ANY WAY YOU SIP IT
Author Mimi Kirk helps you ‘Tea-Vitalize’ your life. Story: Victoria Schlabig
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t age 70, Mimi Kirk became PETA’s first-ever “Sexiest Vegetarian Over 50.” Now 81, Mimi credits her youthfulness to her healthy lifestyle. Not only is she a vegetarian, but she also stays active with Pilates and drinks three full jars of her homemade cold brew tea every day. She believes tea is an even better way to get your daily water intake, and it tastes great, too. Before publishing “Tea-Vitalize: Cold Brew Teas and Herbal Infusions to Refresh and Rejuvenate” in 2019, Mimi had previously published a small book about hydration and water and a recipe book about vegan dog food. Her publishers proposed a second book about hydration, but she started considering teas instead and what makes them unique. Mimi has always preferred tea over coffee and got hooked on cold brew tea once she discovered it. She ended up writing “Tea-Vitalize,” and her publishers loved it. It’s the favorite book she’s written, too, because of the many benefits of tea. “It changed my skin when I started drinking it. It tasted so good, it helped me hydrate myself better than just trying to force myself to drink water,” Mimi says. “It’s so delicious, you drink it down like it would be a soft drink, you love it so much.” She did a lot of experimenting with different teas while writing her book, and as she saw her skin improving, she got even more excited. People who were drinking her teas told her they were losing weight because they were