The Best Gear for Brewing and Drinking Tea

Tea Water Temperature Steep Time Black tea 180° to 212° F 3-5 minutes Herbal tea 212°F 3-5 minutes Green tea 150° to 180° F 2-3 minutes White tea 160° F 2-3 minutes Oolong tea 190° to 200° F 1-5 minutes Pu-erh tea 205° F 3-5 minutes The brewing process differs greatly when making matcha, which …

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Weekly Meal Plan #2 | The Recipe Critic

This website may contain affiliate links and advertising so that we can provide recipes to you. Read my disclosure policy. This weekly meal plan helps you reuse ingredients to make your life easy! If that’s not what meal plans are for then I don’t know what is! Try these recipes that are family favorites! I …

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Makhloota (Chickpeas and Fava Beans With Tahini) Recipe

Why It Works Cooking the chickpeas and fava beans from scratch gives you better texture and a more flavorful broth to work with. Serving the fava beans and chickpeas next to each other rather than mixed together (as is often the case) makes for a more visually appealing presentation without compromising on flavor. The bright …

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How to do Italy in the off season, according to travel specialists

While Italy is never a bad idea per se, there are times when the the high-heeled boot kicks better than others. Those times lie in the off-season, when baking heat compounds not with throngs of crowds, and you, the tourist, find yourself with a touch more cool air to breathe. Between October and April and …

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5 Ways to Turn Focaccia Into a Sweet Treat

Focaccia is undoubtedly having a moment on Instagram, and we’re here for it. While making a homemade batch is easy as can be (see our recipes for basic homemade focaccia, roasted garlic focaccia, and olive-rosemary focacccia), I can’t say I’m always ready to hop off the couch and prep a batch for the oven—fortunately good …

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Free 7 Day Healthy Meal Plan (April 29-May 5)

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. A free 7-day, flexible weight loss meal plan including breakfast, lunch and dinner ideas and a shopping list. All recipes include macros and Weight Watchers points. Free 7 Day Healthy Meal Plan (April 29-May 5) As the days get longer- they also get busier! That can mean being tight on time and needing a …

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The 10 best things to do in Istanbul

Address: (The Spice Bazaar) Mısır Çarşısı, Rüstem Paşa, Erzak Ambarı Sok. No:92, 34116 Fatih/İstanbul; (The Grand Bazaar) Kapali Çarsi, Beyazıt, Kalpakçılar Cd. No:22, 34126 Fatih/İstanbul Istanbul Fish MarketGetty Images 6. Eat the best seafood Oddly, Turkish cuisine remains steadfastly associated with the kebab, when it does seafood so exceptionally well. The plumpest curls of octopus …

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Spicy Margarita Mocktail Recipe

I love festive drinks, but the one I keep returning to again and again is a spicy margarita. I am completely hooked on its balance of tangy, spicy, and sweet with a hint of salt. It hits the perfect combo of flavors. And while tequila is great and all, you don’t really need it. In …

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