Profile Sweet hot cinnamon has graced Egyptian temples and found favor in Greek mythology. Harvested from the inner bark of Cinnamomum trees, it is used for incense, candles, baked goods and beverages with its warming nature. It may be helpful in lowering blood sugar and cholesterol as well as offering anti-inflammatory effects. In tea blending, it's the belle of the ball as it goes so well with so many flavors, adding sweetness and gentle heat.

Cinnamon in Tea: Flavor, Health, and Tradition

Natasha Nesic

Winter’s chill invites cinnamon’s warmth: a historic, fragrant bark turned sweet comfort spice. From Egyptian temples to Silk Road wealth and holistic traditions, it now stars in cups. Bonfire blazes with smoky, spicy fire; Thai Chai whispers with coconut, ginger brightness. Together, they showcase cinnamon’s versatile, soul-soothing charm.

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Profile What's garnet red, toe-tingling, tummy teasing, and tastebud tantalizing? Our Spiced Blood Orange! With a medley of orange peels, hibiscus, and perky spices, you'll enjoy this heart-warming tea body and soul.

Fruity Fall Teas: Warm, Bright, and Flavorful

Natasha Nesic

Autumn’s fickle chill begs for sun-drenched sips. Stockpile fruity allies—Blood Orange, Wild Strawberry, Mango Mate, White Strawberry Basil, and softly spiced White Chai. Each steeps into jammy, zesty, or velvety warmth, invites playful “flavor friends,” and turns fall gatherings into slice-of-summer rituals. Which cup crowns your cozy season?

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Profile Whole green cardamom are small seed capsules with papery outer shells. They have ridges running along their length and taper at either ends. When fresh, and quality-dried, they are green in color and somewhat plump. The capsules are triangular in cross-section, and when opened reveal 15-20 small black-brown and intensely aromatic seeds.

A Caring Guide To Cardamom

Natasha Nesic

Cardamom, jewel of ancient caravans, bridges East and West with green, aromatic pods and anti-inflammatory promise. Chai traditions and modern studies meet in its fragrant warmth. From dessert-like Almond Cardamom Cake to meditative Mindful Mint and fiery Tri Pepper Chai, cardamom-infused cups comfort, circulate qi, and kindle cozy, spicy bliss.

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Enjoyment Whether you're settling in for the night or just looking to relax, our caffeine-free collection is sure to add comfort to your cup. Cozy up with some of our soothing favorites, guaranteed to lull you into a sense of serenity.

Tea Sampler Gifts to Warm Every Holiday Season

Natasha Nesic

One gift is good; many are merrier. Enter Adagio’s tea samplers: sleepytime cozies, fiery chais, party-ready mocktails, power-up energy blends, and candy-shop sweet sips. Each curated quartet fits Secret Santas, families, or “just in case” lists, wrapping variety, comfort, and clever steeping into one endlessly giftable package.

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Enjoyment Rich pu erh are grounding and smooth. Reminiscent of a favorite treat.

Thanksgiving Teas: Blends to Share and Enjoy

Natasha Nesic

Thanksgiving gratitude steeped in tea: butterfly pea flower for color-shifting friendship, chamomile for steady family comfort, chocolate-kissed blends for indulgent special someones, mint for freshly-bathed pet joy, and a wild-card—your own signature Adagio blend—celebrating the unique magic you bring. Sip, savor, and be thankful, all season long.

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Enjoyment This Japanese classic blend of matcha for those who are hesitant, and a welcome addition to our Japanese tea collection.

Best Teas for Your Halloween Party Playlist

Natasha Nesic

Five Halloween classics meet their perfect cups: Monster Mash with popcorn-nutty Matcha Genmaicha, nostalgic Danse Macabre with haunted Oooh Darjeeling, comfort-food Thriller with chocolatey chai pu-erh, Werewolves of London with sleepy Rooibos Pecan Turtle, and Time Warp with reviving Jump Start. Steep, sip, dance, and recover—spooky-season satisfaction served.

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Enjoyment Even when the strawberry harvest is waning for the year, our Wild Strawberry herbal blend will have you smiling like the first pick of the season. Fresh strawberries, apple pieces, hibiscus flowers, and rose hips create a mellow, almost dessert-like tea. Sweet strawberry and sugared rhubarb aroma, beautiful warm berry color, pleasantly aromatic and not super sweet. A caffeine-free cup of pure delight.

Refreshing Teas for the Ultimate Summer Vibes

Natasha Nesic

Summer sings in every sip: wild strawberries echo Demi’s confidence, Tiger Eye broods with emo chords, Turmeric Bliss beams like Olaf’s sunlit dreams. Passionfruit Tango swirls with steadfast Broadway devotion, while Kentucky Bourbon hums “Summertime” ease—hot or iced, caffeine-free or bold, a tea-tuned playlist for heat, honey, birds, and bees.

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Health & Beauty Arguably the king of frozen treats, the Strawberry Banana Split is nothing if not a classic flavor combinational. This caffeine-free, sugar-free, interpretation captures the decadence without the guilt! All that's missing is the cherry on top.

Tea and Electrolytes: Hydration Made Easy

Natasha Nesic

Summer’s creeping in again, and sweat is back on the menu. Forget rigid water rules: listen to your thirst and fortify fluids with electrolytes from rooibos, botanicals, fruit, salts, and sweeteners. Build flavorful, mineral-rich infusions, experiment wildly, and let your teacup be your secret weapon against the year’s “worst summer yet.”

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Enjoyment Tangy-sweet spring berry blend with a hint of creme. Blackberry, blueberry and strawberry flavors party playfully in your cup like a rich berry compote with a dollop of cream. Party on!

Spring Tea Guide: Berry, Floral, and Fruity Brews

Natasha Nesic

May Day marks spring’s magic: rebirth, renewal, and new beginnings in your cup. From Berry Creme Compote’s dessert-sweet berries to White Eternal Spring’s delicate peony, Pomegranate Green’s mythic tartness, Blackberry Sage Oolong’s wise herbality, and Elderberry Wine’s immune-boosting berries, these enchanting blends celebrate playful, rejuvenating, forever-young May.

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Drinks & Eats Our Irish Breakfast is one of Adagio's most popular teas.

From Chai to Oolong: Best Brunch Teas

Natasha Nesic

April showers needn’t dampen brunch. Host at home, kettle at the ready, and let tea steal the spotlight: crowd‑pleasing Irish Breakfast, blossoming Jasmine Phoenix Pearls, caffeine‑free Rooibos Earl Grey, buttery Milk Oolong, and comforting Masala Chai. Rainchecks be gone; steeps, sips, and springtime cheer await indoors.

