more than zap a cup of water in the microwave to get my tea started, which incidentally, is probably unacceptable to the Tazo people, since the box instructions show a picture of a kettle for bringing water ? fresh, filtered water at that! ? to a boil. (See, I?m already feeling the pressure.) To be properly prepared to drink my tea, I have to come up with an eternal mystery before I even put the cup in the microwave. Seeing as I?m usually between doing laundry and answering emails when I fix tea, it?s going to be a stretch to think up any mystery more involved than why the towels are still wet in the dryer or my laptop is acting weird.

Gee, maybe those do qualify as eternal mysteries.

I?ve got to get the water heated. Now I just need to find a gourd?

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Source: http://jandunlap.com/2012/07/the-mysteries-of-tea/

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