Just in case you missed it, the final challenge of this year’s The Celebrity Apprentice involved the creation, promotion, and product launch of a new Snapple tea product.  Checkout all the coverage and teas at NBC or snapple.com.

Bret Michaels’:

• Charity: American Diabetes Association
• Tea: Diet Trop-A-Rocka™ Tea

Holly Robinson Peete’s:

• Charity: HollyRod foundation (focus on Autism and family)
• Tea:  Compassionberry™ Tea

I can’t wait to try the new teas not only to taste the creation, but to support both foundations.

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My time has been  limited lately.  Ready-to-drink teas have been very important for my tea intake.  I have been drinking a lot of bagged teas over the past few months – mainly to avoid cleanup and over-steeping.  Having said that,  loose leaf tea will always be my favorite.  It’s just not always practical for people on the go.  I’ve been looking at Teas Etc’s site trying to determine if the “Tea Traveler” is going to be a good fit for me to get back into the groove with loose leaf teas.  I probably would have ordered it, but $8 shipping was more than I wanted to spend at the time.  Anyway, just enjoy tea.  If you can drink fresh, organic, loose leaf tea – do it.  If you enjoy tea in a bottle or in a tea sachet/bag, don’t stop.

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-Just wanted to let everyone know, I’m doing well.  I hope you are enjoying some good tea.  I just had a bottle of Sweet Leaf’s Lemon & Lime (Unsweet Green Tea).  One of my favorite RTDs.  I’ll be back to a normal blogging schedule soon.

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-Hope you’re having a great holiday season!  I got a lot of new teas for Christmas.  I’m trying a new steeping mug from Rishi.  Enjoy the holidays, drink lots of tea!

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I’m taking some time off, but I can’t wait to get back to marTEA.com.

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I’ll still be drinking and blogging about iced tea over the fall and winter months, but I have to admit I look forward to hot tea once the weather starts to cool.  It’s time to get the gongfu tea tray out and round-up all of my Yixing clay pots and start enjoying some tea.

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As I blog about ready-to-drink teas, I’m always looking for the authentic flavor of the tea.  If the bottle label says it’s black tea, white tea, green tea, or oolong – I should taste it with every drink.  Having said that, I’ve drank a lot of RTDs that taste like juice.  Typically the particular fruit that compliments the tea just dominates the bottle.  Maybe it’s just me, but when I drink tea (even from a bottle), I want to taste the tea.

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First of all, thank you for reading. I have a lot of reviews on the shelf that I plan on posting in the near future.  Recently, I’ve started an iced tea project that I’m excited about.  I’ve drank a lot of excellent ready-to-drink iced teas over the years, and I’ve been inspired to make my own homemade iced tea recipes.  As I drink a wide variety of loose leaf teas, I’m now focused on how I can turn them into an awesome iced tea.

I’m still having a blast blogging about tea.  I started in August of 2006.  That seems so long ago… The future of tea shines bright, and it has been a pleasure to be a small part of the tea industry by introducing people to the joys of tea.

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