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About Camille's Tea:
Camille's Tea, based in the San Antonio, Texas area, offers a wide variety of gourmet teas, including flavored teas, traditional teas,
green teas, herbal teas, decaffeinated teas, decaf teas, caffeine free teas, and iced teas, and lavender, Time & Again Shea butter, Chantal
teapots, Lomonosov teapots, tea infusers, tea accessories, Aroma Naturals candles, Bearington Bears, tea linens, neck warmers,
Herbal Concepts slippers and eye pacs, and Pre de Provence bath and body products. We also feature multiple tea of the month
clubs. Read more >>
Camille's Tea, based in the San Antonio, Texas area, offers a wide variety of gourmet teas, including flavored teas, traditional teas,
green teas, herbal teas, decaffeinated teas, decaf teas, caffeine free teas, and iced teas, and lavender, Time & Again Shea butter, Chantal
teapots, Lomonosov teapots, tea infusers, tea accessories, Aroma Naturals candles, Bearington Bears, tea linens, neck warmers,
Herbal Concepts slippers and eye pacs, and Pre de Provence bath and body products. We also feature multiple tea of the month
clubs. Read more >>
| To pay by check or money order, call 210-887-4312 or 210-241-0890 or email camille@camillestea.com. |
| In this issue: upcoming events tea recipe tea features brewing tea |
upcoming events
Becker Vineyard Lavender Festival:
Find our tent at the 10th Annual
Lavender Festival on May 17-18,
2008. Lavender farms are a recent
phenomenon in the Texas Hill
Country, and Dr. and Mrs. Becker
began one of the first. Free entrance.
Becker Vineyard Lavender Festival:
Find our tent at the 10th Annual
Lavender Festival on May 17-18,
2008. Lavender farms are a recent
phenomenon in the Texas Hill
Country, and Dr. and Mrs. Becker
began one of the first. Free entrance.
tea brewing
common mistakes and how to fix them
Many people buy bagged green tea from the grocery store, brew it too long in too hot of
water, and decide they don't like tea at all. Brewing your tea incorrectly and using low
quality or faux tea can lead to disastrous results. Follow these tea tips:
1. Buy loose leaf tea, which is the higher quality tea and costs about the same as
bagged tea.
2. Bring fresh cold water to a boil but don't over boil. Just bring your water to a rolling
boil and turn it off. If you over boil, you will lose the oxygen in the water, and the oxygen
is what adds taste.
3. Use about a teaspoon of tea per 6 oz of water. Put your tea in either a strainer or
directly into your cup. A glass teapot or bamboo strainer elimiinate the metalic taste.
Do not use too much tea! If you pack your teaball, your tea will not have room to expand.
Your tea will double in size once it begins brewing.
4. Warm up your teapot or teacup with hot water before brewing, so the tea will not cool
down too quickly. Cover your tea while it brews with a tea cozy or lid.
5. Brew your tea for three to five minutes. Brew green tea no more than three minutes,
or it will taste bitter. Brew herbal teas longer until you reach your preferred taste.
6. Once your tea is brewed, remove the tea leaves! You can re-use quality tea leaves,
so save them for the next cup!
common mistakes and how to fix them
Many people buy bagged green tea from the grocery store, brew it too long in too hot of
water, and decide they don't like tea at all. Brewing your tea incorrectly and using low
quality or faux tea can lead to disastrous results. Follow these tea tips:
1. Buy loose leaf tea, which is the higher quality tea and costs about the same as
bagged tea.
2. Bring fresh cold water to a boil but don't over boil. Just bring your water to a rolling
boil and turn it off. If you over boil, you will lose the oxygen in the water, and the oxygen
is what adds taste.
3. Use about a teaspoon of tea per 6 oz of water. Put your tea in either a strainer or
directly into your cup. A glass teapot or bamboo strainer elimiinate the metalic taste.
Do not use too much tea! If you pack your teaball, your tea will not have room to expand.
Your tea will double in size once it begins brewing.
4. Warm up your teapot or teacup with hot water before brewing, so the tea will not cool
down too quickly. Cover your tea while it brews with a tea cozy or lid.
5. Brew your tea for three to five minutes. Brew green tea no more than three minutes,
or it will taste bitter. Brew herbal teas longer until you reach your preferred taste.
6. Once your tea is brewed, remove the tea leaves! You can re-use quality tea leaves,
so save them for the next cup!
tea features
Spearmint Herbal Tea ~ This pungent, cool, and fresh
herbal tea will take your breath away. It contains pure
premium spearmint from Washington state.
(Read more about our spearmint herbal tea.)
Fog Organic Green Tea ~ Grown in the mist and fog of
the southeastern mountains of China, this organic tea has the richness of a Japanese
green tea, yet the more subtle notes of a great Chinese green tea. The fog makes the
tea more green with chlorophyll, adding richer notes. A wonderful tea for those tasting
green tea for the first time. (Read more about our fog organic green tea.)
Spearmint Herbal Tea ~ This pungent, cool, and fresh
herbal tea will take your breath away. It contains pure
premium spearmint from Washington state.
(Read more about our spearmint herbal tea.)
Fog Organic Green Tea ~ Grown in the mist and fog of
the southeastern mountains of China, this organic tea has the richness of a Japanese
green tea, yet the more subtle notes of a great Chinese green tea. The fog makes the
tea more green with chlorophyll, adding richer notes. A wonderful tea for those tasting
green tea for the first time. (Read more about our fog organic green tea.)
| tea recipe San Antonio Rose Iced Tea 1 c. Hibiscus Tea 2 qts. hot water 1/2 c. sugar 1 large can pink lemonade Brew 1 c. hibiscus flowers in 2 quarts of water and add 1/3 c. sugar. Let cool. Mix in 1 large can pink lemonade and serve over ice. Yum. Caffeine free. |
