The colors of tea

In my last post I mentioned I love tea.  Hot or cold - Black, Green or White.   My favorite hot tea is White tea.  And, while not technically a tea, I've been drinking (stinging) nettle tea quite a bit lately.  Though the taste of the  nettle tea doesn't seem to benefit from the addition of honey.

I especially love White tea.  Which by its name would make you wonder why it's called White tea if it still looks tan when it's brewed.


So here's some info on the tea plant.

Tea varieties

My next quest is to learn about and make honey straws.

Oh! Honey!

I love drinking tea.  Whether it's hot or cold, I LOVE tea!

As I was about to add honey to my cup of Nettle Tea this morning,  i started thinking about whether honey kept it's nutritional value when it's added to hot tea.  Seems I had heard heat makes it nutritionaless.

So after searching on Google, I went to the Livingsoft website and found out that most commercially produced honey has been pasteurized and there for most of its nutritional value is gone by the time it gets to the consumer.

OK,  so the honey that says it's pasteurized (heated to 145 F) still tastes like honey, but...

So, now I just have to be sure and buy locally harvested honey being sure to ask if it has been pasteurized or not.

I really don't mind little bee bits and pieces of, well, organic matter in my honey, cause after all isn't honey just super tasty bee spit?

Now I'm off to find some local honey...