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Coffee and Tea Selection

For the Coffee connoisseur, we have over 60 Sugar & Calorie free Gourmet flavored coffee's, and more than 40 Traditional World and Speciality blended coffee's, which includes Spring water washed decaffeinated options in both regular and flavored. We can supply your coffee in whole bean form, or ground to your requirments.

For the Tea lover, we offer over a 100 teas to choose from which include Traditional teas from around the world, White, Green, Fruit and Herbal teas. We also have a large range of our teas specially bagged for those of you who prefer teabags to loose leaf.

 

Morning Coffee

Health Benefits

Both coffee and tea have health benefits. Studies have shown that fresh ground coffee can help to reduce the risk of type two diabetes as we get older and green teas are well known to help detoxify the body and reduce free radical cells if you want to read more take a look our guide to tea & coffee.

 

Tea and Antioxidants

The latest research into how we live our modern lives often shows how things like pollution or too much sun can be harmful to us. Intermediates that arise naturally during chemical process, called free radicals, can challenge our normal healthy state. Free radical damage has been implicated in diseases such as heart disease, stroke and cancers.

It is thought that by regularly consuming foods and drinks that are rich in substances called antioxidants that act to 'soak up' these free radicals we can help ensure we have sufficient resources. As well as fruit and vegetables that are  good sources of these substances, you can help increase your daily antioxidant intake by drinking tea especially green or white tea. That's because tea is widely known to be rich in a particular group of antioxidants called flavonoids.

For example, there is about eight times the amount of 'anti-oxidant power' in three cups of tea than there is in one apple, and every time you brew up in a cup or a pot for upto one minute you about get 140mg of flavonoids. Who'd have thought something that tastes that good can help maintain your health!

 

Source

The Tea Advisory Panel was created to provide media with impartial information regarding the health benefits of tea. Panel members include nutritionists; dieticians and doctors. For further information please visit www.teaadvisorypanel.com

 

Herbal Tea

Making the perfect cuppa

Preparing the perfect cup of tea

This is a process that has been used for hundreds of years, tea is produced by countries all over the world, tea comes in many different shapes and sizes from full leaf  O.P. (Orange Pekoe) and T.G.F.O.P (Tippy Golden Flowering Orange Pekoe) to P.F (Pekoe Fannings).

Water

The quality of tea is affected by the quality of water used to prepare it. Using filtered or bottled water is best. If possible, avoid brewing tea with distilled or mineral water, tap water in hard water areas can change the taste of a tea and increase staining effect of teas. 

Preheated Pot

Many people think warming the teapot is old fashioned, but infact it helps the tea to infuse as it helps to keep the temperature of the water constant making superior tasting tea. While the water is heating, pour some hot water into your teapot and cups, let sit and then drain completely. If using bone china, before adding water from the kettle warming the teapot or cups by running under a hot tap or putting a teaspoon in the cups or teapot will help to stop your best china cracking.

Whole Loose Leaf

Using a teapot (with or without an infuser), use one to two teaspoons per 12 ounces or cup of water. Many of our teas are good for multiple infusions such as the oolongs. Simply add more hot water to the leaves and increase infusion times. The infusion of tea like coffee, is a very personal thing, which depends on ones individual preference. Although we recommend the proportions and infusion times below, you can experiment depending upon your own flavour and strength preference. With practice, you will discover the right steeping time for each tea and what works best for you. 

Suggested Infusion Times

Tea Type per 12oz Water  Infusion Time 
Black tea 1 teaspoon 3-4 mins
Formosa Oolong 2 teaspoons 3-4 mins
Green tea 1-2 teaspoons 3 mins
White tea 2 teaspoons 3-4 mins
Black base fruit teas  1-2 teaspoons 3-4 mins
Herb tea 2 teaspoons 4 mins
Fruit pots 2 teaspoons 4-5 mins

Green Tea

For brewing green tea, you can also bring water to a roiling boil, and then let it sit for 1-2 minutes before steeping to attain the proper water temperature.

Storage

Light, temperature, and odours can affect the quality of tea. To maintain freshness tea must be stored properly. Use an airtight, opaque container, tea preferes to be kept in a dark & dry environment, but away from direct sunlight. As excessive heat and strong odours can compromise the tea’s flavour, keep away from stoves or other strong smelling foods.

If stored properly, teas retain their quality for extended periods. The higher quality green teas will loose their freshness within a year, so it is best to drink them more quickly. At The Tea Junction, we work hard to ensure the freshness & flavour of our teas

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