The perfect cream tea

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THERE are hundreds of ways to assemble a cream tea, but no clear rules on what works best. Not that it doesn’t matter. Don’t imagine that a cream tea is just a frivolous summer treat to enjoy in the garden. It is a serious thing, one that recently prompted sparks to fly between Cornwall and Devon as both counties claim ownership. Each says the cream tea is its own speciality. Meanwhile, dairy farmers, bakers, tea growers and jam-makers across the country have their own ideas about how it should be put together. Some things are clear: Time should be set aside for this mid-afternoon feast and only the finest ingredients should be used. Almost everything else is up for debate.


The tea Although it takes only 36 hours from plant to cup, the process is labour intensive. First the leaves are hand-plucked by a team of a dozen or so tea-pickers — they take the top two leaves and the bud, leaving the rest of the plant. Then the leaves are left on withering racks to go dry and floppy before being hand-rolled. Most of what we drink in Britain has been rolled by machine, but some prefer the time-honoured method of doing it between your palms — it takes one person half an hour to roll a couple of kilos of tea. It ruptures the leaves better, releasing the chemicals so that they can react with each other. Hand-rolled tea has the best flavour. Finally the leaves are left out to be oxidised for a few hours, then dried at a low temperature in an electric oven.

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Unreasonably Hot Tea

A woman is suing Starbucks for serving “unreasonably hot” tea, causing her second degree burns.

Use Denture Cleaning Tablets to Clean Tea Kettles

If you're faced with hard-to-reach stubborn mineral buildup and stains inside your tea kettle, a few denture cleaning tabs can help get your carafe sparkling clean.
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Confused protestors boycott NY-based AriZona Iced Tea

Arizona’s controversial new immigration law has activists and politicians calling for a boycott of the state’s products, and one geographically unrelated company has been caught in the crossfire.

In their zeal to stick it to the state, people are now refusing to buy AriZona Iced Tea. Despite the name, boycotters are overlooking one key fact: the company is actually based in New York. Call it a case of mistaken identity.



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British Military Tea

The tea that has fired up British troops for battle since 1921 went on general sale to civilians for the first time on Monday.

NAAFI, the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes, launched NAAFI Break tea in 80 supermarkets.

Fifty pence from the sale of every box goes to the Help for Heroes charity, which assists wounded service personnel returning from Afghanistan.




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Victoria Beckham drinks tea for weight loss

Known for her trendy diets, Victoria Beckham is on a new diet. Drinking tea for weight loss, Beckham is reportedly sipping Pu-erh tea to lose weight and keep her slimline figure.

Green Tea And Depression

A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that green tea may lessen the effects of depression for elderly men and women who drink the beverage daily.

Kind Of Funny

I Drink Tea, and Yes, I Am Totally Less of a Man

Tea For Health

In her book, Green Tea: The Natural Secret For A Healthier Life, Nadine Taylor writes that green tea had been used as medicine in China for at least 4,000 years. Today, scientific research in both Asia and the West is providing hard evidence for the health benefits long associated with green tea.

Glaucoma and other eye problems can be helped by green tea

A possibility of cure for Glaucoma and other eye ailments can be aided by green tea. Researchers in Hong Kong have found that it may be a possibility that eye diseases can be treated by consumption of green tea.

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Tea In A Tube

The Tea Tube Infuser by RSVP International is constructed of stainless steel and polycarbonate plastic. The perforations on the tube allow for full 360-degree infusing. With the elongated shape of the tube, loose-leaf tea has more area exposed to hot water than that of a spherical steeper.

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Make Your Tea With A Yellow Submarine

The TeaSub is a cool little submarine made of silicone. It submerges your tea leaves, and it looks kind of cool.
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Tea For Health

The next time you drink to your health, you may want to grab a cup of tea. It is a healthful and refreshing drink, and green tea in particular provides antioxidants. Studies performed on these antioxidants indicate that they may be beneficial in contributing to the prevention of certain cancers and may assist in lowering cholesterol and blood pressure and possibly fighting off the flu.

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Green Tea Extract May Treat Uterine Fibroids

An extract from green tea may be useful in treating uterine fibroids, a condition that affects 25%-30% of U.S. women, new research indicates.
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Can Hot Tea Give You Cancer?

Can Hot Tea Give You Cancer?

Don’t drink your tea hot. Your morning cuppa has to be had lukewarm. Drinking hot tea makes you four times more prone to cancer of the oesophagus, or food pipe, says a study conducted by the Tata Memorial Hospital.

