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Is your tea toxic? Did you know that tea, a seemingly healthy beverage, can contain toxic heavy metals, high levels of pesticides, mold and more?! What’s more is that teabags themselves can contain microplastics, forever chemicals, carcinogens! In this episode, we’re spilling the tea…on tea! Learn how conventional tea can be problematic and how to avoid these pitfalls while sipping on tea that supports your wellness goals! 

In this episode, we interview Tea Blending Master Kim McHugh of True Leaf Tea and McHugh Tea Room and Gifts. Kim shares her wealth of knowledge on the health benefits of tea, brewing secrets to make a great cup every time, and how to incorporate more tea into your life. Plus we share the exciting release of our much anticipated Naturally Nourished Tea line and include a special discount code for podcast listeners! 

Also in this episode: 

• LAST CALL to join 12 Week Food as Medicine Ketosis Program for January 2024
• Announcing the Naturally Nourished Tea Line! Use code NNTEA10 for 10% off your first tea order! Excludes subscriptions and bundles
  • You Glow Girl: Organic Rooibos and Hibiscus
  • Flower Power Green: Organic Jasmine Green Tea with chamomile, rose, lavender and bachelor’s button
  • Boss Mode: Biodynamic Assam Tea with rose and lavender
  • Bundle of all 3 (save 12%) 
• Favorite Tea Brewing Tools
  • Breville tea kettle
  • Cuisinart with time and temperature 
  • Tea pincer
  • For life tea mug
• Health Benefits of Tea
  • Matcha Green Smoothie
• More on Kim & True Leaf Tea
  • Trueleaftea.com

More about Kim McHugh: 

Kim McHugh is the first Certified Tea Blending Master in the state of Texas and one of only a handful of Certified Tea Masters nationwide.  She has certifications from The Specialty Tea Institute and the American Tea Master Association. This love affair with tea was sparked by a series of life changing events and a devotion to learning, blending and tasting teas for over a decade. In 2013 she opened the first tea room in Bellaire, Texas, McHugh Tea Room and Gifts offering over 65 organic teas from around the world as well as tea-