The Matcha Alternatives Blog
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A fully referenced, anti-pseudoscience exploration into the glorious world of tea science. We publish once per week, with posts ranging from cool tea science to delicious recipes to how to have fun with tea!
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Best Teas & Herbals for Lowering Blood Pressure: How Can Tea Help Hypertension?
Posted by Matcha Alternatives
A crucial question for today - how can we reduce our blood pressure? Read on for the best teas to reduce hypertension, whether true teas, herbals or adaptogens. Tea can be do amazing things for cardiovascular health, let us show you the research steeped into digestible chunks by our tea scientist.
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A crucial question for today - how can we reduce our blood pressure? Read on for the best teas to reduce hypertension, whether true teas, herbals or adaptogens. Tea can be do amazing things for cardiovascular health, let us show you the research steeped into digestible chunks by our tea scientist.
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Best Teas to Help Irritable Bowel Syndrome: All About IBS, Tummy Aches & Tea
Posted by Stephany Morgan
Is tea good (or bad) for Irritable Bowel Syndrome? Learn what to drink (and what teas irritate IBS), how some teas can trigger IBS and what the heck IBS is anyway! The 6 best herbal teas for relief from IBS symptoms and stomach aches, such as ginger and peppermint, and why caffeine is not your friend.
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Is tea good (or bad) for Irritable Bowel Syndrome? Learn what to drink (and what teas irritate IBS), how some teas can trigger IBS and what the heck IBS is anyway! The 6 best herbal teas for relief from IBS symptoms and stomach aches, such as ginger and peppermint, and why caffeine is not your friend.
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Ultimate Guide to Brewing Tea and Tisanes
Posted by Elizabeth Taeed
A definitive guide to how to brew herbal and true teas. Pure teas, like black, green and white tea, brew differently than herbal teas like rooibos, chamomile, yerba mate or tulsi. Learn how to brew moringa powder, iced tea + cold brew tea rules of thumb, which brewing method has more caffeine, which teas burn, & more.
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A definitive guide to how to brew herbal and true teas. Pure teas, like black, green and white tea, brew differently than herbal teas like rooibos, chamomile, yerba mate or tulsi. Learn how to brew moringa powder, iced tea + cold brew tea rules of thumb, which brewing method has more caffeine, which teas burn, & more.
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Homemade Brown Sugar Boba Ice Cream Bar Recipe (+ Vegan Bubble Tea Ice Cream Bar Recipe)
Posted by Matcha Alternatives
Make your own homemade brown sugar boba ice cream bars with this easy recipe! How to make bubble tea ice cream, with different teas, plus a tried-and-true vegan boba ice cream recipe! Forget Costco, time to take your bubble milk tea ice cream game to the next level, with rooibos, moringa, butterfly pea tea and hojicha.
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Make your own homemade brown sugar boba ice cream bars with this easy recipe! How to make bubble tea ice cream, with different teas, plus a tried-and-true vegan boba ice cream recipe! Forget Costco, time to take your bubble milk tea ice cream game to the next level, with rooibos, moringa, butterfly pea tea and hojicha.
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Make Your Own Boba Tea! 8+ Varieties plus Homemade Bubble Tea Pearls
Posted by Matcha Alternatives
Make your own tapioca pearls with our delicious recipes including the traditional milk tea, homemade moringa bubbles & brown sugar syrup. Elevate it with new flavors and spices like Strawberries and Cream Green Tea, Butterfly Pea Tea, Thai Tea Boba and Cheese-Topped Bubble Tea! + vegan milk alternatives too!
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Make your own tapioca pearls with our delicious recipes including the traditional milk tea, homemade moringa bubbles & brown sugar syrup. Elevate it with new flavors and spices like Strawberries and Cream Green Tea, Butterfly Pea Tea, Thai Tea Boba and Cheese-Topped Bubble Tea! + vegan milk alternatives too!