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Tips on brewing the perfect cup of tea

Eastern civilizations (think China, not the Maritimes) have known for thousands of years that tea is great for body and soul.

So how come most Canadians don't know our Red Rose from our Dilmah? Worse, if we aren't sure how to store or steep tea, we're wasting most of our tea's flavour and health benefits.

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Green Tea May Reduce Lung Cancer Risk

Studies indicate that regular consumption of green tea may slow or prevent conditions including high cholesterol, heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, impaired immune disease and liver disease. In addition, some studies have indicated green tea may have cancer-fighting properties, lowering the rate of gastric, esophageal, and mouth cancers. And this week researchers reported that Taiwanese smokers who consumed one cup of green tea each day significantly reduced their chances of developing lung cancer.

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Global Tea Shortage

A global tea shortage may widen this year and extend into 2011 as a rebound in production in Africa, Sri Lanka and India trails demand growth, the world’s biggest tea-plantation company said.

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Nepal tea is free from pesticide residue

The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) has confirmed that Nepal tea is free from pesticide residue and is within exportable quality level.

In the wake of complaints from some western countries about the content of pesticide level in Nepali tea, the latest report of the DFTQC has paved way for the export of Nepali tea in major markets in Europe and America.


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Tea-infused chunky fruit salad

Found a Recipe for Tea-infused chunky fruit salad and I thought I would pass it on.

Tea-infused chunky fruit salad

Tea and diabetes

People who drink more coffee or tea, regardless of whether it's caffeinated, seem to have a lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes compared with people who don't drink any of the beverages, new research suggests.

Tea Is Up

The price of tea has jumped because of supply shortages and robust demand. This will bring higher retail prices early next year, according to analysts. Coffee and orange juice prices have also risen to their highest level in more than a year. The shortages are due to bad weather and a persistent lack of investment.

Green Tea And Gum Disease

A cup of green tea per day may help keep gum disease at bay, a new study suggests.


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Climate change causing havoc to tea farmers

Climate change is already wreaking havoc on the livelihoods of small-scale tea and coffee farmers in some of the world's poorest countries, according to a three-year research project by Fairtrade drinks producer Cafédirect.

Research across four countries – Kenya, Mexico, Peru and Nicaragua – carried out with the state-funded German Technical Corporation, showed that growers are already being forced uphill to higher altitudes, at a rate of three to four metres a year on average, as temperatures rise. "A huge number of growers are now experiencing increased instances of pestilence and disease from rises in temperature. They are also facing prolonged drought and changing weather patterns," said Cafédirect chief executive, Anne MacCaig.


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The Green Tea Wrinkle Cure

German researchers have coupled high-intensity light-emitting diode exposure with a lotion made of green tea extract to create a wrinkle-fighting treatment they say could replace invasive cosmetic procedures.

Loop-the-Loop tea stunt

A Royal Air Force corporal injured in Iraq has completed a challenge to hold on to a mug of tea while a passenger in a plane flying loop-the-loops.Tea Stunt

Going to London For Tea

An interesting story about having Tea in London. Read More

Kerry Katona Tea Attack

Former Atomic Kitten star Kerry Katona was arrested after a Tea attack against her accountant. She was questioned on suspicion of committing assault, criminal damage and a public order offence, police said.

Poppy Tea A Bad Idea.

A man was found dead in Colorado on Tuesday morning, and authorities suspect poppy tea may be the cause. According to medical sources, poppy tea can cause heart attacks and respiratory failures. The consumption of poppy tea also known as opium tea seems to be growing in the USA.

Tea is making a comeback

The UK Tea Council claims that the tea market is expected to grow by about three percent this year

Tea sales are making a comeback after declining for decades as evidence emerges about its health benefits.

On the down side the rising demand for tea has driven up the prices by between 15 and 20 percent this year.

Does tea affect iron levels?

I found this story about the affect of Tea on iron levels in the news paper and found it interesting. I can say from personal experience that drinking more than 3 cups of tea a day has a negative effect on the way I feel.

Does tea affect iron levels?