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Enjoyment Revel in the luxury of our Lavender Lemon. This bright caffeine-free herbal blend is a delight to the senses with an intoxicating aroma, smooth citrusy flavor, and soft whispers of lavender. Calming and soothing so you can unwind from a busy day.

Relax With Lavender, Basil, and Citrus Teas

Natasha Nesic

Spring is springing, so ask yourself “Why so serious?” and lighten up with playful cups: floral Ti Kuan Yin, tender White Strawberry Basil, soothing Lavender Lemon, nutty Genmai Cha, and sunny Green Rooibos Citron. Gentle temperatures, forgiving steeps, and fragrant flavors invite joyful pauses from life’s everyday drama.

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Culture Cupid's Cup: Tangy, sweet and creamy, one sip of this herbal blend and you might think you've accidentally mixed up your tea with a love potion.

Valentine’s Teas and Love Songs to Sip By

Natasha Nesic

February’s chill softens with Valentine’s teas and love-song pairings. From flirty Cupid’s Cup to slow-burning Cinnamon Rooibos Chai, resolute second-flush Darjeeling, dessert-like Cherry Marzipan Oolong, embraceable Lychee Rose Green, and sassy Pina Colada, each cup is matched to a track that warms, comforts, or playfully stirs the heart.

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Enjoyment Our Moringa tea is pure leaves from the Moringa oleifera plant, which is popularly enjoyed for its reputed health benefits due to antioxidant and nutritional content. In the cup, it has a pleasantly tangy herbaceous character, with earthy-grassy notes, and a smooth finish. We recommend trying it in combination with our herbal honey.

Teas for Detox, Calm, and Daily Wellness

Natasha Nesic

Skip “New year, new me.” Choose daily, realistic rituals instead—starting with the cup. From eucalyptus-bright Breathe Well to minty-sweet Tea-Tox, veggie-fresh Moringa, tranquil Daydream, and balanced Happy Belly, Adagio’s Wellness teas offer gentle, flavorful companions for breathing easier, digesting better, unwinding, and sustaining rejuvenation all year.

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Enjoyment Popular for their many health benefits, Chaga mushrooms grow in birch forests of northern latitudes and have long been enjoyed by indigenous peoples. Added to tea, they make a perfect partner to add even more antioxidants and soothe the soul. Enjoy our Chaga chai spices, and a touch of coconut to make a warming, soothing cup.

5 Best Teas for Energy and Post-Gym Recovery

Natasha Nesic

December’s the calm before the fitness storm, perfect for a winter workout playlist and post-gym teas. From remix-ready Chaga Chai to bonfire-bright Fiery Cinnamon Spice, tender White Darjeeling, layered Blackberry Sage Oolong, and cozy Honeybush Blueberry Pancake, each cup pairs a song with season, recovery, reflection, and well-earned warmth.

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Enjoyment Crisp autumn nights call for warmth and comfort and little can better provide them than an autumn bonfire. Behold our bonfire blend: Lapsang Souchong black tea and red peppercorn offer hints of smoke and the flickering spark of heat. A perfect cup for fireside enjoyment or downtime dreaming.

Spiced Teas Perfect for Autumn Bonfires

Natasha Nesic

Crisp November nights, bonfires blazing, and mugs brimming with spice-fire teas. From smoky Bonfire and classic Gunpowder to tart Blood Orange, punchy Double Ginger, energizing Jump Start, bright Raja Oolong Chai, and cuddly Rooibos Cinnamon Apple, each blend fans autumn’s flames while wrapping you in comforting, cozy, revolutionary warmth.

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Enjoyment Pleasantly perky spices add warmth and sweetness to the mellow mineral notes of Pu-Erh. Sweet cinnamon and anise with tingly ginger liven up the palate while soothing the soul. A great companion for a chilly day.

Pu-Erh Tea: Bold, Earthy, and Full of Flavor

Natasha Nesic

Pu-Erh, a fermented “dark tea,” anchors Adagio’s playful, nerdy tour of autumn-ready blends. Natasha touts Dante’s re-steepable depth, sundae-like Hazelberry, bold pumpkin-spice-busting Spice, chocolate-orange Chorange, and demi-tropical Tahiti, urging adventurous tea drinkers to conquer FOMO, embrace fermentation, and savor endlessly customizable, season-spanning cups.

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Opinions The double-walled design means your tea stays warmer while keeping the outside of the mug a more moderate, and easy to handle the temperature. Any tea-lover is sure to appreciate this elegant meeting of form, function, and fun.

How to Brew Tea with Style and Ease

Natasha Nesic

Late to the slang party, I fall headfirst into “fits” and promptly drag tea along. From traditional teaware and sleek modern gadgets to essential one-touch brewers, whimsical ceramics, and eclectic copper-and-glass showpieces, Adagio outfits every steeping mood. Mix, match, sip into autumn, and discover your personal tea ‘fit.

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Drinks & Eats Adagio's Golden Flower oolong that offers sweet, floral notes of honeysuckle, osmanthus and a subtle creaminess. All this lingers and provides well for those who enjoy multiple infusions. Savor its lingering, layered nuances as an everyday, oasis of serenity tea.

Discover Jade, Golden Flower & Ali Shan Oolongs

Natasha Nesic

Grey dragons rise from tiny cups in July: jade-gem sweetness, Golden Flower’s lingering florals, Ali Shan’s misty mineral mountains, Milk Oolong’s buttery glow. Steep low and light to protect delicate sugars; watch rolled leaves unfurl, infusion by infusion, teaching your palate nuance, texture, aroma, and serenity with every sip.

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Drinks & Eats Blackberry Sage Oolong is an enchanting blend inspired by the flavors of the forest. With its bold, earthy flavors of blackberries and herbs, it is a grounding tea with a complex character. A perfectly pleasing iced tea treat!

From Black to Herbal: Iced Teas for Everyone

Natasha Nesic

Summer nights, summer flings, summer sips: Adagio’s iced teas invite playful experimentation without long‑term commitment. From sturdy black and singing chai to nuanced whites, feisty greens, wise oolongs, and rainbow herbals, each pouch cold‑brews into character-rich refreshment—perfect for heatwaves, caffeine whims, and discovering that special leaf for the season.

