Black tea has remarkable benefits for the skin, including reducing puffiness under the eyes and freckles on the skin. Drinking Black tea reduces body inflammation because of it has high antioxidant. also, it helps skin and hair health.

Black tea has minerals, zinc, magnesium and calcium. It also contains vitamins E, C and B2. Drinking black tea has unique benefits for the skin. Its mask also has a tremendous effect on the beauty of the skin.

Black tea makes the skin rejuvenate

black tea contains a lot of polyphenols and antioxidants, drinking it helps to relieve wrinkles and facial wrinkles, which also rejuvenates the skin.

Treatment of skin infections

Black tea contains a large amount of flavonoids that prevent and treat skin infections.

Treatment of acne and facial pimples

Drinking black tea can reduce acne or facial pimples on the skin. because it has anti -inflammatory and antimicrobial substance.

 Treatment of skin brown spots

Due to its strong antioxidant ,it detoxifies the body, which can also be effective in the treatment of skin brown spots.

Use black tea as a natural sunscreen

Some dermatologists believe that black tea contains a lot of strong antioxidants that drinking it, protects the skin from UV radiation. It also reduces sunburn.

Treatment of black circle under the eyes

Black tea contains some caffeine that drinks it improves blood circulation in the skin under the eyes, which will greatly help treat black and puffiness under the eyes.

Prevention of skin cancer with black tea

As mentioned, black tea contains a lot of antioxidants, which also improves all types of cancers, especially skin cancer.

 

An Irish Christmas breakfast with no bacon and sausage? you will love Mrs Doyle's Irish vegetarian breakfast. Go On get healthy this Christmas! It tastes great and if you are thinking about going meat free or well just cutting the cholesterol, Mrs Doyle's Irish breakfast is the best breakfast in Ireland and with a nice cup of Mrs Doyle's Irish Breakfast tea you will be all set for a great Irish Christmas break ! So here 's how to do it .

 We recommend Soda bread lightly toasted , with some great potato farls grilled with a nice creamy Irish butter , you have to be careful with only a little butter ! now go for some lightly fried tomatoes and mushrooms or if you have an air fryer it's a much healthier way to cook and also tastes amazing. Now for the  fun part,  Irish free-range eggs – as there are so many great eggs available all around the Island . We love any kind of spice with egg, so we will put lots of condiments on the table. All over the island of Ireland there are now lots of  producers of great condiments and they are delicious with eggs. You might also think about making backed eggs Shakshuka, which is really easy to make , just put some onion, spice garlic and tomato in an ovenproof dish and then crack in a 2 or 3 eggs and bake it – you can put it into lots of things, like as a peanut rayu or a pistachio or hazelnut dukkah.

So now it's time to put the pot on, add a few spoons of Mrs Doyle's Irish tea and sit back and enjoy an Irish Christmas morning , may be with friends and family either in person or maybe virtually! Near or far away Mrs Doyle's tea will always bring you Home Go on Go

 

 

Belleek Classic Shamrock Mrs Doyle Mug

Belleek has partnered with the Mrs Doyle's Tea to bring everyone two great branded Mrs Doyle's Belleek Mugs, in the fantastic classic Belleek style !

We think it's time that we all came together and enjoyed the Best Tea on the Island from a beautiful Belleek mug!  

These two great mugs are a modern take on the Belleek iconic Shamrock tableware and they are just perfect for Irish Christmas gifts and new years gifts.

 First the large contemporary mug shape which features a ring of embossed shamrocks and the famous Mrs Doyle logo.

It's really functional and durable, this will make a lovely gift and comes packaged in the classic Belleek green gift box.

•  Unique Gift , Made in Ireland , Measures: 11.4 cmD x 9.2 cmH

 

Our second Mug is Mrs Doyle's Tall tea Belleek Mug , and it is totally the best way to drink the best tea on the Island ! So Go On go...

• Made In Ireland, Hand painted, Measures 11cmW x 11.5cmH x 325ml/12flozC

 

Pear is one of the most fragrant fruits that everyone loves. If you are a fan of pears, then you will definitely love this pear dessert. You can cut the pear in half or peel it and use it in this dessert and enjoy benefits of pears such as helping the immune system and digestion, preventing cancer, heart health, improving blood circulation and reducing inflammation.

