Health: Food color vs Weight losses

Someone sent me an article about Food colors vs Weight losses. The article says that when your favorite foods come out in your least favorite colors, you tend to eat less thus you can lose weight.

I do not find this a true statement.

For example. Take a look at the picture below and tell me your reaction when you first see it?

My first glance was " heavy, stressful, looks like someone's p?p?". Two days later, i still found the art work looks "heavy, but not too bad"...now it looks more like yummy curry chicken. Love it!!;))

Imagine mashed potato in blue. Ewww! when you first see it. If you dare to try it the second time, WOW it tastes so good! Then next time blue is your favorite color for mashed potato!!

Do you think food color matters? what's your story?

Tea Lifestyle: 5 cool ways to use your teapots-party favors (part 5)

Labor day was over. The real labor days start!

Say you invite friends and family to your home for a tea part. Here are some tips for your party design:

1. Creatively use small glass teapots, ie, you can hang them on the trees.

2. Since it's a tea party, you can use mini tea cups, such as the Angel tea cups below as name tag holders.

Or put some M&Ms in the little cups to add some colors to your party!

Or, use as a party give-away! These mini cups are adorable and not expensive. Who doesn't want to be remembered?

3. Can't host a tea party without serving teas, right? use the simply designed glass teapots and they will only add the "clean and elegant touch" to your party. Think about aligning the glass teapots filled with tea in the middle of the table...very inviting and pretty, isn't it?

Here are the previous posts:

Part 4: Tea lifestyle-5 cool ways to use your teapots-Home decor

Part 3 Tea lifestyle-5 cool ways to use your teapots-Candle holders/Lights

Part 2 Tea lifestyle-5 cool ways to use your teapots-Kitchen devices

Part 1: Tea lifestyle-5 cool ways to use your teapots-Glass vase for flower arrangement

Tea Lifstyle: 5 cool ways to use your teapots-Home decor (part 4)

if you want to show off your UNIQUE fashion style, try this tip: hang teapots on the wall, and invite your friends come over for a party. See what they say. Trust me, they will die to know how you make it happen;))) and do not forget to share it with me!;)) All these teapots, cups were on the wall. I used canvas frame to make it more like a nice dispay.

One time my friend said to me, you know, i did not even notice that i actually bought soo many stuff i never even open the packaging box and they still sit in my basement.... Yeah, you realize how much you spend on something you do not use in life time...It would be really nice if we can buy one thing that can be used for multiple purposes, right? it saves you $$$, space and it's much easier to get organized. You do not even need to clean the extra stuff! For teapots, you can use to brew teas, but when you do not use it, put it on the counter or table, or hang on the wall...see what happens;)) The best part, it's UNIQUE and shows a lot of personalities.

Tea Lifestyle: 5 Cool Ways to use your teapots: Candle holders/lights (part 3)

Said Good-bye to hurricane Irene. Purchansed enough food for 2 months! All shelves were cleaned by local folks at ShopRite last Friday! Everybody purchased batches of batteries, not me;) I bought few bags of candles just in case.

Last night I made a candle light dinner;)))...smells goody

If it happens wax in your teapot, use hot water to wash it.




new product-Angel cups (2 oz 1 teacup+1 saucer)



New product-Teapot Solo (12 oz)-make sure to use slightly taller candle due to the depth of the teapot

Tea Lifestyle: 5 Cool Ways to use your teapots: Kitchen device (part 2)

Cool way to use your teapot-Make your teapot a multifunctional Kitchen device!!

It's not an easy job to keep your kitchen clean, especially liquid, like olive oil, vinegar, soy sauce, etc. Until some day I found a good idea: use my Teapot Solo as liquid bottle!!



5 reasons you love this idea:

1. No Dripping!!! I always had to clean the oil/vinegar bottle after use each time. and the dripping is messy! teapot Solo comes with a special feature:non-driping. This is a life saver!!!

2. SAVE SAVE SAVE-I found that when you use small plate to eat, you tend to eat less!! Same thing with the olive oil. When you use small bottle to hold the oil, you tend to use less. That's $$$ saver!!

3. Does not occupy a lot of space

4. When you only need few drops, the small teapot mouth can help!

5. If you like to add some herbs to make home made flavored olive oil, you can use the teapot cause it comes with a stainless steel filter! Easy to get the oil out.

Have you thought about it?;)

Here's the previous blog:
5 Cool ways to use your teapot: functional Vase (part 1)

Tea lifestyle: 5 cool ways to use your teapots-part 1

teapot Juliet


teapot fairy

We are so buzzy buzzy every day that we forgot how beautiful life is! What are we buzzy for? live better, greener and huppier!!

Do you know glass teapot can be used as vase??? really? yep! Simple is that! no brainer! Tell me is there's any better way to do this!?



teapot DUO

I just finished my trade show in NYC last week...received soo many compliments on my display!! you wonder why....Here's the reason-they are Be-U-tiful!!




teapot Romeo

Whada think??? like'em?