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Opinions Doesn't your tea deserve to travel with you in style? Reach for our moderniTEA travel infuser and never be without delicious freshly brewed tea again. Featuring a modern design, this travel infuser has a double-walled Borosilicate glass body, removable stainless steel basket.

Matcha Bowls and Infusers with Style

Natasha Nesic

Spring closet cravings meet tea obsessions as Natasha curates five chic Adagio teaware picks—sleek infusers, elegant glass mugs, grown-up teapots, playful double-wall mugs, and Japanese chawans—to match seasonal sips from peachy whites to technicolor matcha. It’s all about letting your daily brew express your style, wherever you wander.

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Enjoyment oolong tea from the Fujian province in China. It is one of China's most beloved oolongs and is extremely time-consuming to produce (well over a dozen distinct steps in the processing are observed).

May the Fourth Teas for Jedi and Rebels

Natasha Nesic

May explodes with Beltane blooms, lingering hangovers, and a hyperspace jump to Star Wars Day. This playful ode to fandom pairs May the Fourth with tea: smoky rebels, blaster-bright greens, goddess oolongs, and meditative whites. Understeep, re-steep, sip through the saga, and go forth—steamy mug in hand—to conquer the galaxy.

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Enjoyment oolong is warming and satisfying. Being a good digestive tea it goes well with food or sweets. It is perfect for multiple infusions so you can tease out many layers of intriguing flavor.

Strong and Soothing Teas for Early Spring

Natasha Nesic

March roars in with lion teas—Pu-Erh Dante, Wuyi Ensemble, Yunnan Jig—bold, earthy, roaring in the cup, warming winter’s last bite. It drifts out with lamb teas—White Peony, Chamomile, Lemongrass—soft, soothing, floral-green whispers, perfect for gentle beginnings, quiet evenings, and spring’s first, slightly wobbly, sunlit steps.

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Health & Beauty The smooth, gently sweet flavor of Honeybush Wild Berry. This caffeine-free cup offers a soft, juicy flavor of blueberry, raspberry, and strawberries with the subtle hint of rose petals. A wonderful spring inspired blend that can be enjoyed any time of day or year.

Heart Health Benefits of Tea You’ll Love

Natasha Nesic

February hearts meet teacups as cardio, self-care, and hydration intertwine. Trainer Natasha maps tea to movement: anti-inflammatory blends for workouts, mate and turmeric twists for stamina, white and honeybush for recovery, fruity infusions for electrolytes. Ultimately, the best “heart” routine is joyful motion sipped alongside antioxidant-rich comfort.

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Culture Who knew that a throwaway pig character from the original Dragon Ball- which, fun fact, is based on the Chinese legend of Journey to the West— could be found in so many different oolong flavors?

5 Fabulous Fandom (Tea) Finds!

Natasha Nesic

Tea fandom powers this playful tour of nerdery in a teacup: Picard-approved Earl Greys for every star-date, tearful Jasmine with Uncle Iroh, Dragon Ball’s Oolong in endless infusions, rosy brews for Roses Lalonde and Tyler, and dragon-themed teas for every epic—because health benefits are nice, but fandom keeps us sipping.

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Opinions Want to bring some Wellness collection.

Wellness Teas to Gift This Holiday Season

Natasha Nesic

Holiday panic creeping in? Breathe. Put down the styrofoam and pick up Adagio. Tea gifts, wellness blends, thrifty teaspoons, cozy mugs, global samplers, pun-filled camaraderie in the CommuniTEA—health, wealth, friendship, culture, humor in every cup. Steep early, sip often, and toast surviving another weird, wonderful year.

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Opinions Cozy up with a heat-retaining double-wall mug to match the mood of the season.

5 Tea Myths... Debunked

Natasha Nesic

Halloween horrors aren’t masks but myths: that all tea is caffeinated, caffeine is cruel, tea is unhealthy, and nobody drinks it. The author cheerfully debunks each: herbals abound, caffeine is nuanced, tea brims with antioxidants, choice is personal, and global fandom—from Picard to communiTEA—proves tea culture deliciously undead.

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Opinions The act of picking out a tea and serving it to someone is a huge sign of respect, according to Natasha. She likes to show respect with Sencha.

From Sencha to Silver Needle: Lessons in Tea

Natasha Nesic

As Virgo Season nudges self-improvement, Natasha brews life lessons from the leaf. Through Adagio favorites like Mocha Nut Mate and Sencha, tea becomes teacher of integrity, respect, courtesy, self-discipline, and perseverance—expressed in what we buy, how we serve, the teaware we choose, our patience, and our willingness to begin again.

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Health & Beauty Revel in the luxury of our Lavender Lemon. This bright caffeine-free herbal blend is a delight to the senses with an intoxicating aroma, smooth citrusy flavor, and soft whispers of lavender. Calming and soothing so you can unwind from a busy day.

Sip These Teas to Ease Sniffles and Boost Energy

Natasha Nesic

Humidity-drenched summer storms bring on sniffles, demanding more than dainty defenses. Spices, citrus, lavender, chamomile, mate, and fiery ginger rally in bold brews: Arabica Chai, Lavender Lemon, Double Ginger, Citrus Mate, Peach Serenity. Armed with precise kettles and cheerful cups, we steep, sip, and outwit the rain’s insidious chill.

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Drinks & Eats oolong tea from the Fujian province in China. It is one of China's most beloved oolongs and is extremely time-consuming to produce (well over a dozen distinct steps in the processing are observed).

Single-Origin Teas: Pure Flavor From the Source

Natasha Nesic

Celebrate tea independence with single-origin Camellia sinensis: smoky, grounding Lapsang Souchong; bright, antioxidant-rich White Peony; disciplined, inspiring Jade Oolong; and sweet, savory, refreshing Ti Kuan Yin. Rotate hot darker teas and iced lighter ones, play with temperatures and steeping, and let your taste buds declare their own delicious freedom.

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Health & Beauty The perfect pitcher to turn any loose tea into iced tea- Adagio's Iced Tea Pitcher.

Electrolyte Iced Tea: Refresh and Replenish

Natasha Nesic

Summer thirst needs more than water; it needs electrolytes: sodium, magnesium, potassium, chloride, and calcium. Skip neon sports drinks and brew rooibos tea in Adagio’s iced tea pitcher, then add honey or fruit and your milk of choice. Chill overnight for a gentle, delicious, electrolyte-supporting iced tea to keep you thriving.

