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Ozeri Double Wall Thermo Glasses Review

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Ozeri Double Wall Thermo GlassesWhen I lived in Switzerland I used to regularly have hot rosehip tea served in a glass.  It always looked so pretty and appealing, so when I received these Ozeri Double Wall Thermo Glasses for review, that was first on my list of things to try them with.  Here’s my first rosehip tea in a glass that I’ve ever had back home here in Britain and very nice it was too.

The Ozeri Double Wall Thermo Glasses come as a set of four and the glasses are heat and shatter resistant and each holds 8 oz.  They are strong and lightweight and are very easy to hold, thanks to the two opposing mouth-blown dimples that are perfectly placed for your fingers to grip. The double wall design that suspends drinks within an inner wall.  It also keeps your hands cool with hot drinks and you don’t get condensation with chilled drinks either.

I’d say they aren’t just for drinks as I have plans to use mine to hold some Eton Mess.  They have a simple, elegant design that wouldn’t be out of place at a dinner party.  You can pop them in the dishwasher afterwards too.

Update 2026:  I am still using these regularly and they still look great.

Higher Living Teas Review

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Higher Living TeasTea.  I drink cups of it every day. Good quality tea is really one of life’s little luxuries in my eyes, so I was very happy to be offered the chance to try out some of Higher Living’s teas.

Herbal teas make up the majority of my cups of tea through the day.  I was sent Green Tea Chai and Cinnamon Higher Living teas to review.  Green Tea Chai is a lightly spiced tea with cardamon, cinnamon, clove and orange peel.  Cinnamon Spice is described as an aromatic and warming blend of cinnamon, whole fennel seeds, licorice, citrus peel and ginger.

I really enjoyed the Green Tea Chai from Higher Living.  It had the restorative effects of green tea with an extra warmth and depth added by the spices.  It’s a great way to ring the changes slightly if you drink green tea for health reasons and want to spice it up a little.  I’d be happy to buy Green Tea Chai in the future.

The Cinnamon Spice tea was less appealing to me.  I’ve had cinnamon teas before and enjoyed them, so I don’t think it was the cinnamon that was the problem.  In fact, I found that when I was drinking the tea, it had a pleasant taste to start with and it was the last taste in my mouth that was less attractive.  I think this was the liquorice.  I’ve drunk fennel tea and ginger tea in the past and had no problems and I think liquorice is the only flavour present that I haven’t encountered before in teas.  I’m not very keen on liquorice generally, so I think this is down to personal taste.

All the teas are organic and the ingredients are high quality.  The packaging is simple and pretty.  Each teabag is individually wrapped to maintain freshness.