Greetings to
The Cozy Tea Cart's
newsletter members,
We thought spring may have come early with this
unseasonably warm weather we are having! But with March
weather in New England (in like a lion…), it looks like we
will be right back in the cold over the next few days, with
forecasts of snow. Be sure to keep warm with a hot cuppa
tea!
Since we covered Chinese New Year in our
newsletter last month, I thought it would be nice to spotlight
another celebration of a popular tea growing region – India.
The Holi festival (also know by other names throughout India)
and Dhuleti (the day after Holi) are know as the Indian
Festival of Color. Celebrated all over India, this is a
celebration of joy for the end of the cold winter season, the
end of the winter wheat harvest and the arrival of spring and
new beginnings. It is a time for fun and frolicking, and to
just enjoy the finer things in life. It typically takes place
between the second half of February and the first half of
March, this year falling on March 3. On the eve of Holi,
bonfires (called Holikas) are lit on many street corners,
which, depending on the area of India you are from, have
different legends associated with them. The ashes from the
fires are spread on the foreheads of people to bring good luck
in the coming year. On the day of the festival, people roam
the streets holding bags of colored powder (called gulal) and
spray pistols or balloons of colored water. Anyone walking
the streets is fair game, and upon greeting someone, water is
sprayed or the colored powder is smeared on people, and
everyone emerges a rainbow of color! Gifts of sweets in Holi
colors, traditional Holi foods (gujjia, papri, meat kofta
curry, etc.), greeting cards, drama, music and colorful
costumed dances are all part of this eagerly awaited
celebration.
This month, our featured teas will be from
India-our way of celebrating the coming of spring with them!
So join in the celebration and enjoy our delicious Indian
Spice Chai, or our Badamtam First Flush Darjeeling with its
fruity muscatel notes, or a malty, rich Irish Breakfast Assam
from the Bukhial estate in India (a ‘cupan tae’ to the Irish
in honor of St. Patrick’s day!). Each with their own unique
flavors, they are sure to please you!
When
you stop by
The Cozy Tea Cart,
take note of our new feel good and upbeat music being featured
from Putumayo World Music. We will be playing four CDs for
your listening pleasure. Music from the Tea Lands is
steeped in the traditions of Asia’s tea regions—wonderful to
enjoy with an aromatic cup of our Lung Ching green tea.
French Café will make you feel like you are visiting a
Parisienne café! Music from the Chocolate Lands will
take you on a journey through the originating chocolate
countries—enjoy this music while sipping one of our decadent
“drinking chocolates” from Vosges
(limited
availability)!
Asian Dreamland is so soothing and relaxing, it will
take you from your hurried lifestyle to tranquil
moments—perfect to enjoy with the roasted rice flavor of our
Japanese Genmaicha tea. Each of these unique CDs can be found
at our shoppe or on-line for $14.99 each. Stop by and enjoy
them soon!
IN THIS MONTHS NEWSLETTER, you
will find the following news items:
THIS MONTHS FEATURED TEAS
All monthly
specials are 10% off!
Visit us at
The Cozy Tea Cart to view our full line of freshly
imported teas and unique gift items!
Indian Spice Chai
This is a combination of black tea from India, freshly ground
cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, pepper black and aniseed to create
an eloquently subtle spiced tea blend. This is the tea you
would use to brew your own chai tea by adding warm milk and
Demerara sugar.
Loose Tea - 4 oz - $7.50
Badamtam 1st
Flush Darjeeling (FTGFOP1)
A very, very nice 1st
flush Darjeeling black tea. It is well balanced with an
enticing crispness to it and a lovely sweet note lingering in
the aftertaste.
Loose Tea - 4 oz - $14.50
Assam
(Irish Breakfast)
This 100% superb, second flush
Assam tea is from the Bukhial estate in India. This Tippy
Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe (TGFOP) offers a mild, malty
aromatic flavor and a rich, elegant liquor that takes milk and
sugar well.
Loose Tea - 4 oz - $7.25
UP-COMING EVENTS
TEA
TASTING/LECTURE – SATURDAY, MARCH 17th
from
1:00pm – 3:00pm at the Candlelite Inn in Bradford, NH.
Contact
Marilyn Gordon for more information and directions.
Sample five different teas from
around the world while enjoying a delicious afternoon tea menu
provided by the Candlelight Inn. We will discuss the history
and basic information about tea and the origins of the teas
being sampled, as well as some of the other tea producing
countries. After your questions are answered, take the time
to enjoy your meal and sip your tea in the beautiful and
delightful atmosphere of the Candlelight Inn.
