Amid all the talk about tea and its health benefits, it’s easy to overlook a modern trend among aestheticians and other skin care professionals. More salons and spas are using tea as an ingredient in… Read More
Are you thinking about visiting the most famous Buddha statues on earth? Do your daydreams drift to mountain paths that lead to ancient caves packed with Buddhist art and relics? If so, you are not… Read More
The Boston Tea Party, a primary spark for the American Revolution, was one of two mega historical events where tea was the driving force. About a half-century later, Britain and China fought the Opium Wars… Read More
Green tea is quickly being recognized as alternative to coffee, but as a super healthy choice high in antioxidants that can boost the function of the body and brain. As the old sayings goes, “a… Read More
Tea drinkers in the U.S. consume most of their tea cold, while the rest of the world seems to prefer it hot. But even within the U.S. and in “hot tea” countries, people make the… Read More
Matcha tea is a hot selling item in retail and online stores. That’s why buyers need to do plenty of comparison shopping before forking over money to anonymous vendors. The quality of matcha tea varies… Read More
In the eyes of the non-British world, perhaps there is no other single product that is so closely identified with British people as tea. People in many other nations drink more tea than Brits do,… Read More
Matcha tea and other green teas are popular subjects for culinary writers these days. It seems as though each passing week sees another tea-related book working its way up the best-seller list. Maybe all the… Read More
Buddhism is one of the oldest faith traditions in existence, and three of its most prominent leaders are still thriving and teaching well into their eighties. Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, the most visible and venerated of… Read More
Perhaps no major faith tradition is more subject to misunderstanding than Buddhism. The world’s second-oldest religious belief system has undergone plenty of changes in 2,500 years and admittedly much Buddhist dogma is intended to be… Read More
