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Green Tea N oa Fridmark, the founder of about the effects of his ingredients, all of which
Relaxation Noa Relaxation, left a high- are cited on his website.
powered career to find peace Green tea stimulates the brain in the same way
on an island in the Stockholm as yoga. What effect then, we wonder, will Noa
archipelago. Since then, he claims to have have on the brain, given the fact that just one
captured the relaxation he experienced there bottle has the equivalent amount of green tea
in drinkable liquid form, using the ubiquitous extract that you would get in 15 regular cups
active ingredients of lemon balm and green tea. of the stuff?
He backs up his research with scientific studies

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ant great espresso You control the pressure using the manual
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be done right – like putting a vinyl record on choices not limited by capsules or pods. The
the turntable, setting up the arm, checking accompanying stainless-steel manual milk
the speed, and being rewarded with the sound frother makes rich foam for that perfect
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Rich, classic espresso is made with this hands- tamper/measuring scoop - great for at home
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