Have you ever had a cup of a Earl Grey Tea? It is Bergamot that makes that tea so special!Have you ever enjoyed Chai tea? The Brand Stash add essentials to their Chai
According to Wikipedia:
The traditional masala chai is a bracing, strongly spiced beverage brewed with so-called "warm" spices. The basic chai wallah tea uses fresh ginger and green cardamom pods.[3] Most masala chai found in restaurants or homes incorporates one or more of the following: cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, fennel seeds, peppercorn, and cloves.
Traditionally, cardamom is a dominant note, supplemented by other spices such as cloves, ginger, or black pepper; the latter two add a pleasantly piquant flavour. In India, fresh ginger is often used.
However, in Western India, fennel and black pepper are expressly avoided.[citation needed] The Kashmiri version of chai is brewed with green tea instead of black tea and has a more subtle blend of flavorings: almonds, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and sometimes saffron. In Bhopal, typically, a pinch of salt is added.
Other possible ingredients include nutmeg, rose flavouring (where rose petals are boiled along with the loose-leaf tea), or liquorice root There are often essential oils powering the food we eat, we just didn't know it! That is the same way the crummy chemicals got in our food, we just didn't notice! There is a sermon in there for sure!!
I just saw on a show that the deicer they use in Alaska for planes is PROPYLENE GLYCOL. For more information about that refer to prior post.
When we pick up some momentum here we will start some recipe contests!!
Let me know if you have a favorite essential oil. Do you have a favorite tea?
Showing posts with label cooking with essential oils. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cooking with essential oils. Show all posts
Friday, February 11, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
THE FLORAL FOODIE EMERGES!
I am a terrible gardener! Everything I feel confident about in a floral, herb or other leafy thing shows up in a brown or blue bottle! I was invited to showcase my new all natural essential oil products at the International Herb Conference a few years back. You have seen the faces of the herbalists when I asked them to tell me what all these plants were! I could tell them by sniff but certainly my brown bottle had hidden from me the leaf formation!! I learned a lot about the oils I love at that show. I also learned, I am NO GARDENER! The entire process takes too long for me!
I love essential oils! Once I started to study them to develop a skin care product, I realized that God has not forgotten a thing we need!The benefits of adding essential oils to a bath, a lotion, a vaporizer or your food have been proven over and over!
As I grow this blog, I will include the history of the oils or the uses or the other oils my favorite oils blend well with as we go. You will be able to find resources, other websites I love, vendors I trust and information as I put to cyber paper what I know about oils.
Some companies online have sought to exploit, in my opinion, our desire to get back to most things natural, healing and organic. These companies have created some hype that points you to only use THEIR oils for certain purposes, such as cooking. They say that only an essential oil labeled "therapeutic" should be used in cooking. I love that as a marketer but I hate that as an aromatherapist. I want to dispel a few myths and share some exciting facts about essential oils.
The truth is there are different extraction methods! the plant or root or grass or wood can be pressed, steam distilled, or by the use of CO2 the oil can be extracted but they all come out essential oils, therefore, THERAPEUTIC!
When you are considering oils you want to choose the best oil you can afford. Use organic whenever possible. Use steam distilled or pressed rather than CO2. I do have a few oils that only are good by the use of CO2 but they are few. When you are considering oils, skip the grocery store offerings. They are great food brokers but seriously, you can't know how old the oil is or how it was stored in transport. Changing weather, varying temperatures all compromise the potency of your oils. They are fragile!! I can relate to that! Not so long ago , so was I! (more on that later)
I am going to offer my advice and expertise as a Certified Aromatherapist. I want to build a library of information and resources. I will be conducting some recipe contests. I will submit some recipes for y'all to try out and review. I am in a unique position because I am not an oil broker! I have no interest in swaying you to buy one product over another except the excellence I have personally experienced with that company or product. I am not a retail anything. I do create and sell products to family and friends but I am not a manufacturer.
The disclaimer is as follows, all the advice I give is for your entertainment. That is to say you should always consult your physician and follow their advice. My advice is not intended to determine any illness or offer any cure.
I love essential oils! Once I started to study them to develop a skin care product, I realized that God has not forgotten a thing we need!The benefits of adding essential oils to a bath, a lotion, a vaporizer or your food have been proven over and over!
As I grow this blog, I will include the history of the oils or the uses or the other oils my favorite oils blend well with as we go. You will be able to find resources, other websites I love, vendors I trust and information as I put to cyber paper what I know about oils.
Some companies online have sought to exploit, in my opinion, our desire to get back to most things natural, healing and organic. These companies have created some hype that points you to only use THEIR oils for certain purposes, such as cooking. They say that only an essential oil labeled "therapeutic" should be used in cooking. I love that as a marketer but I hate that as an aromatherapist. I want to dispel a few myths and share some exciting facts about essential oils.
The truth is there are different extraction methods! the plant or root or grass or wood can be pressed, steam distilled, or by the use of CO2 the oil can be extracted but they all come out essential oils, therefore, THERAPEUTIC!
When you are considering oils you want to choose the best oil you can afford. Use organic whenever possible. Use steam distilled or pressed rather than CO2. I do have a few oils that only are good by the use of CO2 but they are few. When you are considering oils, skip the grocery store offerings. They are great food brokers but seriously, you can't know how old the oil is or how it was stored in transport. Changing weather, varying temperatures all compromise the potency of your oils. They are fragile!! I can relate to that! Not so long ago , so was I! (more on that later)
I am going to offer my advice and expertise as a Certified Aromatherapist. I want to build a library of information and resources. I will be conducting some recipe contests. I will submit some recipes for y'all to try out and review. I am in a unique position because I am not an oil broker! I have no interest in swaying you to buy one product over another except the excellence I have personally experienced with that company or product. I am not a retail anything. I do create and sell products to family and friends but I am not a manufacturer.
The disclaimer is as follows, all the advice I give is for your entertainment. That is to say you should always consult your physician and follow their advice. My advice is not intended to determine any illness or offer any cure.
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