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Here is where you will find blog entries, articles and reviews. Items of interest, herbal news, events, and general miscellaneous thought provoking articles.

Iced Chai Latte

July 16, 2010 Teazine

Bring 4 cups of milk to a simmer with 1/4cup of Take Charge Chai Tea.
Stir and let simmer for about 15 minutes.
Remove from heat
Add honey to taste, stir
Cool for 15 minutes
Fill blender with ice
Pour Chai milk through a fine strainer into blender
Blend till consistency is desirable – you want more ice to thicken
garnish with a [...]

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Herbfest, healthy eating, and feeding your baby.

June 18, 2010 Events

It is that time of year again, and Take Charge Tea is sponsoring the tea tasting table at Midsummer Herbfest for the third year.  As well, this year, we will have a Breastfeeding Comfort Station for nursing mothers.  This will be located near the tea tasting tables and hopefully will make new mothers feel comfortable [...]

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“Mugwort’s” serendipity

June 7, 2010 Teazine
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There was this angelic human I met one time…she teaches shamanism but at the time was teaching sacred geometry and merkaba meditations while traveling with aboriginal elders.  I found the teaching (and especially the Merkaba meditation) to be so profound that over the past decade I often google her to see what she is up [...]

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Chamomile Mint Iced Tea Lemonaid

May 29, 2010 Teazine
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Chamomile Mint Iced Tea Lemonaid
What a golden, smooth and delicious cup of sunshine for a hot afternoon on the verandah!
3 tablespoons Chamomile Catnip Calendula blend
1 tablespoon of dried spearmint
4 cups boiled water
steep 10 minutes
juice 4 medium or large lemons
strain tea into pitcher with lemon juice
1/2 cup unpasteurized honey added to warm tea till melted
fill [...]

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Elegant Elderberry Iced Tea

May 26, 2010 Teazine
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We make the Nettle, Mint, Stevia tea strong and add ice on a regular basis but there are a few special iced teas that we bring to potlucks, picnics or bbq’s. These are gorgeous, delicious and refreshing; always a hit!
Elegant Elderberry Iced Tea
6 Tablespoons of Elderberry, Echinacea Take Charge tea
8 cups boiling [...]

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In the Beginning

April 1, 2010 Teazine
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The winding path leading to the creation of Take Charge Tea. (part one)
In 1990, I decided to take an evening course called “Herbology, Level 1″ with my dear friend Ulli from Austria. The course was held in a business park office in Ottawa south, and the teacher’s name was Lyn Armor. She was [...]

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Spice up your Love Life

March 29, 2010 Teazine
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We are often finding herbal remedies popping up in publications, articles, and news clips. In conversations with friends, it has become the norm to offer or receive a recipe or tea or tincture suggestion to combat a cold, or achey joints. Even some savvy family doctors are starting to suggest chicken soup or [...]

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Herbs are for busy families

March 27, 2010 Teazine
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These days families are busier than ever with jobs and schools and commuting and fitness classes and music classes. Then there is the deluge of information about nutrition we are fortunate enough to have access to, and all the things in our diets that we should avoid; and all the things that grow strong [...]

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