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Health & Beauty Berry Creme Compote, only available during the Spring for purchase! Another great berryful tea- grab it before it tucks away to the rewards page for the rest of the year!

Top Teas for Allergy Symptoms and Relief

Natasha Nesic

Spring allergies got you T.K.O.’d? Trade sneezes for steeps. Echinacea comforts your sniffly upper respiratory tract, turmeric tanks inflammation like a mixed-up Barbarian-Berserker-Bard, and vitamin C–packed berry blends blast histamines iced or hot. Stock Minty Comfort, Elderberry Wine, Turmeric Bliss, Golden Turmeric Chai, and berry teas before symptoms crit-roll you.

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Health & Beauty I’m particularly sentimental about this flower because chamomile flowers growing wild on the hills by the river in his village, and how his mother would store them for tea.

Chamomile and More: Floral Tea Guide

Natasha Nesic

Spring crowns your teacup with marigold, cornflower, and chamomile: anti-inflammatory, immune-bright, tissue-soothing petals with stories from Mexico to India to Serbian riverbanks. Sip Mocha Nut Mate, Turmeric Bliss, Earl Grey Bravo, or Foxtrot, and your sweet tooth, liver, skin, and cravings all bow to these quietly knighted flowers.

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Enjoyment Because no one wants a sad belly when there’s a snap of warm, happy weather.

5 Wellness Teas for Sleep, Stomach, and more

Natasha Nesic

March misbehaves in New York, cycling from baby lion to hedgehog to sea lion, yet always remains tea weather. Swapping shamrocks for Caesars, the author channels Roman history and pop culture into wellness. Fennel, valerian, and herbal Adagio blends become our modern legion’s fuel for digestion, energy, calm, and conquest.

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Health & Beauty If it’s caffeinated, you can bet your flying bison that it’s going to activate your cardiovascular system.

How To “Heart” Tea, In More Ways Than One

Natasha Nesic

Tea doesn’t just hug your arteries with antioxidants; it cranks your heart rate like a power ballad. Caffeinated blends (hello, yerba mate), nostalgia-drenched fandom teas, and Adagio’s Roots Campaign offerings stack physical, emotional, and ethical “buffs” for your workout. Brew, blast music, go Super Saiyan with your cardiovascular system.

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Opinions One of the big things people are thinking about this New Year is eating healthier.

New Year Goals: How Tea Can Help!

Natasha Nesic

Skip “resolutions”; set playful, accountable New Year’s goals instead. Rethink “healthy” by chasing vivid colors and flavors: anthocyanin-rich blues and reds, beta carotene’s greens and oranges, lycopene’s hidden reds. Let Adagio’s teas—Berry Blues, White Strawberry Basil, Gyokuro, Peach Oolong—turn antioxidant science into everyday, delicious tea magic.

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Opinions Our matcha teas come in a range of classic and flavored varieties to suit every mood and palate. These precious powdered teas also make for a great addition to lattes and cakes!

The Last Minute Gift Guide for Tea Lovers

Natasha Nesic

In a year light on hugs, lean into mug-hugs instead. Match wellness friends with Health Nut samplers, weekend warriors with matcha sticks, dungeon delvers with IngenuiTEA and Zodiac blends, and bakers with Sweet Tooth and Nut and Spice samplers—plus the GritTEA grinder—delivered fast from Adagio to everyone’s doorstep.

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Health & Beauty This one is such a star for its calming-but-uplifting ingredients, featuring many of the qualities I told you to look for in the blends above. It’s also great alongside the above two because it gives you the option of a middle ground: not too sweet, not too tart, but— my dear Goldilocks— just right.

Caffeine-Free Energizing Tea

Natasha Nesic

Winter’s creeping in, but your late-night cravings needn’t turn you into a Zoom zombie. Swap sencha for antioxidant-rich honeybush chocolate, zesty blood orange, Goldilocks-perfect Daydream, rooibos vanilla chai’s spice parade, or puckery Sour Apple. Decaf stand-ins and an irresistibly cute mug complete your cozy, health-savvy, homebound tea arsenal.

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Drinks & Eats Brine 'em and Dine 'em! Try these three brines this season!

Recipe: 3 Tea Turkey Brines for Thanksgiving

Natasha Nesic

Thanksgiving goes remote, but turkey doesn’t have to go dry. Natasha Nesic issues a “challenge accepted”: three tea-infused brines—Chirping Chestnut, Green Queen, and Oolong Winter Is Coming—customizable by bird size, veggie-friendly, and Zoom-proof. Steep, soak overnight, roast, then toast survival with a real cup of tea.

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Health & Beauty Learn how to get the most pep in your step!

Guide to Getting the Most Caffeine from Tea

Natasha Nesic

Want more pep in your step? Treat Camellia sinensis right. Hotter water and longer steeps pull more caffeine but risk bitterness; cooler, shorter steeps give sweetness with less kick. Adjust temps and times across black, green, oolong, white, and pu erh to balance flavor, resteeps, and that glorious rib‑kicking wakefulness.

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Health & Beauty Every boy and every girl, Spice up your life!

5 Teas to Spice Up Your Metabolism

Natasha Nesic

Spice up your life—and your metabolism—with teas that actually taste fun. From Jump Start’s mate, cacao, and kola to Double Ginger’s caffeine-free fire, Pu Erh Spice’s digestive magic, Samurai Mate’s all-star anti-inflammatories, and unicorn-rare Black Matcha, each blend harnesses science-backed ingredients to fight inflammation, boost energy, and banish metabolic gunk.

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Health & Beauty Which tea do you choose when your energy starts to fade?

The Truth About Tea and Caffeine

Natasha Nesic

Afternoon energy flatlining? Turn to Camellia sinensis. Black, pu-erh, oolong, green, white—and even yellow, purple, or yerba maté—can all jolt you awake. Remember the alchemy: hotter water, longer steeps, and finer grinds unleash more caffeine. Matcha hits hardest. Tinker with type, time, and temperature; revive yourself, cup by cup.

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Health & Beauty I’m obliged to deliver you the facts on what is often referred to as the “fourth macronutrient” alongside the protein, carbs, and fat that we covered in the previously delicious TeaMuse installations.