Worried About Prostate Cancer

Are you worried about prostate cancer? Drink green tea. A new study shows that green tea may slow the progression of prostate cancer. Researchers from Louisiana State University found a significant reduction in the levels of several growth factors that promote cancer as well as reductions in prostate specific antigen, a marker of cancer growth. Read More

Man Cures Swine Flu With Tea

Their is a news story making its way around the world about a man who drank tea to get over swine flu. Read More About Tea And Swine Flu

Steeped in History: The Art of Tea

"Steeped in History: The Art of Tea," on display at the Fowler Museum at UCLA from Aug. 16 through Nov. 29, is a wide-ranging exhibition that brings together centuries of art from three continents to delve into the history and culture of tea.

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Green Tea And Stroke

Want to stave off the risk of an ischemic stroke? Sip a cup of green tea, at least once a week, says a new study.

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Tea cuts the risk of heart attack

A survey, commissioned by the Tea Advisory Panel and published in the journal Nutrition and Food Science, revealed that four cups a day significantly cuts the risk of a heart attack, makes you more alert, keeps hydration at a healthy optimal level and even improves your mood.

Loose Leaf Tea ‘On The Go’

New… Libre…a tea glass specifically designed for loose leaf tea ‘on the go’. In the car, on a hike, at the office, on your bike, at a yoga class, wherever you happen to be.…take your Libre tea glass along with you. Carry it in your backpack or purse, and just add hot water to enjoy your favourite loose leaf tea.



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The only working tea farm in the U.S.A.

I found this story about the only working tea farm in the U.S.A.and thought I would pass it on....

This whole operation boils down to something sweetly simple. More basic than the golden-brown nectar that drips from restaurant-sized taps inside the gift shop or even the lulling tree-lined drive down Maybank Highway to arrive here.

"Two leaves and a bud," says Bill Hall, no doubt for the umpteenth time, as he plucks a sprig from the edge of the green 127-acre expanse that is the Charleston Tea Plantation.

The idyllic farm, the only one of its kind in the U.S., reopened in 2006 after a four-year hiatus. In 2002, the gift shop doors closed, the visitor tours ceased and American Classic Tea abruptly disappeared from local grocery store shelves.

"We just cut it and left it," Hall remembers.

What happened off the fields during that time involved legal filings, a court-ordered sale of the property and the biggest name in specialty teas. But since then, Hall says, just about everything around here has doubled, from the amount of tea produced to the number of visitors touring the fields.


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WWI Graves of UK, Australian Soldiers Found

Excavators near a rural village in northern France began work Tuesday unearthing the remains of as many as 400 long-lost Australian and British soldiers who perished in World War I.

The remains, buried in a cluster of mass graves discovered in 2008, are to be individually reinterred in a cemetery being built near the site.

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“Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.”

According to tea industry lore, the Earl Grey blend was virtually unknown in the United States until the advent of Star Trek: Next Generation, which introduced viewers to Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

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Adding Milk To Tea, Not So Good

Drinking tea reduces the risk of heart disease and stroke, but adding milk alters the effect. research has shown that drinking tea improves blood flow and the ability of arteries to relax. Researchers from the Charite Hospital at the University of Berlin in Mitte found that adding milk to the tea eliminates the protective effect against cardiovascular disease, Health News reported.

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Chinese white tea may fight obesity

A study funded by a German health food company suggests Chinese white tea may fight obesity by reducing fat cells.

White Tea

Green Tea Supplements Fail Cancer Prevention Tests

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The Great Tea Escape

A suspected criminal in Japan escaped by convincing a police officer to drink tea laced with sleeping pills.

Naoto Tsuge, 24, who had been arrested on suspicion of attempted theft, asked the 30-year-old officer to drink the tea.

The police detected traces of sleeping medication in the officer and in the tea left in the cup.

Tea Bag A National Security Threat

A congressional office in Manchester, New Hampshire was shut down recently when a tea bag was mistaken for something more sinister. One may not think that a tea bag could be a threat to national security. But when mailed to a member of Congress as a form of tax protest, they can trigger alarms.

High Time for High Tea

A childhood friend and I have long enjoyed the rituals of tea. As teenagers, we would mail each other envelopes filled with exotic and unusual tea leaves. And then as adults, our love of tea evolved into high tea - an annual event when we would leave young children at home, put on our lipstick, and meet like giggling schoolchildren in fancy tea rooms of high end hotels across Toronto.

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Tea is the most-consumed beverage in the world

Tea is the most-consumed beverage in the world, unless you count water.

Very hot tea linked to cancer

Tea drinkers have been advised to let their beverages stand for at least four minutes to reduce the risks of cancer. This follows a study that found the threat of cancer of the oesophagus increased eight-fold as a result of drinking tea with a temperature above 70C.



