Dee Dee Tea

[clevermanka]

Well this is upsetting. 'Dangerously high pesticide levels' found in Celestial Seasonings teas. Note: the Examiner website has an auto-loading audio advertisement.

Guess what I was drinking when I read this article (thanks, shanmonster, for the link to the news story). I'm not sure what to do with all my unopened boxes of Celestial Seasonings teas. None of them, btw, were the ones tested. So it could go either way on if they're in the Dangerously High category.

I sometimes joke about how eventually I'll wind up not being able to eat anything except that which I grow myself. Sometimes that joke is funnier than other times.

Update and related to nothing above (unless you feel like stretching things and making some sort of tea comment), I just saw this picture of Cumberbatch on pennswoods's Tumblr. Those of you who know me in real life: Is this or is this not my expression 99% of the time when dealing with The World.

Comments

[shrijani.livejournal.com]

While it is not precisely accurate in terms of definition, I now hereby rename them Pestilential Seasonings.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

omg, that is AWFUL. And you are so careful about what you ingest. :(

I am more and more on board with the idea that if it has a label of any kind the food is suspect. Because really: HAIN?

I started making my own almond milk. Man, is it good. The trick is finding unpasteurized nuts that I can actually afford.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

if it has a label of any kind the food is suspect. Because really: HAIN?

I KNOW.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I find a lot of mine here (http://fuckyeahreactions.tumblr.com/).

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

OH I LOVE THIS SO!!

[kazoogrrl.livejournal.com]

I tend not to drink their teas because I don't like the flavors, but seriously? WTF! I'm going a Whole30 with a couple of friends and I seriously stood in the tea aisle at my supermarket for, oh, 10 or 15 minutes reading labels. I need to get to our local natural foods store and go wild.

From the teas listed in the comments, I have enjoyed Numi and Mountain Rose Herbals. My cafe gets loose teas from Divinitea in NY state. I don't have any data on the production but I bet they'd respond (in time, it's a tiny company) to questions about their teas. When they started it was all green/black/white teas and then they added herbal and flavored teas because of customer demand (the original trio are their passion).

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Apparently, reading labels isn't enough anymore. ASSHATS.

I hope your Whole30 is a great success! Keep me posted, okay?

[anomali.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing the info about CS. I just received my latest shipments of their chamomile and white honey vanilla chai. Neither of these are listed either, but I will be canceling my subscription. After reading that report, my trust in Hain Celestial is nil. I will no longer buy any of their products. Their venal hypocrisy
makes me hopping mad!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

You're welcome for the bad news. =/

[miischelle.livejournal.com]

You can always eat the food I grow!!!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

With relish! =D

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I think I have a few pix of you with that very same expression. We used to call it "pissy face" but I think of it more the way you do.

So glad most of my teas aren't CS anymore. Have you seen the ones that the Merc has in the bulk section? I like to think we can trust them.. I hope.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I haven't looked at the bulk teas because most of the time I'm drinking my tea at the office. Unbagged tea is just so messy when one doesn't have a sink with a good drain.

I think I have a few pix of you with that very same expression.

Awesome!

[hdsqrl.livejournal.com]

Well, hell. Time to dump out half my tea stash. Thanks for the heads up!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Condolences and you're welcome.

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

Yikes. Time to clean out the stash in my cupboard. :/

(as if I resent an opportunity to buy new tea, anyway. Twinings is THE SHIT.)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I always loved Twining's Earl Grey, and I hear they have an herbal line of products, now!

[julii-wolfe.livejournal.com]

This tea news sucks so hardcore that I am sharing your default facial expression between you, me, Benedict, and the roommate. I love my herbal teas. Why so harsh with the pesticides, Celestial? Why?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

*angry fistbump*

Let me know what brand(s) you like as replacements. I've tried a couple Tulsi (http://www.organicindia.com/organic-tulsi-teas.php) teas that are okay. Heavenly Hip Hibiscus (http://www.nowfoods.com/Foods/Real-Tea/Products/087351.htm) is a tasty replacement for the Zingers. I think I like it more, actually.

[zitronenhai.livejournal.com]

While it is not precisely accurate in terms of definition, I now hereby rename them Pestilential Seasonings.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

omg, that is AWFUL. And you are so careful about what you ingest. :(

I am more and more on board with the idea that if it has a label of any kind the food is suspect. Because really: HAIN?

I started making my own almond milk. Man, is it good. The trick is finding unpasteurized nuts that I can actually afford.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

if it has a label of any kind the food is suspect. Because really: HAIN?

I KNOW.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I find a lot of mine here (http://fuckyeahreactions.tumblr.com/).

[kazoogrrl.livejournal.com]

I tend not to drink their teas because I don't like the flavors, but seriously? WTF! I'm going a Whole30 with a couple of friends and I seriously stood in the tea aisle at my supermarket for, oh, 10 or 15 minutes reading labels. I need to get to our local natural foods store and go wild.

From the teas listed in the comments, I have enjoyed Numi and Mountain Rose Herbals. My cafe gets loose teas from Divinitea in NY state. I don't have any data on the production but I bet they'd respond (in time, it's a tiny company) to questions about their teas. When they started it was all green/black/white teas and then they added herbal and flavored teas because of customer demand (the original trio are their passion).

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Apparently, reading labels isn't enough anymore. ASSHATS.

I hope your Whole30 is a great success! Keep me posted, okay?

[anomali.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing the info about CS. I just received my latest shipments of their chamomile and white honey vanilla chai. Neither of these are listed either, but I will be canceling my subscription. After reading that report, my trust in Hain Celestial is nil. I will no longer buy any of their products. Their venal hypocrisy
makes me hopping mad!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

You're welcome for the bad news. =/

[miischelle.livejournal.com]

You can always eat the food I grow!!!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

With relish! =D

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I think I have a few pix of you with that very same expression. We used to call it "pissy face" but I think of it more the way you do.

So glad most of my teas aren't CS anymore. Have you seen the ones that the Merc has in the bulk section? I like to think we can trust them.. I hope.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I haven't looked at the bulk teas because most of the time I'm drinking my tea at the office. Unbagged tea is just so messy when one doesn't have a sink with a good drain.

I think I have a few pix of you with that very same expression.

Awesome!

[hdsqrl.livejournal.com]

Well, hell. Time to dump out half my tea stash. Thanks for the heads up!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Condolences and you're welcome.

[alryssa.livejournal.com]

Yikes. Time to clean out the stash in my cupboard. :/

(as if I resent an opportunity to buy new tea, anyway. Twinings is THE SHIT.)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I always loved Twining's Earl Grey, and I hear they have an herbal line of products, now!

[julii-wolfe.livejournal.com]

This tea news sucks so hardcore that I am sharing your default facial expression between you, me, Benedict, and the roommate. I love my herbal teas. Why so harsh with the pesticides, Celestial? Why?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

*angry fistbump*

Let me know what brand(s) you like as replacements. I've tried a couple Tulsi (http://www.organicindia.com/organic-tulsi-teas.php) teas that are okay. Heavenly Hip Hibiscus (http://www.nowfoods.com/Foods/Real-Tea/Products/087351.htm) is a tasty replacement for the Zingers. I think I like it more, actually.