Ingredients:

-  4 pears

-  1 liter Water

-  200g Sugar

-  4 pcs of Cardamom

-  1 piece of cinnamon stick

-  ¼ teaspoon of saffron powder

-  ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract

How to prepare:

Step 1: Peel the pears with a sharp knife.

Step 2: Pour water and sugar into a saucepan and stir it until it boils and the sugar grains dissolve, then add vanilla, cardamom, cinnamon and saffron together with the pears into the saucepan.

Step 3: Put the lid on the saucepan and let it cooks on the medium heat for 1 hour.

(after 15 minutes, take out cinnamon stick because if it stays inside for a long time may make the pears bitter).

Step 4:  When the pears are cooked, take them out of the saucepan. but let the sauce be on the heat until the sauce becomes thick. Now, put the cooked pears in a serving dish and pour the thick sauce on it and put it into fridge until it gets cool then take out of the fridge and serve it with vanilla ice cream.

So top of the tree when it comes to our choice of Christmas teas is Saffron plumb chai, this tea might just change your life ! There are amazing flavours of plumbs, with spicy saffron black tea and extra touches of little apple pieces, sultans, safflower, plum pieces and black berry leaves.

Easy Irish Soda Bread recipe

 Sometimes making homemade bread feels like it could be difficult and time consuming, but it's your lucky day. Mrs Doyle's Irish soda bread can be made quickly and easily by almost anyone. Yes this is a shortcut bread but it certainly doesn’t skimp on flavor. 

Irish soda bread is so easy because it only needs a few ingredients, and the one that makes it taste so good is buttermilk. The buttermilk is so important because it reacts with the baking soda and so permits the bread’s leavening, and of course it gives the bread that great flavor, so with a cup of the best Irish tea and a slice of soda bread you can relax and if you are living far away from Ireland or if you are with friends and family you will always feel at home with this great soda bread and a nice cup of Mrs Doyle's tea .  

• Mrs Doyle soda bread recipe gives a bread that has a golden brown crust and also a dense crumb, just lovely. Mrs Doyle's Irish bread isn’t heavy, it’s really tender and soft, the crust is perfectly crisp as soon as it comes out of the oven,  and in a day or too it's even better and it is the perfect bread for an great Irish breakfast , so if you are sending a friend or relative an Irish gift for Christmas or a Irish gift hamper well why not make up Mrs Doyle's Irish soda bread and send it to them as well Go On Go

• So how do you make the best Irish soda bread? The method

• First whisk buttermilk and one egg together, at the same time whisk a little sugar, flour, baking soda, together in another bowl. Now cut some butter into the flour mixture, remember that cutting the butter into the flour is an important step, and this is how you get the great flaky texture. Go on use your hands and mix it up, and then using a very good knife, score the dough, so that heat gets into the center so that the bread will bake well. Also please note that Irish soda bread can be made with out an egg, it's really up to you. However an egg will add a little richness to the soda bread. Feel free to skip it to make a slightly lighter loaf. No other changes necessary, and if eggs are not for you ,simply leave out the egg. Finally  bake until it's golden brown as easy as it gets .

Mrs Doyle's Irish Christmas cakes are made in lots of different ways, all with lots of love and in general they are variations on the old fashioned fruitcake. They are very tasty, and they can be light, dark, a little moist, a little dry, sometimes heavy, and even sometimes spongy . Mrs Doyle's Irish Christmas cakes are made in many different shapes, sometimes with a little with frosting, or a dusting of icing sugar and of course they can be as simple and plain as you like .

So what are the special ingredients and what do they represent? well the  dried fruits in the cake may represent the fantastic eastern spices which the three Wise Men brought to the newborn King! And remember just to make things a little more interesting the fruits are sometimes soaked overnight in Irish whiskey.

 

So what are the ingredients of Mrs Doyle's Christmas  cakes ? ok here it comes , now remember , this cake only tastes great if you enjoy it with friends and family and a nice cup of decent Irish tea for everyone  !