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Green Tea May Lower Breast Cancer Risk

A study conducted in China suggests that women who consume more mushrooms and green tea in their diets may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer.

ple who consume a lot of the tea may have higher risk of certain cancers

If you drink yerba mate tea you should read this story.

Yerba Mate Tea

Green tea could help your teeth

Green tea has long been consumed for its perceived health properties. Now, scientists at Kyushu University in Japan have found that the popular beverage may also protect against problems with the gums and teeth. Read More

Tough working conditions on tea plantations

I thought this article was interesting.

Underpaid and living in poor conditions far from home, tea pickers in Kenya's vast plantations are trying to boost their income by selling sex.
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Enviga green tea wont burns calories

Coca-Cola Co. and its partner Nestle agreed to pay $650,000 in a settlement with 27 states over claims that Enviga green tea burns calories, resulting in weight loss.

The Attorney General stated Thursday said the companies Coca-Cola Co. and its partner Nestle claimed that drinking their Enviga beverage, an artificially sweetened green tea soda, boosted metabolism and burned more calories than the product contained, resulting in weight loss.

The companies agreed to re-label Enviga to add disclosures and disclaim weight-loss benefits, Any marketing of Enviga or a similar beverage that uses the terms "the calorie burner," "negative calories" or "drink negative" must clearly disclose that the product doesn't lead to weight loss without diet and exercise.

Used Tea Bags Have Second Use

Instead of tossing tea bags in the trash, think about their recyclable use.

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HEALING HERBS: Bush tea – a drink to good health

I found this story online today and thought it was worth passing on.

HEALING HERBS: Bush tea – a drink to good health

INVIGORATING. Refreshing. Healing. With those words I describe bush teas, which are not as popular as they used to be a few generations back.

However, I am happy to report that the art of making good bush tea is not extinct. I've come across a number of bush-tea drinkers and I still make and drink the brews, using flowers, leaves, stems, barks and roots.

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World Tea Sales Up

The resent economic melt down has not hat that much impact on tea sales. This is likely do to a number of reasons. The most likely being that drinking tea is a relaxing experience that makes people feel better when things are bad. You can enjoy sitting at home sipping a cup of tea and let your worries fade away. At least for a few moments.

Green Tea May Interfere With Some Cancer Drugs

Some components in green tea may prevent the drug Velcade, a widely used cancer agent also called bortezomib, from killing cancerous tumor cells, according to researchers from the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles.

In lab studies scientists evaluated the impact of green tea compounds on the efficacy of bortezomib against multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, and glioblastoma, a malignant brain tumor.

Velcade normally fights cancer by inducing tumor cell death. However scientits were surprised to find that some of the green tea polyphenols and other components actually prevented bortezomib from killing tumor cells.

While green tea components appear to interfere with the ability of Velcade to combat cancer, other cancer-fighting drugs may not be affected. According to the study green tea is a proven beneficial herb that has been shown to improve the anticancer effects of other drugs.

Hibiscus tea could help blood pressure

Just three cups of hibiscus tea a day were shown to reduce the blood pressure of people at risk of heart disease, stroke and kidney disease.

Hibiscus Tea

3 billion cups

I am told that every day the world consumes 3 billion cups of tea. I wonder how many swimming pools that would fill?

January is Hot Tea Month

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Green tea may help you get rid of tummy fat

A recent study found green tea catechin consumption enhances exercise-induced changes in abdominal fat and serum triglycerides. Several other studies have also given indications that green tea helps to boost the efficiency of weight loss exercise. In the recent study , published in the February issue of the Journal of Nutrition, shows that nasty hard to get rid of belly fat may be the first to go.

The study evaluated about 130 obese adults. All consumed a diet that was the same in daily calories and participated in the same amount of moderate exercise. They also drank a beverage each day containing 39 milligrams of caffeine, but one group consumed green tea. Green tea contains catechins, an antioxidant. After 12 weeks, the participants drinking the green tea had greater loss, about 4 pounds compared with about 2 pounds in the other group. The green-tea group also had larger declines in other fats.

Herbal tea jeopardizes sailor's future

There’s nothing like a nice cup of tea to relax, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Javier Trevino used to think.

Particularly herbal tea — no caffeine to get his hands shaking while he was working as an air traffic controller in Mayport Naval Station or to keep him awake at night.

