{"id":1277,"date":"2007-07-25T08:58:11","date_gmt":"2007-07-25T08:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2007\/07\/twig-tea-shouldnt-be-your-last.html"},"modified":"2007-07-25T08:58:11","modified_gmt":"2007-07-25T08:58:11","slug":"twig-tea-shouldnt-be-your-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2007\/07\/twig-tea-shouldnt-be-your-last.html","title":{"rendered":"Twig Tea Shouldn&#8217;t Be Your Last Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"kukicha%20med.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/183\/import\/kukicha%20med.JPG\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" style=\"float:right;margin: 5px\" \/>I was grumpy this morning as I rooted through my kitchen cabinets, irritated with myself for running out of green tea, when I located a small bag of Kukicha twigs I&#8217;d relegated to secondary tea status. I fixed a cup and <em>yum<\/em>&#8211;this is a tea no one should neglect! It&#8217;s nuttier than a green or white tea, and much less astringent. Whereas you might imagine a green tea whispering &#8220;Eeek&#8221; in your ear, Kukicha twig utters a far more relaxed &#8220;Ahhh.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pure-research.net\/organic\/recipes\/kukicha-tea.html\" target=\"_new\">This site <\/a>says that Kukicha twig tea &#8220;was popularized in the U.S. and Europe in the 1960s by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georges_Ohsawa\" target=\"_new\">George Ohsawa<\/a>, the founder of modern macrobiotics. Mr. Ohsawa considered Kukicha to be the perfect complementary beverage for a grain-based or mostly vegetarian diet, due to its alkaline qualities.&#8221; It apparently has the ability to neutralize both acids and alkalines in food. Look for it in your health food store. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tropicaltraditions.com\/organic_kukicha_green_tea.htm\" target=\"_new\">Here it is <\/a>in tea bag form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was grumpy this morning as I rooted through my kitchen cabinets, irritated with myself for running out of green tea, when I located a small bag of Kukicha twigs I&#8217;d relegated to secondary tea status. I fixed a cup and yum&#8211;this is a tea no one should neglect! 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