Best tea for longevity

Written By seamus mc arevey - November 10 2023

If you want to live a long life and a healthy life—it's very much a matter of what you eat and drink. So next time you are shopping in the supermarket or health store check out their loose leaf teas and herbal infusions or if they don't stock loose leaf tea then simply go online, infect most high end foods these days can be shipped to you by next day delivery, including loose leaf teas. .

What are the best foods for longevity for people who live in Britain and Ireland ?

Our climate can be difficult in winter but all the natural ingredients that we need for a healthy life do grow in these islands, it is just a matter of knowing how to use them. So what are the life boosting foods we should all be using .

BERRIES FOR LIFE

Yes berries are natures secrete weapon to help keep us healthy, in the UK and Ireland we are not part of the Blue Zone of countries where people commonly reach their 90's but we do have the most amazing variety of berries growing everywhere and sure today we can pick them up in the supper market and buy a pack of frozen berries, i love blueberries but what ever your tastes are go for it.. Also beans , leafy greens are all linked to giving you extra years to your life. So what are the best types of drink to help us live a long life ?

For a long time they said red wine in moderation could be beneficial but new research seems to indicate that even small amounts of any alcoholic beverage is not really that good for you ! To day almost all research indicates that the best drink for longevity is actually green tea. Tea is a super beverage that has potent phenolic compounds which can help fight cancer and protect our cardiovascular system. Green tea is by far the winner for healthy drinks, it is rich in catechins, which are some of the most powerful disease-fighting phytonutrients we can find anywhere on the plant kingdom.

So green tea protects against cancer and helps your heart stay healthy and also very importantly it can help you sleep better. The studies undertaken around the world seems to indicate that drinking green tea on a regular basis is directly linked to living a long and healthy life.

There was a 2018 study which found that regular tea drinkers have a reduced risk in age-related decreases of high-density lipoprotein , that is in ordinary English it helps with "good" cholesterol"! .Green and black tea are helpful with green tea having a slightly stronger effect than black tea. It has also been found that Green tea’s EGCGs , which is a type of good for you catechin, which is particularly prevalent in the tea and this may help inhibit tumor growth.

Green tea is also good for your gut health as within your gut there are beneficial gut bugs, these feed on foods rich in polyphenols, which include green tea. One of these beneficial gut bugs is called akkermansia muciniphila and it is this bug that supports the protective mucus layer that prevents a leaky gut , it basically keeps the gut lining strong. It has been found that low levels of this critical bacteria have been linked to diabetes, obesity, autoimmune disease, cancer, and heart disease.

It also seems that green tea is good for the brain, this is because of green tea has caffeine and catechins, and it is these Catechins that can help protect your body from free radicals, so protecting both your brain and the rest of your system.

So green tea is definitely a supper food and most definitely the winner, it is the best beverage to help you live a long and healthy life.

So how much green tea should you drink? we think two cups a day is perfect !

What if you don't like the taste of green tea ?

That is not a problem , because high end tea companies have expert blenders who add little touches of taste like vanilla which is actually our most loved , yes green tea vanilla is the most healthiest breakfast tea. Also green tea is blended with many really good ingredients like mint, check out our Mr Doyle's chillout tea , it is probably the best minty tea in the world and also you can have green tea with rose petals like our Emperors Seven Secrets tea or try a green tea blended with white tea .

The overall message is that green tea is really good for you and so we would say check out the many tastes of green tea and the many blends of green tea with other herbal infusions so that you can taste the best and most healthy drinks in the world , Go On Go.

Irish Holloween food

Written By seamus mc arevey - October 11 2023

Samhain was the Celtic great festival of fire and feasting and today it is known as Halloween and yes it all started in Ireland . Samhain marks the change of seasons and the beginning of the dark months . Samhain main recipes is based around turnips, nuts, gourds and apples, apple cider, and ale . Once the harvest work was complete , the tradition was for the village to came together to feast and to tell stories of the past and of the future .

The main Halloween foods were based around potato dishes like champ , which is mashed potatoes with spring onion. They also enjoyed colcannon which is mashed potatoes and kale or green cabbage meal , and of course there was Boxty which is potato pancakes made with raw potatoes and buttermilk which is pan-fried .Other common foods were full of fruit and nuts and of course we have to mention barmbrack bread which is loved by everyone on the island of Ireland around Halloween .

IRISH HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS

It’s interesting to learn that many of the traditions that we all think of as part of American Halloween have their roots in Irish Halloween traditions. So how did holloween become part of American culture ? well Irish immigrants to the US brought these fantastic traditions to America, and so an Irish tradition became part of the mainstream of American culture!

