// return all tea names from db
        public string GetTeaNames()
        {
            try
            {
                TeastoreDataModel db = new TeastoreDataModel();

                string allnames = "";

                var allteasnames = db.Teas.Select(d => d.Name);

                foreach (string name in allteasnames)
                {
                    allnames = allnames + name + ", ";
                }
                // to remove space and comma at the end of the string

                allnames = allnames.TrimEnd(' ', ',');

                return(allnames);
            }
            catch (ArgumentNullException e)
            {
                return("No teas in the database now.");
            }

            catch (Exception e)
            {
                return("Error: " + e.Message);
            }
        }
        // get tea details by name
        public string GetTeaInfo(string teaName)
        {
            try
            {
                TeastoreDataModel db = new TeastoreDataModel();

                Tea tea = db.Teas.Where(d => d.Name == teaName).FirstOrDefault();

                return(tea.ToString());
            }
            catch (ArgumentNullException e)
            {
                return("No such tea name exists in the database.");
            }

            catch (Exception e)
            {
                return("Error: " + e.Message);
            }
        }
        // return all entries
        public List <Tea> GetAllTeas()
        {
            TeastoreDataModel db = new TeastoreDataModel();

            return(db.Teas.ToList());
        }