Gently Stirred
Loose Leaf Tea
Sencha Wakame Seaweed Mate Green Tea
New for 2023, this is a wonderfully healthy green tea. Wakame, Undaria
pinnatifida, is a brown seaweed famed for its ‘Wellness’ benefits. This tea blend
is made up with 78% healthy Sencha leaves, 10% Brazilian Mate, 6% Wakame
seaweed, plus Lemongrass and natural lemon flavouring. The aroma is fantastic
and will definitely prove to be popular at the shows. Studies at Hokkaido
University found a compound in Wakame known as Fucoxanthin found to help burn
fatty tissue. In Oriental medicine it is used for blood purification,
reproductive organs, and menstrual regularity. Wakame seaweed became very
popular in the 1970’s as part of a macrobiotic diet. Mate is widely grown
throughout South America especially Brazil and is high in caffeine, so this is
definitely and energy boosting cuppa as well as being healthy, it is also often
recommended for weight loss.