Tea for Self-Nutrition: Alcohol

Natasha Nesic

Alcohol, the “fourth macronutrient,” hijacks digestion, delaying nutrient absorption and encouraging caloric buildup—hardly ideal for fitness or weight loss. Yet drinking is cultural, even comforting. Balance it with post-party self-care: hydration, anti-inflammatory teas, raw honey’s gut-loving, BAC-lowering sweetness, butterfly pea’s soothing magic, and timeless allies like chamomile and hibiscus. Cheers, responsibly.

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Health & Beauty Magnesium is a beautiful mineral that we can get in our diet via dark, leafy greens as well as the rich, earthy family of nuts, seeds, grains, and legumes.

Micronutrient Magic: Tea and Magnesium

Natasha Nesic

Magnesium, that dark, calming mineral hiding in leafy greens, nuts, seeds, and beans, soothes cramps, anxiety, digestion—and yes, leg-cramp ambushes. True tea’s caffeine and diuretic kick may nudge magnesium out, but supplements, magnesium-rich herbs, and decadent blends like chai, rooibos, chamomile, and ginger teas easily restore your inner powerhouse’s composure.

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Health & Beauty Anything from the Camellia Sinensis plant will do the trick!

Tea for Self-Nutrition: Carbohydrates

Natasha Nesic

Carbohydrates are carbon‑hydrogen‑oxygen biomolecules powering heartbeat, breath, movement, brainwork—and creating waste. Grains, fruits, veggies, sugars, even Camellia sinensis leaves, all count. Our sedentary culture doesn’t need fewer carbs; it mismanages them. Tea helps regulate insulin and blood pressure, calming faux hunger while you sip Papaya Pouchong, Jasmine Pearls, White Strawberry Basil.

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Health & Beauty Proteins are the building blocks of your body.

Tea for Self-Nutrition: Protein

Natasha Nesic

New decade, new habits—without the crash. Start in the kitchen, not with a five‑mile martyr run. Focus on protein, the literal building blocks of every tissue, increasing intake gradually while balancing carbs and fats. Support digestion and sustainability with Pu‑Erh teas, steeped repeatedly, ritual-style, for calm, long-haul metabolic gains.

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Health & Beauty Ingredients for self-care

Recuperation Tea

Natasha Nesic

Self-care matters as much as squats, bro. Winter grind, holiday hustle, nervous system fried? Enter tea. Chamomile tucks you into deep, gainz-making sleep. Daydream is your office-friendly meditation cushion in a mug. Bella Luna Blue, full-moon rarity, blends lemongrass calm with butterfly pea antioxidants to sweep away oxidative battle damage.

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Health & Beauty Fitness and Tea go hand-in-hand... or barbell.

Join the Resistance! Tea For Strength Training

Natasha Nesic

Tea and iron unite in the weight room: resistance training fortifies joints, bones, posture, and aesthetics, especially for hypermobile bodies. Green tea, Dragonwell, Gyokuro, and yerba mate offer bone-loving antioxidants, focused “brain-awakeness,” and smooth energy to refine technique, fuel calisthenics, and build the resilient muscle foundation your heaviest lifts demand.

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Health & Beauty Choosing the right tea for your health journey?

Working Out The Right Workout Tea

Natasha Nesic

Stop hunting for one “healthiest” tea or “best” workout. Like training, tea is contextual. Matcha sharpens focus and energy for resistance work. Rooibos supports cardio and recovery without caffeine, plus electrolytes. White Peony offers a gentle, reflective companion to restorative practices. Ultimately, pair specific teas with specific movement goals.

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Culture Study Time is not complete without tea

How Fandom Infuses Appreciation For Tea Culture

Natasha Nesic

Green tea curiosity became a “gotta catch ’em all” journey, Adagio orders piling up like Pokemon cards and niche anime DVDs. Sipping through greens to pu-erh mirrored fandom’s path: mild interest to eager obsession to elevated taste. From Flamecon queues to gongfu sessions, nerdy passion simply shifted mediums—sparkles to steeps.

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Health & Beauty Water Matters!

Tea-Mastering Electrolytes

Natasha Nesic

When I met serious tea nerds, I discovered water isn’t basic at all—its pH and minerals transform flavor. Tea is diuretic, so hydration matters: electrolytes like sodium, potassium, magnesium, and friends are key. Skip plain tap: spike your brews with hibiscus, rosehip, citrus, salts, vinegars, and unashamedly delicious sweetness.

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Drinks & Eats Busy, but always with tea!

Tea Makes It Work

Natasha Nesic

“Make it work” outgrew undergrad panic and became a lifelong mantra: when there’s no way out, you improvise through. The author maps every kind of work—busy, body, brain, heart—to a tea: robust Chinese black, bright sencha, hybrid oolong, soothing honeybush chocolate. Build your own “work teas” and carry on.

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Culture the pick of the crop

How Do You Know Your Farmers?

Natasha Nesic

A chance gym encounter over a “Know your farmers?” tee unspools into musings on anthropology, tea, and distance: between New York weight rooms and Chinese hillsides, Millennials’ incubators and Kenyan fields. Wearing Adagio’s Roots farmers, I practice their names, honoring invisible hands whose labor steeps quietly in our cups.

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Enjoyment Preparing Ti Kyan Yin

Gra-tea-tude

Natasha Nesic

Gratitude, like tea, is best when blended personally: steep your memories, sensations, and small fortunes into a cup. My Giving Tea marries compassionate Ti Kuan Yin, health-bright lemongrass ginger, and adventurous dragonfruit—honoring body, risk, fandom, and growth. Sip, re-steep, and let thankful stories unfurl with every fragrant pour.

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Drinks & Eats spicy and super healthy cloves

Cruising for Clove Control

Natasha Nesic

Clove, the quiet backbone of pumpkin spice and chai, is a dark-bright flavor balancing act and a culinary peacekeeper. Powered by eugenol, it helps fight pathogens, soothe digestion, teeth, blood sugar, circulation, pain, gas, and even anxiety. Perhaps our pumpkin-spiced obsession is really collective comfort-seeking in a stressed-out age.

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Drinks & Eats Minty Goodness

It’s Mint Magic, You Know!

Natasha Nesic

Mint isn’t just “mint.” Peppermint, fierce and menthol-bright, detoxifies, eases pain, aids digestion, and cools like an herbal superhero. Spearmint, softer and potassium-sweet, soothes and restores. Between Ayurvedic lore, Chinese energetics, and Serbian nana nostalgia, I brew looseleaf pots by the heaping spoonful—peppery for power days, gentle for curled-up ones.

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Drinks & Eats Matcha, man...