The famous Trick or treating originally comes when poor Irish children who went door to door to request money and food. The children would sing prayers and in reward they would get soul cake which is a kind of bread with lots of fruits. Turnip Lanterns were also very famous in Irish Halloween tradition. These lanterns were carved from turnips or even large potatoes.

SLICE OF BARMBRACK TELLS YOUR FORTUNE

In Ireland the traditional fruity loaf is known as Barmbrack, it's name came from the Irish " bairin breac" which translates as speckled loaf. Barmbrack is eaten all year round, however at Halloween magic is added to this bread and fortune telling is added to the mix. The fruits in barnbrack are traditionally soaked in tea and whiskey to create the rich flavour, and the tea is of course Mrs Doyle's favourite part of Holloween.

Traditionally Irish homes would always have the smell of baking bread and barmbrack cooking , usually over an open fire in the kitchen or living room . At its basic Barmbrack is simply a dried fruit-studded bread, but it has magic powers around holloween ! The Irish Halloween barmbrack tradition is that everyone gets a small slice, however you need to careful when biting into it, as you might find that something has been hidden inside the bread that can tell your future for the coming year !

You might find perhaps a ring, so expect the discovery of a true love and even a future wedding, alas if you are unlucky and find a thimble, this predicts that you will never marry, and a button predicts bachelorhood for the men. For those who find a coin this is a prediction that they might get rich in the coming year!

So how do you make this magical bread , well Mrs Doyle's traditional Irish Barmbrack with a nice cup of Irish tea is of course the best recipe and being the decent sort she has written it all out for us all to make

HOW TO MAKE IRISH BARMBRACK FOR HALLOWEEN

Baking Barmbrack is an Irish Halloween tradition and so you just have to include some charms to make your barmbrack magical .

Mrs Doyle's Barmbrack recipe takes 3.5 hours to make which includes resting and cooking time, to enjoy it please serve it straight from the oven

INREDIENTS

Fruit mix

warm Mrs Doyle's Irish tea , which should be enough to cover the sultanas
a 350g (1½ cups) sultanas
50ml (¼ cup) Bushmills whiskey
1 lemon, juice and zest

Dough

450g around 2 cups, strong bread flour
salt, pinch
15g (1tbsp) dried yeast
one nice beaten egg
salt just a little pinch
280ml room temperature of creamy milk
50g around 3½tbsp, Irish unsalted butter
50g sugar

To

teaspoon of Irish butter
1 table spoon ground cinnamon
½ table spoon ground mixed spice

THE METHOD:

Soak the sultanas in the Irish whiskey, lemon juice and Mrs Doyle's hot tea for around 30-45 minutes, then drain off the liquid.
How to make the dough, simply put all the ingredients into a mixing bowl and mix with a big wooden spoon.
Knead the dough on a floured surface with your hands for five to six minutes.
Put the dough in a bowl, then cover with a damp tea towel. Leave for about 1 hour, until the mixture has risen and fills the total bowl.
Knead the dough again on a floured surface, add soaked fruit until spread throughout the mixture.
Place it in a 20-23cm buttered cake tin then cover with a damp tea towel.
Leave about 20 minutes until the mixture rises up to the top of the tin.
Bake for 50 minutes in an oven preheated to around 200C.
Making the topping simply cream the butter and spices together until soft ,
Lastly now remove the barmbrack from the oven and right away spread spiced butter on top and leave to cool.

Mrs Doyle's tea loved by Rock stars?

Written By seamus mc arevey - April 28 2023

It all started one summer at Ireland's Electric Picnic Music festival, we were selling Irish tea to help UNICEF Ireland, and well Mrs Doyle walked by the tea tent and next thing you know she was making her famous Irish cream tea for everyone!

We got in all the newspapers and even got mentioned in the Irish Times and later in the Washington Post and of course the Irish gift stores wanted to stock Mrs Doyle's Irish teas. Eventually we persuaded Mrs Doyle to share all her famous Irish tea blends.

After that, well, the word spread and next thing you know, Mrs Doyle's tea tent , was everywhere that summer, eventually we all took the advice of Mrs Doyle and decided that touring is only for the summer !

