By Divina
A couple of weeks ago, I had an opportunity to pamper myself at an event sponsored by Spa Week Daily and The Village Tea Company . The event was held at the beautifully and recently renovated Surrey Hotel in New York City. Lisa , Nichelle and a group of other fabulous bloggers were pampered by the Spa at the Surrey with hand massages as we learned about the benefits to drinking tea and uncovered some truths behind the power of antioxidants.
Bryce Gruber, one of the founders of The Village Tea Company and fellow working mom gave us a lesson on teas and how to sip the most nutrients out of your tea.
For instance did you know?
- You should never let your tea bag sit in your cup more than 3 minutes! The longer it sits the more bitter your tea flavor gets.
- Once your tea kettle whistles don’t’ immediately pour into your cup. You are actually burning your tea along with most of the nutrients!
My favorite was the green tea because of its slightly sweet and refreshing taste. To be honest, I am a hard core coffee drinker and Eddy is more the Tea drinker ( with his own Tea infuser) but what makes Village Tea so special is they only make loose leaf tea. Which I realized makes a big difference in taste.
And for those of you eco-friendly Dancinghotdogs readers (like me) with each of loose tea canister purchase (retails at $13.95 online) you get three re-useable, cotton muslin bags so no tea infuser required.
Unfortunately, Village Tea cannot be found everywhere. Yeah, I know, I tell you about this great product and you can’t find it but visit Village Tea Company Web Site for more prices and locations.
The Surrey Hotel and Spa are amazing and really are the best in class in accommodations and pampering. The presidential suite where the event was held had two bedrooms, kitchen, living room, and two bathrooms to die for. The Spa has Australian treatments and uses Li’tya products which smelled wonderful and left my hands feeling incredible. To plan your next pampering experience when you are in New York go to www.thesurrey.com for all the details.
Picture of me sipping the tea.
Lisa getting a Australian cleansing treatment
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