CS-021: Tea for Me Please – Interview with Expert from Adagio Teas – Winter Solstice Special

With today’s show we take pause to mark the Winter Solstice and step back from the frenzy of the holiday season.  To help I am joined by Cynthia Fazekas, Master Blender and Primary Tea Taster for Adagio Teas.  Along with a great background on teas from around the world, Cynthia gives us helpful tips on tea selection, experimentation, and preparation so you too can join me in regularly enjoying a great mug of tea.  I end the show by sharing some perspectives on gratitude, as well as a reading of a poem to mark the Winter’s Solstice. As an added bonus Adagio Teas gave us a link to a special offer only available to listeners of the Canning Season podcast.  You can find that link here. Interview with Cynthia Fazekas, Master Blender and Primary Tea Taster for Adagio Teas.  * Brief History of Tea * Rising Popularity of Tea * Health Benefits * Types of Tea * Where to Start * Preparation Tips * Watch a short video showing Adagio’s cool Ingenuity tea maker by clicking here (affiliate link). Special offer from Adagio Teas Only for Canning Season Podcast Listeners — My thanks go out to Adagio Teas for their generous offer available ONLY to listeners of the Canning Season podcast. CLICK HERE TO GET A FREE SAMPLER OF 18 DIFFERENT ADAGIO TEAS WITH ONLY A $19 PURCHASE. (Expires 31-Jan-2014) By clicking on the above affiliate link you will be taken to a page at Agagio Teas where a box of their “Juicy Slices” tea sampler will automatically be added to your shopping cart.  This gift is yours for FREE so long as you make a purchase of only $19 elsewhere on the site. According to their website, the free Juicy Slices tea sampler is described as follows — Add the superior flavor of full-leaf tea to the convenience and portability you enjoy with ordinary tea bags. Our bags’ pyramid shape provides ample room for the expansion of the large leaves that characterize gourmet tea, resulting in better infusion and superior flavor. Try an assortment of our teas to see the flavor you’re now missing. Includes nine gourmet tea varieties (though subject to infrequent change), 18 bags total.   Read in today’s podcast – Winter Solstice by Anonymous When you startle awake in the dark morning heart pounding breathing fast sitting bolt upright staring into dark whirlpool black hole feeling its suction Get out of bed knock at the door of your nearest friend ask to lie down ask to be held Listen while whispered words turn the hole into deep night sky stars close together winter moon rising over white fields nearby wren rustling dry leaves distant owl echoing two people walking up the road laughing Let your soul laugh let your heart sigh out that long held breath so hollow in your stomach so swollen in your throat Already light is returning pairs of wings lift softly off your eyelids one by one each feathered edge clearer between you and the pearl veil of day You have nothing to do but live Before you go … If you haven’t done it already please take a moment to give me a rating on iTunes (hopefully positive if you think I’ve earned it!). Thanks for listening and all your wonderful support!