So he was pretty amiable when a friend he was visiting last May in San Antonio offered him some herbal tea from Mexico. It was pretty good, Trevino remembers, kind of grassy tasting — good enough to bring back home, share with his 11-year-old son and best friend’s pregnant wife.

Not good enough, though, to put his entire career in jeopardy, possibly getting him drummed out of the Navy or tossed in jail.

That herbal tea was mate de coca, a beverage made from the plant leaves that are used to make cocaine.

Britain's "tightest" man

A father-of-seven who recycles his tea bags up to five times has been named Britain's "tightest" man in a TV show.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7818585.stm

Tea Tree Oil Body Wash

Well it might not be the kind of tea we drink but a new study is investigating whether a tea tree oil body wash can prevent the drug-resistant super bug MRSA in critically ill hospitalized adults. Tea tree oil body wash "may be a simple intervention to prevent MRSA, says Dr. Bronagh Blackwood from Queen's University in Belfast, Ireland.

Tea tree oil is an is obtained from the leaves of Melaleuca alternifolia, a plant native to Australia.

Wine, Chocolate, Tea can help boost memory

A small amount of wine, a few squares of chocolate or a few cups of tea could help to beat memory loss and delay the onset of dementia. However according to scientists, the benefits wear off dramatically if people take more than half a glass of wine, four squares of chocolate or five cups of tea.

Scientific Research Confirms: Theanine, found in tea, improves mental clarity

Lipton research institute has discovered Theanine, a new substance found in tea, helps to increase focus and mind clarity.

Armagnac parfait with prunes in Earl Grey tea

I found this resipe on line and thought it was so strange that it was worth posting.

Armagnac parfait with prunes in Earl Grey tea

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/3795295/Armagnac-parfait-with-prunes-in-Earl-Grey-tea.html

The 235th Anniversary Boston Tea Party Annual Reenactment

The 235th Anniversary Boston Tea Party Annual Reenactment
Today, Sunday, Dec 14 5:30p
at theOld South Meeting House, Boston, MA

Relive the evening of December 16, 1773, from the outraged protest over the tea tax to Samuel Adams' secret signal to throw 342 crates of tea overboard in Boston Harbor.

Police to offer tea

Police in Austraila have been told to show more respect to their prisoners: dim the lights at night, don't slam cell doors and serve tea, coffee or milk at least three times a day.

Tea and Crime Fighting

Varsha Patel, 45, was about to take her first sip of tea when two men wearing balaclavas burst in to her village store armed with 10-inch blades and made a grab for the till.

Reacting swiftly, she hurled the steaming tea into the face of one assailant and then threw the empty mug at his companion's head.

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Man Who Sips a Thousand Flavours of Tea Everyday

This man certainly has a palate for the cuppa that cheers! For the last 23 years, Kurush Bharucha has been working as a taster for Lipton - sampling up to 1,000 cups a day.Read More

Immune-enhancing lemon ginger tea

If you think you feel something coming on, try a cup of soothing, immune enhancing lemon ginger tea. Lemon is high in vitamin C and is full of phytochemicals – plant constituents that help boost the immune system. Ginger and honey are also well known for their immune-boosting properties.

7 million kilograms of Tea

A total of 7 million kilograms of main grade tea will next week be on offer at the weekly tea auction at the East African Tea Trade Centre in Mombasa town.

I wonder how many cups of tea that makes?

India Tea Tourism

India is hoping a new campaign advertising accommodation on 500 tea plantations could boost tourism.

Regions famous for their brews including Sikkim, Darjeeling and Assam promise top-of-the-range accommodation where visitors can see what goes into making the perfect tea.
People can stay in one of the luxurious old colonial buildings, with a veranda surrounding the rooms and sit and watch tea-pickers with wicker baskets on their backs, picking the newest leaves.

Brewed tea, has no erosive effect on teeth

Brewed tea, has no erosive effect on teeth and its antioxidants provide health benefits, according to a new research.

Refined sugars and acids found in soda and citrus juice promote tooth erosion, which wears away the hard part of the teeth, or the enamel. Once tooth enamel is lost, it's gone forever.

However, brewed tea is a beverage that does not produce such irreversible results.

Hong Kong International Tea Fair

The first Hong Kong International Tea Fair will take place on Aug. 13-15, 2009. The fair, is being co-organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.

The tea fair will showcase a variety of tea, processed tea and tea products, tea packaging, processing equipment and testing services, tea ware and the latest tea technology from all over the world.