 

My Christmas Cake Ingredients:

100ml  Irish whiskey

quarter of table spoon of ground clove

50g ground almonds

grated rind of 1 lemon & 1 orange

150g  raisins

125g  stoned dates

quarter of a block of real Irish butter

125g sultanas

100g glace cherries

extra butter for greasing

200g soft brown sugar

4 eggs

grated rind of 1 lemon & 1 orange

2 table spoons of black treacle 

225g  plain flour

half a table spoon of salt

1 rounded table spoon of baking powder

1 table spoon of  mixed spice

quarter of teaspoon of  grated nutmeg

 grated nutmeg and a little few teaspoons of Irish whiskey 

 

My Method:

        You should Preheat the oven to 150°C (300°F), around Gas mark.

Now grease a 20cm cake tin and then line it with greaseproof paper. Next wrap some newspaper around the outside of your cake tin with string. This should  help the outside of the cake from going too brown during the cooking and so help it from  drying out.

Now it's time to beat together in a big bowl all that lovely  sugar & butter until its all very creamy. Next  add the eggs, add a little  flour in with each egg, and some treacle and perhaps a few grated fruit rinds and make sure you mix all  for a few minutes.

it's time to stir the flour and baking powder into the bowl of all these lovely soaked fruits and add some salt, some  spices and a few almonds, again stir all of these great ingredients together and mix well.

Now fold the fruit mix into the amazing egg mix, stir it all evenly. Now spoon the mix into the big cake tin, and maybe pull a little bit back in the middle of the cake , this will help as it rises, it will level itself off perfectly.

So Bake in the oven for 3 hours. If it is browning a lot , then cover it loosely with some tin foil. Now cook for another 30 minutes. You will know the cake is ready if you insert a fine skewer into the middle of the cake , and it  comes out clean and really dry.

Now it's time to leave the cake to cool in the tin. 

When the cake is cool, you can remove it from the tin, take off the lining paper, and  wrap it first in clean greaseproof paper and then in tinfoil.

Here is the secret!  do all this in November and each week leading up to Christmas, pour another little bit of your favourite drink over it. This will help the  alcohol to penetrate to the Christmas cake and will make it taste so Irish Go On Go!

here's a hint for the perfect Irish gift to send to some one you love or may be a self gift ? yes go on try a Mrs Doyle's Irish Christmas breakfast hamper for everyone to enjoy with your Christmas cake , you can check out just how good Mrs Doyle's tea is vs Barry's ! no competition at all ! 

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.

 

What is Ayurvedic tea?

Ayurvedic tea is a herbal type of tea that is made from a variety of many herbs. In India Ayurveda is a traditional system of medicine, it has been used for centuries, it works by classifying personalities into one of three categories which are known as doshas. These three are Vata, Pitta, and Kapha personalities and all have individual characteristics. Ayurvedic teas are known by the similar names: Vata tea, Pitta tea, and Kapha tea. Basically Ayurvedic tea is thought to help balance these three doshas and so may help improve health.

The ingredients of Ayurvedic tea

In the ayurvedic system every person will have an overall dosha, so each tea is blended to have a selection of herbs to help balance the dosha. Everyone will also have certain elements of each dosha within them, therefore the teas made with ingredients from other doshas are also good to drink.

What are the common ingredient of the three main types of ayurvedic tea? 

1.0 Vata tea ingredients include cinnamon, fennel, and cloves.

2.0 Pitta tea ingredients include cardamom, fennel, and roses. 

3.0 Kapha tea ingredients include cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, and black pepper.

Also please note all the teas can include licorice and ginger, and other ingredients.

 

Why these ingredients?

The thinking behind the ingredients has been passed down the generations but basically cinnamon is included in Vata tea because it warms the body and it is through to be a good  detoxifier. Fennel is thought to be good for digestion, cloves are considered to be good at fighting infection and also boosting the immune system. Cardamon it is thought helps improve digestion and also it is considered to have a calming effect on the body. Fennel it seems helps to reduce bloating and also calms the body. As for Roses these help boost the immune system. Licorice can be a fantastic ingredient for all three of the main teas as it helps to improve digestion and has anti-inflamtory properties.

