Drinking The Black Forest Tea

Like all four Asian tea types sold in the market, black tea comes from the Camellia sinensis plant. But unlike other tea varieties, black tea undergoes full oxidation after it is withered, dried, and rolled. The fermentation of the leaves gives black tea a distinctively strong taste, body, and flavor.

Black tea is a favorite ingredient in making gourmet type teas or flavored teas. One of the most popular favored teas is black forest tea. Below are our top picks for black forest tea:

HonestTea - Black Forest Berry

Black Forest Berry is an herbal fruit infusion containing natural black tea. Sweet and succulent, whoever thought something as delicious as this could also be healthy? This black forest tea contains some of the best sources of antioxidants in the world - organic cane sugar, organic hibiscus, organic blackberry leaves, organic blueberries, organic raspberries, and natural berry flavoring.

EnglishTeaStore - Black Forest Naturally Flavored Black Tea Loose Leaf

The English Tea Store's black forest tea hints at a piquant and astringent chocolate flavor with cherry undertones and creamy notes. Their black tea is a naturally flavored black tea, using natural high grown Ceylon tea from estates at more than 5500 feet above sea level. To give a clean true taste with no chemical aftertaste to their black forest tea, a natural flavor is added.

ZooScape - Black Forest Tea (Loose)

It's like a dessert in a cup! Imagine a fine cup of Ceylon tea, naturally high grown, with natural organic flavors to make sure that there's no chemical aftertaste. The result is black tea with a characteristic chocolate-cherry flavor. Just add a dash of milk, and you're off to a fantastic start.

Directions - How to Make Black Forest Tea

So you bought yourself a nice bag of black forest tea. Now it's time for you to get a-brewing. Bring freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil and place 1 teaspoon of tea for each cup into the teapot. Pour the boiling water into the teapot. Cover and let steep for 3/7 minutes according to taste. The longer the steeping time, the stronger the tea. Even though milk and a dash of sugar help enhance the flavor and character of your black forest tea, it is perfectly acceptable to consume this tea "straight up."

Another method is to make yourself a cup of iced black forest tea. Just place six teaspoons of tea into a teapot or heat resistant pitcher. Next, pour 1 1/4 cups of freshly boiled water over the tea and let steep for about 5 minutes. Afterwards, quarter fill a serving pitcher with cold water and pour the tea into it, straining the leaves as you go. Add ice and top-up the pitcher with cold water.

Make your Own Cup

Who said you can only find black forest tea from the tea shop? Hey, if you can make your own black forest cake at home, then there's no reason why you can't brew your own cup of this wonderful dessert drink.

Just follow this recipe for a real chocolatey-fruity treat:

* 6 oz. hot black tea

* 2 tbsp. chocolate syrup

* 1 tbsp. maraschino cherry juice

* whipped cream

* chocolate shavings

* maraschino cherries

To prepare, just mix the tea with syrup and juice in a mug. Stir well then top with whipped cream, chocolate shavings and cherries.

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Printable to Do Lists to Get Organized: Thanksgiving Countdown

28 Days

Start early to get a handle on the holiday and keep stress to a minimum. Printable to do lists to get organized are an excellent tool to help you maintain your sanity through the holidays. Click on the print this article icon to print as many copies as you need.

• Decide on menu
• Make a list of people to invite
• Order the turkey
• Send out invitations or call guests on the phone so you know how many people to expect. If guests will be bringing any dishes add it to the list, next to their name.

21 Days

Make sure you have the correct equipment and enough of everything to serve your guests.

• Table big enough to serve guest
• Chairs
• Plates
• Sharpen knives
• Coffee maker or pot
• Sugar bowl
• Silverware
• Water glasses
• Wine glasses
• Cups and saucers
• Laundered napkins
• Table cloth (that fits table)
• Refrigerator space to hold turkey
• Pan big enough to cook turkey
• Large bowls, pots, serving platters
• Cream pitcher
• Bread basket
• Gravy pitcher

14 Days

Its time to start shopping to avoid the late rush at the supermarket.

• Decide on seating chart (will you need a kids table?)
• Decide on what can be cooked in advance
• Write up shopping list, start shopping (purchase wine and apple cider for children)
   

7 Days

Getting down to the big day. Don't panic, everything is running smoothly.

• Declutter house (including refrigerator)
• Fresh towels in bathrooms
• Finalize shopping list

3 Days

• Start defrosting the turkey

2 Days

• Create cooking schedule for the big day (figure out how much time every dish will take to cook, write down the time that everything needs to go into the oven so that all food is
  cooked by dinner time. Do not forget items that need to be defrosted or reheated.)
• Final trip to the supermarket (consider getting some disposable containers for guests to take home some of the leftovers.)
• Start cooking things that can be cooked in advance to be reheated on Thanksgiving.

1 Day

• Set the table so it will be ready for tomorrow
• Set up coat hanger for guests clear out closet for guest coats
• Clean bathroom that guests will be using

Thanksgiving Day

Enjoy the fruit of good preparation and organization.

Now you need to find some printable to do lists to get you organized for the rest of the holiday season. But, while printable to do lists to get you organized are useful tools, they can't help you declutter your house for the holidays. If clutter is weighing heavy on your mind and you really want your house to be holiday ready, its time to declutter now.

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I picked up this small pitcher in an antique store and am questioning its value. It was made in the Phillipines, very novice and dated 1942. Any information regarding value etc will be appreciated.

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