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Ice Cream Flavor

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Ice cream flavors are all over the place, you will find that flavors are really up to the imagination of the producer. The classic flavors of vanilla and chocolate are the most common to find in stores but don’t be surprised to find others that stretch the taste buds beyond the normal of flavors. Ice Cream flavors such as pumpkin sound weird but really go pretty good together with the right brand. The famous marshmallow and chocolate is an acquired taste but nevertheless has a huge following.

But sometimes what really matters is how the brand adds the flavor to the ice cream. Are the ingredients artificial flavors or natural flavors? Are they fresh or are the ingredients older and cheaper?

To get a better idea of the ingredients next time you buy a quart of ice cream look at the ingredients on the container. Some will clearly indicate that there are “no artificial flavors” while other will let you know directly that there are artificial flavorings. Even if you pick up a brand that indicates “All Natural” be sure to look at that ingredient list to verify that indeed it is a natural product.

 

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Green Tea and Black Tea Flavors

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One of the nice things about tea, is that it can come in almost any flavor you can imagine. Tea comes in all flavors including many herbs, fruits, or spices for example; there is Almond Tea, Amaretto Tea, Apricot Tea, Banana Tea, Blackberry Tea, Blueberry Tea, Caramel Tea, Chai Tea, Chocolate Tea, Lemon Tea, Mint Tea, Orange Tea, Honey Tea, Passion Fruit tea, French Vanilla Tea, and the list goes on and on….

But lets stop talking about the exotic tea flavors, and mention two of the most common tea flavors you’re likely to encounter, they include:

Green Tea – Green tea has it’s roots going back thousands of years, and is often accredited as the world’s first drink containing caffeine. The tea leaves come from a particular plant called the Camellia sinensis which come mostly from China.

Black Tea – Tea is the second most commonly drunk drink – second to water – and with all the flavors, you can certainly see why. Black tea is typically associated with Europeans who preferred the darker stronger taste of the tea leaves. In the early years of the tea distribution to Europe of the Black Tea they got came from India and a couple of other countries.