It will also host tea bars, tea organizations, services and publications, bringing exhibitors and buyers together from all over the region to explore business opportunities.

Fair highlights will include the International Tea Competition, with an internationally renowned judging panel invited to select the 10 best teas of the world.

Tea And Lower Blood Pressure

This week a leading study from Queensland University, in Brisbane, Australia, revealed that drinking three cups of green tea a day for eight weeks may lower blood pressure and shrink fat cells, confirming the long-held belief of herbalists in the therapeutic effects of a warm cupa.

Hibiscus Tea Lowers Blood Pressure

If you're worried about your blood pressure, you may want to try a cup of tea.

In a new study, drinking three cups of herbal tea containing hibiscus each day lowered blood pressure.

The Colombo Tea Auction

The Colombo Tea Auction, held under the auspices of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, the precedent business chamber in the country, established in 1839, and managed by the Colombo Tea Traders’ Association, the apex body of the tea industry, is the world’s largest single-origin tea auction and is acknowledged as the one most professionally, transparently and efficiently conducted. An average of 6 million kilograms of tea, spread over 10,000 or more separate invoices are sold each week at 50 auctions held each year.

Green Tea And Genetic Make-Up

Can green tea protect against breast cancer, bowel cancer and leukaemia? Australian researchers have been given almost $1million to find out.

The four-year study also hopes to identify the genetic make-up of people who are able to benefit most from certain chemicals, called polyphenols, which are present in green tea.

Tea task force to spy on water use at work

Envirowise is calling on businesses to appoint tea monitors to make sure people do not waste water.

It is advising companies to use teapots instead of making individual cups of tea, and hopes to re-introduce tea urns to the workplace.

They say that the moves will cut greenhouse gas emissions and, in turn, help businesses to save money.

Envirowise, which is funded by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, estimates that more than 30 billion cups of water are unnecessarily boiled each year.

Candied Orange peels

Candied orange peels give a nice flavor to tea. Add the orange peels after steeping the tea bag and stir.

Tetley launch of its new range of Red Tea

Antioxidant-rich Red Tea, made from the rooibos plant exclusively found in the Cedarberg Mountains of South Africa, was first encountered by European botanists and brought to the "Old World" more than 300 years ago.
Now Tetley, Canada's tea leader, is set to re-introduce Africa's best kept secret with the launch of its exclusive new range of 100 per cent pure, antioxidant-rich and naturally caffeine-free Tetley Red Tea. Three exceptionally delicious flavours are set to hit Canadian store shelves starting October 2008 and include: Tetley Red Tea Pure Rooibos, Tetley Red Tea Vanilla and Tetley Red Tea Red Berry.

Tea-Drinking Gorilla, Passes Away

Mumba, the tea-drinking gorilla from Quebec who was a star zoo attraction for more than four decades, has passed away at 48. A keeper found Mumba dead in his cage Tuesday morning while doing his routine rounds at the Granby Zoo, east of Montreal. The zoo says the 220-kilogram gorilla likely died of natural causes.


The venerable gorilla, riddled by arthritis and recovering from paralysis in 2004, hadn't been seen in public since retiring in June of 2007. But he lived well in retirement, foraging for fruits and vegetables in his cage, but also drinking tea and enjoying treats such as popcorn, cottage cheese and couscous with parsley.

Is That A Elephant In Your Garden

A group of Indian elephants has wrought havoc in West Bengal tea gardens. Around 40 elephants have caused mayhem in the Washabarie tea gardens after leaving the nearby forests to search for food. Animal activists have said the animals were forced to leave their natural habitat, which is dwindling due to human encroachment, to find food. India has been struggling to tackle the problem of shrinking wildlife habitat due to encroachment by humans.

African red bush tea has honey flavor

African red bush tea or more commonly known as rooibos tea - pronounced "roy-boss" - is the ultimate "for everyone" herbal tea.Read More About Red Bush Tea

Canadians are drinking more tea

Louise Roberge, president of the Tea Association of Canada, said there's been a 73 per cent jump in tea imports by value over the last 10 years. Canada today constitutes an annual $1 billion tea market, while coffee represents a $6 billion industry.

Coffee And Tea Products Recalled

Sunny Maid Corp. and King Car Food Industrial Co. Ltd. are recalling Mr. Brown instant coffee and milk tea products manufactured in China because they are potentially contaminated with melamine.