Matcha, Matcha, Man

Natasha Nesic

Caffeine-addicted narrator swaps coffee for matcha to heal a stress fracture without losing productivity. Discovering powdered leaf’s controlled buzz, reduced prep, and absurdly blendable potential (Turmatcha! Gingatcha! Whoa Maccha!), they warn of caffeine hangovers, dosing adjustments, and acclimation—before joyfully surrendering to the full, ridiculous magic of matcha mania.

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Drinks & Eats Mighty Ginger Root

I Dream Of Ginger

Natasha Nesic

Ginger began as my college crush—spicy tea, muffins, yogurt topper—before maturing into something close to the sublime: terrifyingly powerful, wonderfully healing. From migraines to IT band pain to a stress fracture, ginger’s gingerols soothed inflammation, enforced rest, deepened sleep, and reminded me that Big Mama Nature quietly rocks out.

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Drinks & Eats Almighty Chamomile

Sleepy Teaxperiment

Natasha Nesic

Craving sleep, not melatonin, I hacked bedtime with tea: endless pitchers of blood orange, hibiscus, and rosehips for sultry, anti‑inflammatory summer nights; then bare‑bones ground turmeric as my winter space heater in a mug. Both worked too well—comforting, addictive, and delicious. Maybe I should’ve just done chamomile.

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Drinks & Eats Yerba Mate and its traditional serving cup

Coffeatime

Natasha Nesic

I needed a long-haul, not-too-jittery caffeine fix: half coffee, half yerba mate, living all morning in a mason jar. Dark roast buzzed too hard, medium hummed, blonde finally sang with the mate. Cardamom (then cloves, coriander) solved the funk and gas, turning everyday fuel into evolving ritual coffai.

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Culture Tea filter has more than 1 meaning

Is Tea Millennial?

Natasha Nesic

Born in 1991, I’m a Millennial anthropologist watching my generation discover tea. Tea fits us because it’s relatable in online communities, curateable as personal brand and ritual, and infinitely debatable—especially versus coffee. Ancient yet Instagrammable, tea lets us connect, perform identity, and argue pleasantly while the kettle boils and timelines scroll.

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Health & Beauty Let's Get Physical

Workout Wonderteas: Turmeric

Natasha Nesic

Turmeric—with a very deliberate R—is your new yellow superfriend. Curcumin powers freaking awesome brain function, soothes inflammation from sore muscles to cranky organs, and gently revs liver detox. Sip Turmeric Bliss after dinner, then tweak strength or pair with earthy teas to suit your 2018 glow‑up goals. Cheers.

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Enjoyment Finding a Perfect Label

Signature Blends Series: A Study in Labels

Natasha Nesic

Labels matter for tea: they hint at flavor, origin, and personality before the first sip. A perfect Signature Blend label balances originality, pizzazz, and cohesion, using art, photography, or simple text while respecting copyright. Thoughtful design showcases depth, attracts fandom drinkers, and makes even simple blends irresistibly, delightfully drinkable.

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Enjoyment Noting flavors to include in custom blend

How to Create a Fandom Blend

Natasha Nesic

Designing a signature or fandom tea is character alchemy in a cup: start with a concept, map colors and personality to ingredients, then ask the ruthless question—will this taste good? Rarity’s elegant Earl Grey, soft vanilla, and hygienic peppermint prove that careful ratios turn fictional traits into drinkable couture.

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History Blending Tea Leaves

An Introduction to Adagio’s Signature Blends

Natasha Nesic

Adagio’s Signature Blends transform books, shows, games, and characters into cups of tea, merging fandom and flavor. From early custom experiments to sprawling Doctor Who and My Little Pony lines, community “blend-benders” remix vanilla, chocolate, and green tea into sippable stories—an evolving, shared, synesthetic tea-fandom culture.

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Health & Beauty

Yoga Break 11: Let Us Lotus

Natasha Nesic

Lotus before bed unwinds the day’s tight hips and tangled thoughts, pairing steady breath with quiet release. As lemongrass ginger steeps, the body warms through gentle flows, then folds into whatever Lotus is available. Sip, breathe, soften digestion and mind alike. No perfect pose, no perfect tea—only practice.

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Health & Beauty

Yoga Break 10: Release Your Inner Child

Natasha Nesic

Balasana beckons: a tender retreat for tailbone, sacrum, sciatic-sung hips, threaded between Mountain, Plank, Dog, Cobra flows. While white tea pearls shyly unfurl in sub-boiling water—or Cha Cha steeps to soothe—breath deepens, inflammation softens, and you curl inward, then rise, restored, to savor cup, spine, and quietly flowing life.

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Health & Beauty

NYC Spring Cleanse Tea & Yoga Workshop

Natasha Nesic

No organs were wrung, no magic detox promised—just Melissa’s smart anatomy, slow twists, and my belly’s honest burps. We paired spinal release with Sunlit Blooms: jasmine‑kissed blacks, citrusy greens, chamomile bouquets. Anti‑inflammatory, gently thermogenic, but beyond calories: warmth, reflection, and spring’s first deep breath steeped into our bones.

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Health & Beauty

Yoga Break 9: Out Like a Lion

Natasha Nesic

March drags, midterms loom, taxes glare, and winter still gnashes its teeth. So we sharpen ours: Lion Pose and Matcha Mocha, physiology with attitude. Whisk, sip, savor Uji’s green fire, breathe deep, drop the tongue, roar softly. Metabolism wakes, melancholy cowers. March leaves not lamb-like—lion-breathed, matcha-fueled, conquered.

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Health & Beauty Cobra Pose

Yoga Break 8: Conquering the Cobra

Natasha Nesic

Cobra, or Bhujangasana, opens chest and heart, boosting breath, circulation, and calm. Pair it with Dragonwell green tea—grass-green, chestnut-kissed, low-caff—or fruity, anti-inflammatory Dewy Cherry. Brew, flow from Plank to Cobra for a few breaths, then Downward Dog, stand, and sip. Short holds, strong spine, happy heart.

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Health & Beauty

Take Heart with Heart-Healthy Teas

Natasha Nesic

Think of your heart beyond romance: it’s a hardworking, blood‑pumping marvel that loves a good cup. Red fruit tisanes brim with anthocyanins, white tea offers gentle, antioxidant-rich support, rooibos brings mineral-packed calm. Brew thoughtfully, mind your caffeine, savor slowly—because relaxation plus antioxidants is a truly heart‑smart steep.

