Author Archives for Melanie Mitzner

Green is the New Black for Mother’s Day


There are a lot of green and groovy mothers out there who go wild over tea.  Try two exceptional organic artisan green teas that they’ll adore - Emerald Flower Power and Jade Rings.
Emerald Flower Power is a beautifully hand rolled green tea, organically grown and sewn by artisans. An amaranth sphere bursts forth from the […]

A Night to Remember (Or Forget)


I’m always writing about the health benefits of tea. Now it’s time for a little recreation. On those wintry nights, a good shot of infused vodka keeps you warm inside. Try this one for a little Valentine’s rush!
Absolute Tea
About 2 cups
2 cups Absolut vodka
5 to 6 teaspoons (suggest Groovy Mind loose-leaf black tea (Assam, Earl Grey […]

What Do Yogis, Exercise Freaks, Pregnant Women and Colicky Babies Have in Common?


Red tea, that is African Red Bush or Roobois, grown in the Cedarberg Mountains of South Africa is a delicious, robust yet gentle herbal tea power packed with electrolytes - zinc, manganese, alpha-hydroxy, magnesium, copper, iron, potassium, calcium — and vitamin C.
Great for replenishing electrolytes after a vigorous workout and to boost iron levels in […]

The Amazing Health Benefits of White Tea


Buddhist monks brought the first seeds of the tea plant to Japan from China in the eighth century A.D. after discovering that it kept them from falling asleep during meditation. Compressed tea became a form of currency in Asia by the 10th century. It wasn’t until the early 1600s that Dutch traders brought tea to […]

Melanie Mitzner

BIO Melanie Mitzner received her B.A., cum laude, in French Drama, from the University of Georgia. She studied screenwriting at New York University, the New School and privately under screenwriter Meade Roberts, who adapted for the screen Tennessee Williams’ plays SUMMER AND SMOKE and THE FUGITIVE KIND. Most recently she completed her play IMPALA SUICIDE, a political satire. She’s written five novels, her last work, entitled “I” about an inextricable triangle between an intersexual, the surgeon who reassigned h/er and his therapist wife with whom s/he falls in love. Her novel SLOW REVEAL was a finalist in the Heekin Foundation Fellowships. She received an Edward Albee Fellowship for her screenplay ZERO GRAVITY and was a finalist in the Writers Guild East Foundation Fellowships for her screenplay DODGE AND BURN. Her screenplays IN THE NAME OF LOVE and OUT TO LUNCH were finalists in the Houston Film Festival Screenwriting competition. Her play PERSONAL EFFECTS received a fellowship from the M.E.T. Theater in New York. A staged reading was produced at Vail Leavitt Theater in Riverhead, NY. Her short fiction has been published in quarterlies, zines and anthologies. She has performed readings of her work at Border Books and various venues and fundraisers in New York and on the North Fork of Long Island. As a journalist, she has written articles for THE WINE SPECTATOR, HAMPTON COUNTRY, BACKSTAGE, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, BROADCAST WEEK and MILLIMETER, among other publications. In 2005, she launched www.thegroovymind.com with her partner Nicke Gorney to further the movements of environmental sustainability and social responsibility through the promotion and sale of high quality organic, Fair Trade and eco-friendly goods, with a particular emphasis on business and personal green gifting.