 

 

.How do I make Ayurvedic tea ?

There are no real rules or recipe on how to make Ayurvedic teas, as it depends on your own individual dosha. The ingredients are basically simple, and you can find them i most stores. So to start prepare the hot water and warm your teapot, then add each of the ingredients into the teapot and steep for around four to five minutes. To make Kapha tea we use Cloves, ginger, and black pepper as ingredients as they have good detoxifying properties, and they can also help boost the immune system and so fight possible infections.You can use sugar, stevia, or honey, to sweeten the tea or you can leave out the sweetener and also many variations can be taken cold as well as hot.

 

 

Top 6 Benefits of Ayurvedic Tea: 

There are many benefits associated with Ayurvedic tea. Some of the top benefits are said to include:

Digestion & Detoxification

Ayurvedic tea has been used for centuries for aiding digestion and soothing the belly. Many of the ingredients in Ayurvedic tea help with detoxifying your system and also help to boost your immune system, for example cardamom improves digestion, fennel can help to reduce bloating, cinnamon is a good detoxifier, and licorice sooths the belly. Basically all the ingredients help to make an infusion that is really good for digestion and can help improve your gut health.

 

Calming effect

It is thought that Ayurvedic tea has a calming effect on the body, basically the thinking is that herbs and ingredients in Ayurvedic tea may help relax the mind, so helping improve sleep quality and possibly your mood throughout the day. Ingredients like fennel, cardamon and ginger it is thought calm the body and may help to reduce stress levels. 

 

Immune system

We all know that Ayurvedic tea is loaded with antioxidants so the ingredients in Ayurvedic tea are great at helping boost your immune system therefore great at keeping us healthy. For example cloves, black pepper and  ginger all really helpful to boost your immune system.

 

Skin Health

The rain and wind in the UK and Ireland is not easy on the skin so it is important if you do not want to look old before your time that you start on a good system and one of the vital area for healthy young looking skin is what you drink!  The ingredients in Ayurvedic tea can help you look younger ! as they help cleanse your skin. Ayurvedic tea can also be great for your skin as the antioxidants found in Ayurvedic tea can help limit and so deal with  the free radicals that can cause cell damage in your body. Skin that has been damaged will age much quicker that normal therefore it is important to keep your antioxidants topped up .

 

Mental Health

It is thought that the ingredients in Ayurvedic tea may help with maintaining good mental health, as it is felt that the ayurvedic tea can help reduce stress levels in our bodies, possibly by calming the mind, and therefore improving your overall mood. Cardamon, black pepper and Ginger are great ingredient for improving mental health as it seems they contribute to helping reduce stress levels and so calm your mind. As for Black pepper it seems it can help improving concentration! so worth a try!. Remember for good mental health, you must consume the recommended daily value of vitamins and nutrients which you get through a healthy diet form regular meals and foods full of nutrients,  minerals and vitamins, and if you feel you are suffering from depression please go and see your doctor as metal health is so so important for us all 

 

Weight Loss

Many also consider that Ayurvedic tea has the ability to help you loss weight! The ingredients in Ayurvedic tea do support metabolism and help with a healthy gut health. We know that cinnamon is a great ingredient for boosting metabolism and Holy basil is used in Ayurvedic tea and is also good for gut health so helping to improve digestion. If weight loss is what you are trying for then it is also important to make sure you get all the required vitamin, minerals and  nutrients so ayurvedic tea can help you with weight loss but it's just part of the picture , diet and exercise and removing pollutants and stress should not be underestimated ! . all the array of  Vitamins like  B12, vitamin C, vitamin D, and calcium are very important to help lose weight.

Ayurvedic tea and your health

Ayurvedic tea is at heart a combination of herbs and other ingredients that can help in almost every aspect of your overall health. The ingredients in Ayurvedic tea come together to make a herbal infusion that is great for your immune system and for your over all health. It is important to choose carefully the ingredients if you want to blend your own  ayurvedic tea as the quality of the ingredients is important. Poor ingredients will result in a poor tasting and an inferior overall tea, so reducing any benefits to your health, so go on enjoy ayurvedic tea and love life and remember be nice to yourself .

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.

 

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