Blueberries!

With 4th of July celebrations behind us, we still have many things to look forward to and celebrate.  One of my favorites is National Blueberry Month.

Those deep indigo succulent little berries are packed with nutrition and are perfect this time of year.  In just one serving, you can get almost 25 percent of your daily Vitamin C requirement. Vitamin C aids the formation of collagen and helps maintain healthy gums and capillaries. It also promotes iron absorption and a healthy immune system.

Blueberries are packed with dietary fiber and just a handful can help you meet your daily requirement.

Blueberries are an excellent source of manganese which plays an important role in bone development and in converting the proteins, carbohydrates and fats in food into to energy.  

Blueberries are leaders in antioxidant activity. Antioxidants work to neutralize free radicals — unstable molecules linked to the development of cancer, cardiovascular disease and other age-related conditions such as Alzheimer’s. Substances in blueberries called polyphenols, specifically the anthocyanins that give the fruit its blue hue, are the major contributors to antioxidant antioxidant activity.

So try some today and live well!!

 

 

 

 

 

I love making Blueberry Buckle with fresh blueberries and below is one of my favorite recipes with a cup of black tea with cream.  Enjoy! 

Martha Stewart Living, July/August 2000

• Yield 1 ten-inch round cake or 2 six-inch round cakes

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Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
• 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup milk
• 5 cups wild or cultivated blueberries
• Mrs. Kostyra's Streusel Topping

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a spring form baking pan, and dust with flour, tapping out excess. Set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
3. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Reduce mixer speed to low, and add egg and vanilla, beating until fully combined.
4. Add reserved flour mixture, alternating with the milk, a little of each at a time, starting and ending with the flour mixture. Remove from mixer. Gently fold in blueberries.
5. Pour batter into prepared pan; sprinkle streusel topping over cake. Bake until cake tester comes out batter-free, 60 to 70 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool for 15 minutes before serving.

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Looking for something refreshing?

Summertime is the time we are all looking for something refreshing to drink.  With so many choices out there it can be a little overwhelming to choose.  However, if you look closely at a lot of the ready-to-go choices you will see that they are loaded with things like sugar, sodium and unnecessary dyes. Not real refreshing is it?

I personally like to keep things simple and fresh.  Therefore, I like brewing my own iced tea using exceptional loose leaf tea.  Not only is it healthy with all the antioxidants, but I can control how sweet I want my tea and it doesn't have all that added stuff you just don't need.  Brewing a small batch daily makes unbelievably fresh tasty tea.     

There are two ways to approach brewing your own iced tea properly.  The first is by doubling your usual amount of tea, brew at the same temperature and steep as you would normally depending on if it is black tea, green tea, oolong etc.  When done steeping, remove steeped leaves, add ice, sweeten if you would like and enjoy.

Another way to do make great iced tea is to brew tea as you would normally, remove brewed leaves and place in refrigerator until chilled, serve with ice and sweeten if desired.   

Some of our favorites are:
Andean Black or Green Tea, Lemon Green Tea, Mango Green Tea, Peach Rooibos, Ti Kwan Yin, Black Tea Passionfruit, Black Tea Maracuja, Mint Green Tea and Jasmine Petal or Pearl. 

Sri Lanka Care

Drink T is proud to announce its partnership with Sri Lanka Care.  Every Ceylon tea you purchase from Drink T’s specialty tea collection, a portion of that sale will go directly to Sri Lanka Care’s effort in assisting families break the poverty cycle through long-term involvement.

http://www.srilankacare.org/

Lemon green tea is a type of drink that combines the comfort of sipping green tea with the refreshing, citrus aroma and flavor of lemon. Not only does this combination have a lot of health benefits, the drink also looks aesthetically appealing due to the bright color of the lemon in contrast with the subtle color of green tea. Green tea and lemon are known to be medicinal, and combining the two further compounds their benefits.

1. Antioxidants

   • Green tea has antioxidant properties, which absorbs free radicals in your body. The type of antioxidant found in green tea is polyphenol. Green tea can also aid in digestion, and it has astringent properties that help cleanse the body. Lemon is also rich in antioxidants, including flavonoids, which have been shown to aid in the prevention of cancer.

   Vitamin C

   • Lemon juice is rich in ascorbic acid. Ascorbic acid has cleansing properties, which is beneficial to the body. Vitamin C also has been shown to slow down symptoms of arthritis. In addition, this vitamin also strengthens the immune system, protecting you from common illnesses such as colds and flu. Lemon juice can also act as a stimulant that can help increase your energy level.

   Combination

   • Adding lemon to green tea may boost its antioxidant properties, since lemon and green tea antioxidants complement each other. Lemon may also increase the health benefits found in green tea. A recent study at Purdue University stated that adding ascorbic acid can help the body absorb healthy compounds such as catechins, which are found in tea.

Try our Lemon Green Tea or our Pan Fired Green Tea, chill it, add ice and lemon.

Dear 16-year-old Me

Dear 16 year old me.....

I realize this is an unusual post for a tea company, but there is more to me than Drink T.  My sister had posted this video, I watched it and I cried.  I cried because it is something so simple yet easily forgotten.  I cried for all of the beautiful 16 year old kids that were just living their lives and now have no life to live.  I cried for all those who were left behind wishing there was something they could have done.  I cried because when I was sixteen I fell asleep in the Florida sun and woke with a horrific sun burn  that sent me to an emergency center.  I received shots to bring down the swelling on my face and spent the rest of the vacation in the room with my face packed in ice.  I cried because I am lucky. 

We can do nothing about the should have's or could have's, but you can do something in the present moment and watch this video. Share it with sweet loved ones and do something about your future.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4jgUcxMezM&sns=fb


Best Wishes to All,
Sheryl Myhre
Founder and owner of Drink T