An annual favorite on About Coffee / Tea, this iced, blended matcha green tea recipe is easy to make and can be adapted into a vegan recipe, an alcoholic drink or a large-batch recipe. Learn to make your own blended matcha lattes with this step-by-step Summer Green Tea Latte tutorial, plus check out more iced green tea latte recipes below.

• Iced Tropical Ginger Matcha Latte Recipe
• Frozen Tropical Matcha Latte Recipe

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Have you ever wondered when and where people first started drinking coffee? There are several different legends and historical records surrounding how coffee consumption began, as well as where coffee plants originated. Check out myths and histories surrounding the origin of coffee in Ethiopia and Yemen with my new article on origin of coffee.

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Those of you who read About.com Coffee / Tea often will know that I have a fondness for a good tea kettle. You may have seen my reviews of feature-laden electric kettles like Breville's Variable Temperature Tea Kettle, Adagio's UtiliTEA Water Kettle, Imperial Tea Court's Programmable Temperature Kettle and Krups' BW 500 Tea Kettle. Most of these are great kettles -- ones I would gladly use on a regular basis. However, there's also something beautiful about the simplicity of a basic, old-fashioned, well-designed stovetop kettle. And that's where OXO's Uplift Tea Kettle comes in.

From its look to its functionality, OXO's Uplift Kettle is a classic stovetop tea kettle. It's easy to use and easy on the eyes, a mix that I love (especially given that one of my college degrees is in design... I am all about form meets function!). Learn more in my OXO Uplift Kettle review or, if you've used this kettle before, add your thoughts on it to the comments below or in the user reviews section.

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Chagra is tea, but it isn't just any old tea. In a way, it's a particular type of old tea. But it's totally unlike pu-erh or aged oolong. You probably wouldn't want to drink it, but it does have plenty of other uses, both traditional an contemporary.

OK, enough with the enigmatic statements! If you want to learn about chagra, check out my new chagra definition. Enjoy!

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