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Enjoyment Boat Pose

Yoga Break 6: Boat Pose & Silver Needle

Natasha Nesic

Boat Pose, Plank’s determined cousin, tests core-earned stability while your abs protest and you calmly prescribe “medicine.” That medicine: delicately steeped Silver Needle, or forgiving Green Rooibos Blueberry for beginners. Prepare your space, steep with respect, then breathe, lift, shake, and hold—matching pose duration to steep time—before savoring abdominal-warming sips.

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Enjoyment Cozy up with your favorite tea and listen to some soothing tunes

Sleepaway Sip-Track 2017

Natasha Nesic

January’s chill begs you stay in bed, flannel-wrapped and blissfully drowsy. This playful sleephacking guide pairs caffeine-free teas with dream-drenched songs, promising spa-level REM: chamomile and Passion Pit, spearmint and Tolkien, rooibos and Lana, Gaga-fueled warrior naps. Sip, listen, surrender—let TeaJay Gyoku-Roshi DJ you gently into night.

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Health & Beauty The Perfect Combination: Tea and Yoga, part 4

The Perfect Combination: Tea and Yoga, part 4

Natasha Nesic

Mountain Pose is your upright foundation: get tall, get strong—be a mountain. Pair Tadasana with grounding WuYi oolong or soothing chamomile. Breathe, align each body segment from toes to fingertips, and reach skyward, embodying resilience. Time your tea, hold your focus, then sip deeply, centered through your mountain core.

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Enjoyment Festive Holiday Tea to Sooth Your Anxiety

Teas and Herbs for Holiday Anxiety

Natasha Nesic

Holiday chaos looms—office parties, bargain stampedes, mothers judging casseroles across generations. Instead of Craigslist therapy, raid the spice cabinet: cloves to calm and aid digestion, lemon balm as fragrant anti-anxiety balm, cocoa nibs for magnesium-rich comfort. Steep like herbal tea, blend with oolong’s L-theanine, experiment until stress gently evaporates.

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Enjoyment A gentle backbend stretch

Yoga Break 5: Bridge Pose & English Breakfast

Natasha Nesic

Bridge looks ridiculous—flat on your back, belly to the sky, vulnerable to moms and metaphorical wolves—but it’s the heroic antidote to desk-jockey slouching. Two minutes of glute-fired sacrum-to-ceiling, then vertebrae down, tea up: English Breakfast if you need battle-ready focus, Honeybush Chocolate if you’re moonlit, mellow, and caffeine-shy.

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Health & Beauty Stand strong and tall, like a mountain!

Yoga Break 4: Mountain Pose & WuYi

Natasha Nesic

Stand strong, like a mountain in breath and bone. Root through your toes, align each link of your body upward, and rise tall, confident, unshakable. Sip WuYi or chamomile, let minerals or calm seep in as you hold Tadasana, breathing through distraction, embodying grounded power with every mindful, tea-steeped moment.

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Health & Beauty Downward Facing Dog is an easy and fulfilling yoga pose.

The Perfect Combination: Tea and Yoga, part 2

Natasha Nesic

Today’s Yoga Break dives into Downward Dog, loosening hunched Snape-shoulders and floating scapula—Wingardium Leviosa! Start from hands-and-knees or Plank, press hips skyward, breathe for five, repeat gently, minding any head-rush contraindications. Brew Formosa Oolong or caffeine-free Foxtrot, steep while you stretch, then wind down with a healing, thematically foxy sip.

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Enjoyment Delicate blossoms make lovely teas.

A New Look At Florals For Spring

Natasha Nesic

Florals for spring, Ms. Priestly—this time in your teacup. Chrysanthemum soothes inflammation and stress with buttery, meadow sweetness. Rosehips flood you with vitamin C; petals calm and perfume like gentle sedatives. Jasmine, symbol of love and purity, relaxes, mildly euphoric and vegetal-floral, adorning greens, whites, and dramatic flowering brews. Cheers.

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Health & Beauty Enhance your tea drinking with a simple yoga practice.

The Perfect Combination: Tea and Yoga, part 1

Natasha Nesic

Yoga and tea meet in a playful ritual: brew soothing Ti Kuan Yin while exploring Tree Pose. Feel your stabilizers awaken, lengthen through the standing leg, breathe deeply as the leaves steep. Ten mindful seconds each side, then sip: better breath, better circulation, sharper senses—and a cup that suddenly tastes transcendent.

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Enjoyment Rejuvenate

January Playlist Pairup: Beats to Beat The Blues

Natasha Nesic

Winter’s gray slump meets its match in TeaJay Master Gyoku-Roshi’s tongue‑in‑cheek cure: a sun-soaked playlist paired with mood-brightening teas. From Beatles and Raffi to Ellie Goulding and Sam Tsui, each track links to a specific brew, inviting you to sip, dance, thaw out, and tell the absent sun, “We’ll party without you.”

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Enjoyment Tea needs bundling up too!

The Taming of the Tea Cozy

Natasha Nesic

Inviting a tea cozy home is solemn, whimsical business. Court its refined sensibilities, request touch with due ceremony, and present spotless quarters and courteous teaware. Expect nerves and imperfect early brews; cozies shun vulgar haste. With patience, you’ll gain a lifelong, insulating confidant—and your teapot’s truest, steaming mate.

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Enjoyment Jars, bottles, tins - whatever you like!

Holiday Challenge! 20 for $20

Natasha Nesic

Twenty dollars, twenty gifts: bulk tea magic on a winter-tight budget. One pound, twenty jars, each filled—never crammed—with leaves that breathe. Scavenge fabric, paper, bottles, ribbons; sanitize, personalize, improvise. Handwrite notes, doodle Hobbit besties, wrap with intention. The real gift isn’t tea; it’s the tenderness in presentation.

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Health & Beauty Fresh Faced and Feeling Great

Brew-it-Yourself Winter Skin Treatment

Natasha Nesic

Winter skin whining? Skip Sephora and steep salvation instead. Brew antioxidant-rich white or gentle green tea, sip serenely, then massage leftover leaves over your T‑zone and flaky bits—avoiding black tea stains. Rinse, follow with tea-infused moisturizer, and revel in fresh, baby-soft smugness. Budget intact, face radiant. Cheers.

