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Draining cold herbal teas: how to make them with cold maceration Cold Brew Summer is around the corner, but we don't want to give up the taste and benefits of herbal tea. The perfect solution is to use excellent cold draining herbal teas. What could be better than a refreshing drink that also helps eliminate toxins? A draining cold herbal tea can help us eliminate excess fluids and feel better, as it is an excellent remedy to promote the elimination of excess fluids and counteract water retention. Let's not forget about the dreaded 'swimsuit test' that is looming and that, let's say it, many..

Cold herbal teas, a refreshing remedy for summer Face the summer and discover our recipes for cold herbal teas and cold teas The heat has arrived, our desire for a refreshing drink increases, and for some, the desire to prepare hot tea definitely decreases, even though in warmer countries than ours, people continue to drink hot beverages (but we will see this in a future article). The solution, therefore, is cold teas and cold herbal teas. Cold herbal teas can indeed provide us with a significant supply of minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, in this season where we notoriously lose them abunda..

How to Make Homemade Iced Tea with Three Different Infusion Methods As summer approaches, iced tea is the ideal way to enjoy our favorite drink even on the hottest and sunniest days. Even the most devoted hot tea lovers are forced to reduce their intake during the summer, moving towards iced tea, a much more refreshing and season-appropriate beverage. Making iced tea at home is very simple: there is no need to buy industrial iced teas from various brands at the supermarket, rich in added sugars, preservatives, and artificial flavors, and made with tea of dubious quality. In this article, we w..

How to make cold brew tea by "recycling" our winter tea supplies As the warm season approaches, the consumption of tea and herbal teas decreases, and we find ourselves with a pantry full of many teas and herbal teas that we don't feel like drinking and that will reappear in the fall. To easily consume them and not carry over winter residues, to always experiment with new methods and frontiers, we recommend having fun trying the COLD BREW method with the teas and herbal teas you still have in your pantry. Cold Brew means cold maceration The Cold Brew method for tea and cold herbal teas consi..

3 Recipes with Sichuan Pepper How to use Sichuan pepper? Recipes? Where to use it in the kitchen? Are there sweet recipes with Sichuan pepper? These are just some of the questions about Sichuan pepper that our customers often ask us both in the store and through our social media pages. It is indeed not easy to find information about Sichuan pepper, recipes and how to use it. Therefore, we have decided to share with you 3 simple recipes that enhance the unique aroma of this Chinese pepper and show you how to use it in the kitchen. Recipe 1 - SALMON CARPACCIO WITH SICHUAN PEPPER Ingredients ..

DO YOU WANT TO FLAVOR YOUR COCKTAILS WITH A TOUCH OF ORIGINALITY? WE INTRODUCE YOU TO CUBEBA PEPPER! The Cubebe Pepper or "Piper cubeba", also known as Java pepper, belonging to the Piperaceae family, originally comes from Indonesia, but today it is more easily cultivated in the subtropical area. Its aroma resembles that of pepper, although it has a more minty and citrusy hint. A bit of history... The first evidence of cubebe dates back to 300 B.C., when Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher and botanist, tells of a spice, the "komakon" (cubebe, according to the reconstructions of two French hi..

The Black Lime or Omani Lumi is now part of the catalog of spices for bartenders and mixology available from Terza Luna. Like many spices, it also has different names: smoked black lime, smoked black lemon, loomi, or Omani lumi. Black Lime: ancient origins It is an ancient fruit of Persian origins, very common in Middle Eastern cuisine, widely used in the kitchens of these countries, especially in Iraq and Iran, thanks to its very particular notes. In Iran, for example, along with pistachio, it is one of the most used spices. It is basically a dehydrated lime that, through a particular proce..

Spring is approaching! Here are some natural remedies to combat spring asthenia Feeling spring fatigue? Weariness? Fatigue? Read here! An explosion of colors, the warmth of the sun, the regeneration of nature... it's the return of Spring! However, with it comes that weariness, that feeling of generalized fatigue, the typical spring asthenia. 'Astenos', for the ancient Greeks, was indeed the condition of 'being without strength', and that's exactly how we feel in the first of the four seasons. Spring asthenia: symptoms and how to recognize it But what happens, then? What are the symptoms of..

HOW TO BURN INCENSE IN GRAINS? Discover the tips from Terza Luna and our sale of pure grain incense and resins Grain incense is the oldest and most original form of incense, but how do you burn these resin incenses? There are 2 methods: With charcoal (more intense diffusion) With a candle diffuser (more delicate diffusion) CHECK OUT OUR SELECTION OF INCENSE IN GRAINS DIFFUSION WITH CHARCOAL The charcoal for grain incense that you find inside the incense sale online at Terza Luna produces a very strong heat and does not release unpleasant odors harmful to health. The charcoal..

Cocktails with Spices and Tea made by bartenders for bartenders The selection of the top 10 drinks with tea and spices made in bartender challenges For some years now, the trend of cocktails with tea, spices, herbal teas, and cold tea has been growing significantly, and every respectable bartender includes among their recipes cocktails based on spices and fine teas, along with a rich selection of cocktail spices carefully researched over time with patience and dedication. Mixology lends itself to the intense flavors of spices and the delicate notes of loose-leaf tea, which is why cocktails w..

RECIPES: STAR ANISE LIQUEUR Ingredients 400g of 95° alcohol 50g of star anise 10g of coriander, a cinnamon peel 3 cloves a vanilla pod half a lemon peel 350g of sugar 400g of water. Preparation Let the spices and the thinly sliced lemon peel macerate with the alcohol, inside a hermetically sealed jar for 20 days, not in the kitchen, but in a dark and cool place, shaking the jar containing the star anise twice a day. After the time has passed, dissolve the sugar in cold water, stirring for a long time with a spoon; then add the syrup obtained to the alcohol and le..

PREPARATION HENNA PREPARATION HENNA How is henna applied? Terza Luna online shop offers quality henna, the same type of henna used in tattooing, making it safe and effective on dyed, bleached, highlighted, sun-kissed, straightened, and permed hair. Some tips for the best application of henna on hair. Mix the henna with lemon juice until you get a paste with the thick consistency of mashed potatoes. Bottled lemon juice works just as well as squeezing many lemons by hand. If the skin is sensitive to lemon and you feel itching after using henna, use orange juice, grape juice, or a less a..

10 Ways to Use Cacao Nibs in Your Diet What are now known as cacao nibs are nothing more than pieces of raw cacao beans. We have talked about the properties of cacao in a previous article, so today we will see how to use this product in our recipes, cocktails, smoothies, and much more. Let's discover together 10 ways to use cacao nibs in our diet: Green juices or extracts. Just add a spoonful at the end. Oatmeal cookies with cacao nibs Pudding with chia seeds, fruit, and cacao nibs. Prepare the pudding with plant-based milk, add chia seeds the night before so they thicken. Put i..

What is spirulina algae? Spirulina algae is one of those new foods that are becoming increasingly popular in recent times, let's see why: Although, out of habit and simplicity, we call it "algae", in reality it belongs to the class of Cyanobacteria. The Arthrospira Platensis is a unicellular organism that obtains energy through photosynthesis, just like plants and common algae. Like all Cyanobacteria, it thrives in very particular environmental conditions: it lives in the warm and salty waters of certain tropical lakes, especially those with a high alkaline concentration. Among the few lakes ..