The Sunny Maid mixes are sold in plastic bags, each containing 30 individual packets. The three flavors being recalled are 3-in-1 and 2-in-1 Mr. Brown Mandheling and 3-in-1 Arabica.

Products distributed by King Car Food also include Mr. Brown Blue Mountain Blend, Caramel Macchiato and French Vanilla instant coffees, and Mr. Brown Milk Tea.

New evidence suggests links iced tea and kidney stones.

New evidence suggests that to much iced tea can give men kidney stones or at least contribute to them. A new study of men over the age of 40 who drank Ice Tea found they are more likley to develop kidney stones.

Oxalate, a main chemical ingredient in the formation of stones within the kidneys, is also highly concentrated within iced tea.

Wu Yi Tea, an ancient diet tea remedy, is now being used as a weight loss tea

If you haven’t had a look at what’s hot in the weight loss tea area for a while now, then you may not have heard of wu yi tea. The simple fact is that this diet tea has been around for thousands of years and has been helping people maintain their weight and to live healthy, fulfilling lives. The secret behind this wonder supplement is that it naturally stimulates and boosts your metabolism, allowing your body to burn fat as an energy source. Because wu yi tea is natural, there are no harmful side effects from using it, and it will work with your body’s metabolism to produce fast, positive results. You can learn more or purchase wu yi tea from http://www.simpleweightlosstea.com.


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Debt-ridden Aberdeen City Council bans tea and toast

Aberdeen City Council, which is £50million in the red, is considering a blanket ban on 'unauthorised' electrical appliances as part of a new financial rescue plan.

But staff are unhappy at the prospect of having to go without toast, cups of tea and desk fans and claim the move will only serve to further depress morale.

Mighty Leaf tea launching three new flavors

Mighty Leaf tea, which uses biodegradable tea bags for its organic teas, is launching three new flavors: Organic Green Dragon and Organic Detox Infusion (in September) and African Nectar, made with African rooibos with mango and vanilla (in October). The 15-count boxes retail for $10 at Whole Foods Market, 7401 W. 91st St., Overland Park, or online at www.mightyleaf.com

Green Tea Facial

Lina Tanaka thinks green tea is more than just a thirst quencher. The skin-products expert believes it's also great for her skin. When Ms. Tanaka brews her daily cup in the morning, she sets aside a small serving to cool. Once the tea feels cold to the touch, she uses it to tone her skin. Ms. Tanaka likes to pour a little of the tea into her palms and splash it directly onto her face.Read More

Breast cancer risk unconnected to drinking coffee or tea

A study analyzed data on 85,987 cancer-free women who, on average, were in their mid-40s at the start of the study. In a 22-year span, 5,272 of them were diagnosed with breast cancer. Women who reported drinking the most tea or coffee (four or more cups a day, caffeinated or decaffeinated) had no greater or lesser risk of developing breast cancer than those who drank virtually no coffee or tea.

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Green Tea Lowers Cholesterol

According to a Taiwanese clinical trial, women who took 400 mg of green tea extract three times a day for 12 weeks experienced significant reduction in LDL-cholesterol and triglyceride levels.

Black Tea May Reduce Risk of Parkinson's

A new study conducted by the researchers at the National Neuroscience Institute in Singapore has shown that drinking one cup of black tea a day may reduce the risk of Parkinson's disease by as much as 71 percent.

Healthy Innovations has launched VidaTea

Healthy Innovations Inc has launched VidaTea, a sparkling green-tea drink infused with antioxidants and sweetened with organic agave nectar. The company claims it provides a better alternative to sugar-laden soda, diet soda, energy drinks and even plain green tea. It comes in desert pear, pomegranate and wild berry, and more flavors are planned.

Tea May Improve Attention And Focus

According to new research published in a supplement to the August issue of the Journal of Nutrition, drinking four to five cups of tea a day may help maintain a healthy mind and body. One study's results suggest that four to five cups of tea a day may improve attention and focus

Tea Temperature

There are telltale signs when a cup of black tea is served at below-optimum temperature: The liquid will look clear, and there will be a brown ring around the bottom of the cup.

Near-boiling water is required to extract the most flavor from black tea. After 3 minutes of steeping, the tea should be about 185 degrees, he says.

For white or green tea, cooler temperatures are required, around 165 to 185 degrees.

Senator Obama Prefers Black Forest Berry tea.

Recently it was revealed that on the campaign trail, Obama's drink of choice is Honest Tea in Black Forest Berry flavour.