So We got technology, and now, Mrs Doyle's online Irish tea and gift store works 24 /7

so Go On, try one of Mrs Doyle's happy teas

or

sign up to Mrs Doyle's monthly tea box subscription and get 4 teas sent to you or a friend ,every month ! just tea-riffic

How to Make Mrs Doyle's Irish hot tea Toddy

Written By seamus mc arevey - December 13 2022

Mrs Doyle's tea hot toddy is great for keeping warm, and is a soothing mix with no liquor. Her recipe is a nonalcoholic version of the famous toddy drink , it's a fantastic drink and great for cold nights.

Choose your favorite hot tea from Mrs Doyle's tea web site, we like the happy tea which is fruity with cinnamon and watch it transform into a amazing winter mocktail just by adding the spices and sweetener and citrus.

it 's such a great option for nondrinkers but also you can share a glass with the kids, and it's soothing and should help relief for cold symptoms, here's the ingredients .

7 ounces hot tea
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or a cinnamon stick
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Lemon wedge, just to garnish

Irish tea could help you enjoy Christmas into your 90's

Written By seamus mc arevey - November 24 2022

1. Good for the immune system

Like other types of tea made from the camellia sinensis tea plant, black tea is extremely high in antioxidants. Cinnamon bark, cardamom, and cloves are also high in antioxidants. Chai tea is a wonderful source of antioxidants, so helping reduce free radicals in your body and promote your cellular health.

2. Importantly at this time of year it fights off colds

When you’re feeling under the weather, a decent cup of chai can actually help to ease symptoms of the common cold, or even ward off colds . Black tea contains catechins with antiviral properties that may also contribute to the prevention of common illnesses like colds and flu. Ginger contains antimicrobial properties that can help to fight illnesses like sore throat. Cinnamon contains unique antibacterial properties that can sometimes to protect against infection and keep you healthy. Also cardamom and cloves also contain antibacterial and antimicrobial properties, so making a cup of chai tea is a great choice if you want to stay well this winter , Go On Go

3. Boosts your heart health

Ingredients in chai tea have amazingly been shown to help boost heart health. Basically black tea contains flavonoids, these can help prevent plaque buildup in the body’s arteries, which reduces stress on the heart. Cinnamon is also been shown to help to treat cardiovascular diseases and reduce harmful cholesterol.

5. Improves your digestion

Drinking chai tea can also help to improve digestion. Ginger is also a powerful digestive aid, and drinking ginger can help to improve gastrointestinal symptoms and so help the digestive system to work better, and of course cardamom has many digestive benefits .

6. Good for skin

Black tea is high in a variety of vitamins and minerals that are good for the skin, including zinc, magnesium, and potassium, all of which can help to protect and help rejuvenate the skin, and of course drinking tea is also a great way to stay hydrated, which will help your skin look healthy and fresh.

7. Increases your energy and your alertness

Black tea is an energizing tea that can help to increase alertness and focus. Black teas like chai tea contain moderate amount of caffeine to give us all a welcome boost of energy, and the caffeine in black tea helps to encourage our focus and alertness.

8. Reduces inflammation in the body

Chai contains plenty of ingredients that can help with inflammation, including black tea, ginger, cinnamon, and cardamom. Black tea can help reduce inflammation in your body, which can help soothe muscle soreness and chronic pain, and ward off inflammation-related diseases .

Cinnamon has also been shown to help reduce inflammation and soothe pain. If you’re suffering from temporary inflammation, or dealing conditions like arthritis, a cup of cinnamon tea can have great anti-inflammatory effects.

Ginger can help with inflammation too, and has been used for many centuries in herbal medicine for its powerful anti-inflammatory effects. Cardamom also contains anti-inflammatory properties.

These ingredients all make chai tea a great choice if you’ want to reduce inflammation in your body.

9. Good for skin

Black tea is high in a variety of vitamins and minerals that are good for the skin, including zinc, magnesium, and potassium, all of which can help to protect and help rejuvenate the skin, and of course drinking tea is also a great way to stay hydrated, which will help your skin look healthy and fresh.

10. Good for the old teeth

Many caffeinated beverages, contain heaps of sugar, tea of course does not and has been shown to be good for oral health. Black tea contains compounds that attack harmful bacteria within your mouth, which can help prevent the buildup of plaque. Ginger and cardamom also contain antimicrobial and antifungal properties that help to kill off harmful oral pathogens. This can help to improve your the health of your teeth .

The best teas for Vegans

Written By seamus mc arevey - June 03 2022

The best tea for vegans and those drinking less milk

Mrs Doyle's Irish breakfast tea is the winner of the best Irish breakfast tea on the island for the last 5 years and is so smooth that it tastes as good without milk as it does with Milk .

