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Blue tea is loaded with antioxidants that have been tied to prevent aging, reduce stress, enhance memory and boost vitality.

While it is a treat to taste so many different teas and learn about their properties and usage, it is the exquisitely-hued blue tea which lingers, forever embedded in my consciousness.

Baby Pillowcase Bow: PS56.95, Monogrammed Linen Shop (www.monogrammedlinenshop.com) THIS classic red and blue tea set would make a lovely stocking-filler - for kids and adults alike!

The roof terrace has blue tea light lanterns and a comfortable rattan suite for enjoying a glass of wine as the sun sets.

Pale blue tea dress, PS49, Holly Willoughby for Very; pink suede shoes, PS79, Dune; yellow bag, PS40, River Island; pink necklace, PS16, Diva at Miss Selfridge

Pale blue tea dress, PS49, Holly Willoughby for Very; pink suede shoes, PS79, Dune; yellow bag, PS40, River Island; pink necklace, PS16, Diva at Miss Selfridge Fashionable and practical, it''s worth investing in a classic belted mac.

Then, "even though she was dressed in a white T-shirt with a blue tea cup and a blue tutu and blue bow, she still insisted that her name was Gentry Claire Lumpkin and not Alice!" says Shanna.

New Leaf, whose best-selling summer flavors have been Green Tea with Plum, White Tea with Strawberry and Blue Tea with Lemon, has three new lemonade varieties coming out this month - Homemade, Black Cherry and Strawberry - along with a "half-and-half" iced tea lemonade the company calls "the Tiger." "I expect that the lemonades will work very well this summer and may get to the top three [best-selling flavors]," notes Skae, adding that New Leaf's sales from 2008 to 2009 grew by more than 40 percent.

"Accessorise with pretty corsage detail peep-toe shoes." TRY Per Una paint flower prom dress, pounds 49.50; Dorothy Perkins yellow floral dress, pounds 35; Marks and Spencer 40s blue tea dress, pounds 49.50.

Eva Folmer attempts to read the tea leaves about a beverage and supplement that is steaming hot: blue tea."

Give hanging lights a festive kick with blue tea candles, then suspend them by replacing their hanging chains with red and white ribbon.

"They can call it Blue Tea, Aspalathus linearis (the scientific name) or anything else.

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Royal Blue Tea Company has raised the bar even higher with their fresh brewed tea bottled in wine bottles.

They wore smoky blue tea length chiffon silk dresses accentuated with moss aquamarine gemstone earrings created by Alice Word Artisan Jewelry.