Cup of Sunshine
Tea House & Cafe
Welcome to Cup of Sunshine Tea House & Cafe !
Sunshine Immune Support... Mary’s own recipe starts with a fresh from scratch, vegan-based stock... a variety of herbs and spices, all simmered together for just the perfect amount of time to unlock all the nutrients from the veggies,. It is then strained twice. Fresh, raw garlic, is pureed added at the end. There is more than a clove in the small, more than 2 cloves in the large. The body’s immune system loves the garlic’s natural reinforcement and you will love the way this delicious recipe warms right through the body straight to the soul. It can also substitute for a light lunch as it is very satisfying. sm--$3.99 lg--$5.99
Sunny Warming Ginger Tea-- Mary uses fresh ginger root cooked just the right amount of time to get all the gingery goodness. After being carefully strained, she adds a splash of orange juice, (not from concentrate), a dash of lemon juice and just enough honey and stevia to sweeten to perfection...warms you from the inside out. -- $3.99
Build Your Own Smoothie--(vegan - no sugar added) choose 1 of the following…vanilla soymilk, cocoa soymilk, organic apple juice. Choose as many as desired… banana, peach, strawberry, raspberry, mango, pineapple, honey dew. -- $4.99
What About Tea?
Tea is harvested after each flush - the sprouting of the top two leaves and bud. The top two leaves and bud are hand plucked and then processed into any of the four types of tea, which are Black, Green, Oolong, and White. Black tea is withered, fully oxidized and dried. Black tea yields a hearty, amber-colored brew. Green tea skips the oxidizing step. It is simply withered and then dried. It has a more delicate taste and is pale green / golden in color. Oolong tea, popular in China, is withered, partially oxidized, and dried. Oolong is a cross between black and green tea in color and taste. White tea is the least processed. A very rare tea from China, White tea is not oxidized or rolled, but simply withered and dried by steaming. The main chemical substances in tea are essential oils, caffeine, and polyphenols (mistakenly known by many people as tannins). The essential oils give us the aroma of the tea, the caffeine stimulates the central nervous system, and the polyphenols account for the much publicized antioxidant and anti-disease properties. Tea is not to be confused with herbal infusions. Herbal infusions are packaged like tea, infused like tea, and enjoyed like tea, however the herbs do not come from the camellia sinensis bush and therefore are not teas. Herbal infusions are made of grasses like lemongrass, barks like cinnamon, fruits like orange peel, flowers like chamomile and hibiscus, and many other botanicals. Regular infusions fail to deliver all the mineral richness locked into many common herbs. A cup of nettle brewed normally, for instance, contains only 5-10 mg of calcium, while a cup of nettle infused for 6-10 hours contains up to 500 mg of calcium.
I use only water filtered by reverse osmosis in all my teas. I have raw sugar, honey, stevia, refined sugar, as well as the dreaded pink, blue or yellow packets of artificial sweetener t o sweeten to your perfection. All teas come hot, I can ice any single serving tea for $1 more , I must use twice the tea to compensate for the melting ice. Sorry, no free refills.
Always Brewed...No Waiting (no extra to ice)
16 oz. Cup of Coffee--$1.59 16 oz. Cold Black Tea--$1.59 16 oz. Cold Green Tea--$1.79
Tea & Herbal Infusion Bags... $1.59
Teas Herbals
Awake Black Cherry Berry
BerryblossomWhite Breathe Easy
Black Tea Eater's Digest
Chinese Green Tea Echinacea
Earl Grey Nettle
French Vanilla Peppermint
Green Tea Rosehips
Green Tea (energy) Sleepytime
GreenTea (mixed berry) Tension Tamer
GreenTea (pomegranate) Throat Compfort
Zen Wild Sweet Orange
Loose Leaf Teas & Herbal Infusions...$1.99
Teas Herbals
Chocolate BloodOrange
Cinnamon Catnip
Oriental Spice Chamomile
Oolong
Chrysanthemum
Yerba Mate Peppermint Chai
Tea -- $2.99 (no extra to ice)
Green Chai
Cocoa
Chai
Vanillia Chai
Organic Chai Loose Leaf Teas From China
Chinese Green Tea Chinese Oolong Tea Chinese Metal Buddha Tea
1 0 Hour Infusions
Hot or Cold... $3.99
Yerba Mate Nettle
Teas & Herbals Are Also Available by the Pot
Chinese Pot (serves 1-2)--$3.50 Big Pot (serves 3 or more)--$7.50
Teas & Herbals Are Also Available by the Iced Pitcher
Small Pitcher (serves 1-2)--$7.50 Large Pitcher (serves 3 or more)---$9.99
Other Drinks
Hot Cocoa (made from scratch, not an envelope; can be vegan) -- $1.99
Bottled water -- $1.00
Water filtered by reverse osmosis -- $.25
Coke or Mountian Dew -- $1.00
Jones Soda (no high fructose) -- $1.50
Organic Soymilk (vanilla) -- $1.00
Organic Apple Juice or Orange Juice -- $1.00