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Drinks & Eats Oolong-based Butterbrew

Fall CockTEAls: Pumpkin Not Included

Natasha Nesic

Autumn arrives, pumpkin tyranny begins. You rebel with boozy tea: Butterbrew’s oolong, cream soda, butterscotch warmth; Grin and Cranbear It’s tart berry hibiscus and cranberry vodka for family interrogations; Carrot Cake’s over-steeped rooibos, Kahlua, vanilla rum, whipped cream dessert-in-a-mug. Triple the leaf, spike wisely, microwave, sip, survive, cheers.

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Enjoyment It's a nice day for a zombie wedding.

Tea for a Quick 'n Easy DIY Zombie Getup

Natasha Nesic

Wake groggy, craving brains and caffeine, perfecting your inner Waking Dead. Sacrifice old clothes to cheese graters, fire, and oceans of tea for grime, rust, and smoky gore. Dry till stiff, add undead makeup, then lurk by the candy bowl—silent, patient—until one lurch turns screams into your sweetest treat.

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Enjoyment Werewolf-approved tunes and matching brews

Fright Night Freestyle-Tea Style

Natasha Nesic

Hermits, brewmasters, monsters: your Halloween hole just became a dance floor. Spin TeaJay Gyoku-Roshi’s fright-night freestyle—thirteen spooky tracks, each wickedly paired with a matching tea. From serial-killer Blood Orange to werewolf Jasmine Pearls, caffeine jolts to zombie brain fuel, this devilishly good playlist haunts, hustles, and howls. Cheers.

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Health & Beauty It's that time again...

Put the Boom in Your Brainstorm

Natasha Nesic

Back-to-school brain feeling abominable? Enter sencha, the shade-grown green savior: amino-acid rich, budget-friendly, veggie-vibrant. Graduate to gyokuro if flush. Crave heavier artillery? Yerba mate—boom, xanthines, wakeful zen, finals-fueled prose. Caffeine-shy? Rosemary for remembrance, rosmarinic acid for recall—just a teaspoon, mind the hormones. Steep, sip, survive. Cheers.

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Enjoyment "I think I'll organize these books by color."

How to Win at Procrastinating

Natasha Nesic

Procrastination devours brains, grades, and souls via endless cat videos and color-coded bookshelves. Salvation? Tea. Luxuriate in choosing leaves, mug, infuser, temperature, and strength; stretch your fingers, steep, sip, and steep again. Serenity sneaks up, homework quivers, productivity returns. You win. Then celebrate victory… with more tea-fueled winning. Cheers.

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Culture Fringe? Or "fringe?"

The Real Scandal in Bohemia

Natasha Nesic

Bohemia isn’t dead; it’s just buried under tassels, cutouts, and “gypsy” clichés. Real bohemian spirit means tea-stained art, fabric dyed with oolong, composting leaves, baking with rooibos, Etsy-fueled experiments, wild blends in bourbon barrels, and living freedom, beauty, truth, and love—fringe optional, paisley forgivable, mug-dipping strictly at your own risk.

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Culture Upper-Class Victorian Fashion

You are Cordially Invited to Fashion inFusion

Natasha Nesic

Tea and fashion have sipped alongside each other since the Duchess of Bedfordshire tamed that 4pm “sinking feeling” with bread, butter, and social sparkle. From Victorian outfit-calculus for gossip-ready afternoons to today’s macaron cafés and chai-fueled street markets, Teamuse’s Fashion inFusion revisits this stylish ritual break, then and now.

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Culture The Ideal InTEArview

Fashion Infusion: The Business Tea

Natasha Nesic

Business meeting booked, tea venue chosen, panic averted. Treat your outfit like an app: sleek, minimal, high-performance. Stick to Stark-worthy neutrals, a great suit, real comfort, and sane shoes. Prioritize hygiene. Let subtle accessories whisper personality, not shout distraction. Sip sencha, channel confidence, keep the spotlight on work. Cheers.

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Culture Forget Christian, meet Earl Grey.

Because You Always Wanted A Monocle

Natasha Nesic

Earl Grey: not just a bergamot-kissed black tea, but a swashbuckling Whig prime minister who freed slaves, charmed mandarins, and ladies. Channel his dapper ghost with equestrian boots, military cuffs, steampunk bustles, monocle-goggles, cornflower accents and a pocket watch—so your wardrobe, like your tea, is impeccably steeped in Victorian gravitas.

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Enjoyment Morning on the Mediterranean

Beach Brews: A Guide to Mediterranean Tea

Natasha Nesic

Morning on the Mediterranean means low-budget dinars, fresco-bright beaches, and English-splashed chatter over cups of pre-Camellia tradition. Hibiscus zings, peppermint kicks, chamomile hushes, linden murmurs you calm. Skip the all-night kafana; save the herbs for sunsets, slow guitars, and that cup waiting under the olive trees before summer slips away.

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Health & Beauty Tea on a Summer Day

Deconstructing the Dehydration Myth

Natasha Nesic

As we slug summer pitchers and ponder dehydration, that UK study crowns milky, bagged black tea as water’s equal—within “amounts studied.” But gongfu oolong, turbo-steeped and tannic, is another beast entirely. Trust your body over lab abstracts: know dehydration’s signs, chase tea with real water, then happily brew again.

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Enjoyment Achieving the Perfect Glass

Troubleshooting Iced Tea

Natasha Nesic

Summer ushers in iced tea, but RTD convenience soon tastes synthetic. Brew your own: use a 4:1 ratio, hot or cold. Fix weak tea by adding leaves, bitterness by diluting and resteeping, blandness with fruit, herbs, and sugar. Experiment boldly, compost disasters, and toast your hard-won, perfect glass.

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Health & Beauty A high-tea-ball, perhaps?

Avoiding Alcohol? Drink Tea Instead

Natasha Nesic

Skip the booze; wield tea. Malt-heavy breakfast blacks mimic beer, fruity Darjeelings and Ceylons become wine, sheng Pu-Erh plays whiskey, herbals and flavored blends turn into cocktails. Tweak leaf-to-water ratios, ice, spices, juice, milk, or mixers for bar-style complexity—and ride that happy, “tea drunk” buzz instead of alcohol.

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Enjoyment #CommuniTEA

What's Your Narra-tea-ve?

Natasha Nesic

Manhattan Monday shimmered, but real warmth brewed inside Midtown Comics, where a sniffly clerk, an Apple Cinnamon mug, and rampant tea puns sparked a steeped-in-stories connection. The #CommuniTEA Project invites everyone to pour their tea memories—first sip, worst cup, best brew—into a shared narra-tea-ve across hashtags and Facebook.

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