Health: tea allergy

When I was doing tea tasting in CT last month, few customers told me that they are allergic to black teas!! Not sure why?? Maybe too much bad news these days about employment, jobs, houses, etc so that people react to it in a physical way...Or maybe not.

In the past, there were few reports/studies I read that show tea actually has anti-allergy constituents and help stop/prevent allergies. Apparently more studies need to be done in this area.

People who told me they are allergic to teas are young (at least in this case), and only allergic to black tea. I thought they might be allergic to caffeine, but they can drink green tea without any issues.

Are you, or anyone you know allergic to teas? let me know!

Tea 101: What to do if your tea is too strong? Follow the Russians

It's a busy morning. You put some of your favorite tea into your beautiful teapot, and pour some hot water over, but completely forget about it. 2 hours later, when you are thirsty, oh boy, the tea has been brewed for too long to be drinkable. What would you do then? Some say they add more milk, more sugar to make it creamy and sweetie...That surely will do! But, if you drink 4-6 cups of this kind of tea, that's a lot of calaries added, isn't it?


Have you heard of any stories about tea tradition in Russia? In old tradition, (they probably still do it nowadays), Russians make their teas very strong in a teapot, then pour into teacups in small portion, topped with boiling water to adjust the strength.

So do not feel bad if you brew your tea for too long time. You jut accidentally follow the Russian tea tradition my dear friend!! The only thing you need to do is to add some hot water to make it a perfect cuppa.

Now you know you are the Russian tea expert;)) Try it and let me know what ya think?!

Health: How much tea should we drink per day?

It brought to my attention when someone told me that he drinks 10 cups of tea per day. He said, "you know, green tea has EGCG, good for you. The more the better, so that the EGCG, good guys, can kill all of the free radicals, the bad guys, in my body"...

Unless something else is going on, if you drink 10 cups of tea per day, you need to 1) sit next to a restroom (try it, you will know i'm right, seriously); 2) have a productive kidney; 3) possbile a good heart

The main factors determine how many cups of tea we drink include:

1. % of Polyphenols in tea (including EGCG): it accounts for roughly 20-30% of dried tea leaves in terms of weight.

2. % of alkaloid, such as caffeine, theophylline, etc. Accounts for roughly 3-5% of dried leaves

3. How much liquid should we drink per day. As I mentioned in my previous post, in average, we should drink 32-48 oz of liquid per day to keep our body functioning and balanced.


Based upon the statistics above, we should use maximum 6-8 grams of dried tea leaves, Or 3-4 servings per day. Depends on how strong your tea is brewed. If light, you can drink slightly more. If strong (do not recommend it in general. I will discuss it in a separate article), 1-2 cups of tea can get your body activated in the morning.

So to be perfectly healthy,
1-2 cups per day, a good "gotcha"!!
3-4 cups per day, "catch me if you can"!!
4-6 cups...STOP, right there!! that's enough! if you'd like to drink more, do it tomorrow, my dear friend!
Do you drink both coffee and tea?

Health: How much liquid should I drink per day

Some say 2 cups a day, or 8 cups per day, While some believe drink whenever you are thirsty.

Let's do the numbers.

So the question is how much liquid should a person drink per day:


Assume everything is under normal circumstances, meaning no special conditions need to be considered, such as illness/taking medicine, preganancy, dry climate, exercising, oil-drinkers (!), eat 5 pounds of watermelon per day, etc

Based upon my research, in average, we should take 2 liters (64 oz) liquid per day, including everything. Here's where I get my numbers: We lose liquid via breathing, sweating, and generating "nature fertilizers" (urine & bowel, etc. that's a lot restroom runs), roughly 2 liter (64 oz) per day. This should be how much liquid we need to take in order to keep the balance. See, our body functions more like a recycle program;) Amazing!


Does it mean we have to drink 64 oz liquid per day? NO! that would be rediculous (unless you are a salt sucker;))) We have multiple ways to get it: Through Meals, such as vegetables (salads), meat, chicken, fish, soups (more of Asian thing I believe) and snack foods, such as fruits. This part accounts for roughly 24-32 oz or 40-50%.

The rest?....we get it from drinks, such as alcohol, wine, beer, coffee, tea, juices, etc. If you stay in bath tub or water 5 hours a day, you need to count that as well.

I have seen and heard so many people who have or had kidney stones...uhhh..very very painful!!! I had a small one before (you gonna experience everything in life,including the bad ones. That's my attitude! but make sure you know how to fix it if happens!!;)).

My father, a retired doctor, asked me to drink loads of liquid, jump jump jump, upside down...every day (yeah...it's hard to get some kidney stones-right time, right methods and right spots! it's even harder to get rid of them!!) well, that helps me do yoga! Not a bad treatment, if the stone is gone. Thanks to my father (not god this time), it's all gone now!!

My next question is: How much tea should I drink per day? Or how much tea do you drink per day?