SHOPPING NIGHT
AND TEA TASTING FOR A ‘RED HAT’ LADIES GATHERING – THURSDAY,
MARCH
22nd
from3:00 – 6:00pm at
Milford Antiques, Milford, NH. Contact Carol at 603-672-3900
for more details.
75TH
ANNIVERSARY – TEA LECTURE FOR THE MILFORD GARDEN CLUB’S
AFTERNOON TEA—MONDAY, APRIL 2ND,
from 9:30 am – 12:00 pm at the
Congregational Church in Milford, NH. This is a private
function. This lecture is a discussion on the production of
tea which takes you on a journey from the tea fields to the
tea in your cup. If you are interested in more information on
this or any of
our other lectures for your group or organization, please
contact me at The Cozy
Tea Cart, 603-249-9111.
TEA AND COOKIES
WITH THE AUTHOR – THURSDAY, APRIL 5th
from 6:00 – 7:30. Join us as we
welcome Yvonne Dunetz, author of “Until Death Do Us Part; A
Letter To Our Loved Ones” at
The Cozy Tea Cart
in Brookline, NH. Bring along a friend and enjoy spending
time with Yvonne as she discusses her book and answers your
questions.
For full details on the
event,
click here.
Please call ahead at
603-249-9111 to reserve, as
space is limited.
(There
is no fee for this event.)
KNITTING
CLUB – Eats, Knits, and Leaves - MONDAY, APRIL 9th
from
7:00pm – 9:00pm at Toadstool Bookstore, Milford, NH. Join us
for goodies, tea, and to finish that knitting project you have
been putting off.
TEA TASTING –
SATURDAY, APRIL 21ST
from 10:00 – 3:00 at A
Timeless Treasure in Manchester, New Hampshire. Call Jeannine
at 603-624-6151 for full details of the spring event! Stop in
to sample our spring teas and shop in this unique shop. You
will find all types of home décor, collectable stuffed
animals by Gund Lang and Company, Wee Forest Folk, soaps,
lotions, linens, candles, jewelry, chocolate, hand painted
furniture and lamps.
Check out our
Events page for tea tastings and
events in your area!
OUR
SPRING CONTEST has started—Begin writing!!:
The
spring contest runs from March 1 through May 31 and is
titled: Tea and Poetry: My
Poetic Experience. In
this contest, use one of The Cozy Tea Cart’s fine
quality tea or your experience visiting the tea shoppe
to compile your own tea poem! The poem can be as short as one
verse or as long as four verses, it’s up to you! Let the
fresh scents of spring blossoms help you to get those creative
thoughts flowing! Steep yourself a cup of tea, find a quiet
nook, and start writing! Click
here for full details. A copy of the winning poem will be
published in our June, 2007 newsletter. The July and August
2007 newsletters will have a link to your poem on our web
site. All submissions should be mailed to
The Cozy Tea Cart, 40
Mountain Rd., Brookline, NH 03033 or emailed to
www.thecozyteacart.com, before May 31, 2007. Your
submission will be judged according to our Seasonal Contest
Rules. We can not wait to see how creative our customers are!
WE HAVE A WINTER CONTEST WINNER!!:
The winter contest, Cooking
with Tea / My Tea-licious Recipe is
over and we have a winner. Our
winter contest winner is Rebecca Jeffreys of Pepperell,
Massachusetts. CONGRATULATIONS Rebecca! Her delicious recipe
is shown below. I would encourage you to try her very healthy
recipe for Golden Gluten-Free Muffins featuring Montana Gold
Tea from The Cozy Tea
Cart. They are
delicious!
HEALTH NEWS
Soak
Up Teas Nutritional Benefits
By Ruth Underwood, CNN
January 25, 2007
Can you drink your vegetables?
We're not talking smoothies here. We're talking tea. It might
seem an exaggeration to compare a cup of tea to a serving of
veggies, but there are some similarities.
Tea is "a plant-based beverage," says Jeffrey
Blumberg, Ph.D., a Tufts University professor of nutrition.
"You put those leaves in water …to view the
remainder of this article,
click here.
We hope that you
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The Cozy Tea Cart's
growth and development. Please continue to email or call us.
We love hearing from you!
Teafully yours,
Danielle Beaudette
The Cozy Tea Cart
603-249-9111
www.TheCozyTeaCart.com
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