Mrs Doyle says its because of the finest teas and her secrete method of blending teas . There are other types of teas that work great without milk so here's Mrs Doyle's list

Oolong tea is a perfect tea any time of day
White tea gives a great choice
Yellow tea for those of us with an even milder taste
Green tea is perhaps the best for a healthy option
Try Ripe Pu’erh for a darker richer choice
Earl grey is great for the zesty option
Fruit teas will always be great in on a sunny day
looking for something different try Rooibos tea
in the evening try Chamomile

Saint Patrick's Day Irish tea mocktail

Written By seamus mc arevey - March 11 2022

Its almost Saint Patrick's Day and Mrs Doyle is of course Irelands most famous tea lady so here's her favorite green tea mocktail ! So go on enjoy Irelands National day and go green

Here's how you do it, make a pot of Mrs Doyle's minty tea, not too hot, add a dash of ENNIS Irish non alcoholic gin, with a dash of lemon and a little lime juice and garnish with a few little Irish shamrocks and if your Canadian , may be a little maple syrup

ok here's the ingredients

Mrs Doyle's Minty tea
Ennis non alcoholic inspired gin
lemon and a little lime juice
Irish shamrock
and a dash of maple syrup

Why Tea is so fantastic for making Mocktails

Written By Mahya Roudneshin - May 17 2021

Why Tea Is so fantastic for Mocktails

Tea can help add a little touch of bitterness with a little astringency to any mocktail. It is also a great way to add layers and layers of flavor and by steeping your tea bags into your mocktail syrup it helps eliminate the necessity to add more liquid which could dilute the flavor even more .

The Trick to a Good Mocktail ?

You should keep in mind the viscosity, alcohol has a certain weight on your tongue and is very tangible different in the way it feels in your mouth. But how long do you put the tea in for ? well if you use a open tea bag so you can use loose leaf tea and then take it out without any fuss , its great !

We recommended brew times for the tea in a mocktail of around 5 minutes which gives a great concentration of flavors !

But won't the the longer you steep the tea make the mocktail bitter ? yes a little but well that way the mocktail is definitely a sipper and will last a lot longer and feel like a real cocktail.

so here's Mrs Doyle's fav Mocktail for the start of the summer and how to make it ..

Earl Grey Mocktail !

How to make a Earl Grey Mocktail ?

Fill a big glass with crushed ice, then pour in 3/4 ounce of Mrs Doyle's royal earl grey tea , 1/2 ounce lemon juice, add 3-4 ounces tonic water and stir it up nice and slow and sit back and enjoy with friends in the garden !

Fall asleep with chamomile sleepy tea and wake up to Irish breakfast tea ..its a dream

Written By seamus mc arevey - April 09 2021

Chamomile is a lovely herb in the daisy family, loved in many cultures as it has various medicinal qualities and is rich in flavor. It's the main ingredient in herbal sleepy tea and lots of people drink chamomile infusion at bedtime to help themselves sleepy better.

Chamomile dried herb infuses to a rich yellow-gold ,buttery and slightly vegetal smell. Chamomile tea’s flavor is slightly spicy, and has a little buttery smell . If you want to improve your sleep? forget counting sheep! chamomile sleepy tea might be the perfect herbal bedtime drink and best of all a Mrs Doyle's sleepy tea can be infused at least twice and is great in summer as its really refreshing over ice. So go on fall asleep with chamomile sleepy tea and wake up to Irish breakfast tea ..its a dream

what's the perfect tea if you are going vegan

Written By Mahya Roudneshin - March 26 2021

Going Vegan for Easter ? it can be difficult if you love your tea with milk , what to do ? find an alternative to milk or find a tea that simply tastes as good without milk , like Mrs Doyle's Irish tea !

We have had lots of questions from customers all over the world on vegan tea and lots of remarks from customers who tell us that because Mrs Doyle's tea is so smooth and rich, it simply doesn't need milk, and well it's true , and of course you don’t have to stick to black tea either as there's lots of great herbal teas .

Also to day there is a a lot of dairy-free milk alternatives out there , easily available , in health food shops and pretty much all supermarkets, too. If you do really need to have a really creamy tea here's a list of milks that go really well with black teas: almond milk, hazelnut milk, coconut milk, oat milk, rice milk, hemp milk and, of course, soya milk. They all have many health benefits but you have to try them to see what's perfect for your taste and it's definitely worth experimenting ,

So Go On try everything once ...well almost everything

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