How Green Tea Affects The Body
Green tea is prepared from unfermented leaves, the oolong tea leaves are partially fermented and black tea is fully fermented. The more the leaves are fermented, the polyphenol content degrades and the more of caffeine content. Green tea catechin and black tea directly act on the influenza virus and inactivate it.
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How Green Tea Affects The Body
Coffee and Tea May Protect Against Diabetes
HealthandAge By June Chen, MD In previous research, consumption of coffee, both caffeinated and decaffeinated, and tea has been linked with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes. Now, according to a meta-analysis published in the December 2009 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, a high intake of coffee or tea is associated with a reduced risk of diabetes. Investigators from the University of Sydney in Australia and their colleagues searched for relevant studies regarding the association between coffee, decaffeinated coffee, or tea and diabetes between 1966 and July 2009.
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Coffee and Tea May Protect Against Diabetes
Green tea challenges cancer to a duel
Holy Kaw Researchers believe that the thousand-year old drink, green tea, may be contain certain compounds useful in treating head and neck cancers. There will be almost 48,000 Americans diagnosed with some form of head and neck cancer this year, and head and neck cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world
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Green tea challenges cancer to a duel
Starbucks converts Tazo tea bags to full-leaf tea sachets
Seattle Times By Melissa Allison Starbucks Melody was onto this last fall, and now a company spokesman has confirmed that in October, Starbucks began converting its Tazo tea bags to a new line-up of full-leaf teas. During the transition, some stores have run out of the old variety but not yet received the new stock
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Starbucks converts Tazo tea bags to full-leaf tea sachets
Green tea-drinkers less likely to suffer depression
Australia Herald Sun Elderly people who drink several cups of green tea a day were less likely to suffer from depression, probably due to a “feel good” chemical found in this type of tea, Japanese researchers said. Several studies have linked drinking green tea to lessening psychological problems and Dr Kaijun Niu, of Tohoku University Graduate School, and colleagues found men and women aged 70 and older who drank four or more cups of green tea daily were 44 per cent less likely to have symptoms of depression. Green tea is widely consumed in many Asian countries, including China and Japan.
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Rising consumption to keep tea prices firm, say producers
Business Standard By Ishita Ayan Dutt & Dilip Kumar Jha Global tea prices are likely to ease next year on higher output, with weather patterns returning to normalcy in the main producing regions of Asia and Africa, said the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations in its latest report. Global tea prices hit the roof in 2009 due to a production shortage
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African Tea Prices Rise to Record at Auction in Kenya
Bloomberg.com By Ron Derby African tea prices rose to a record $3.12 a kilogram (2.2 pounds) at the world’s largest auction of the leaves in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa Tea Brokers Ltd. said.
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African Tea Prices Rise to Record at Auction in Kenya
Thank you to Tea Finely Brewed sponsors
I’d like to take a quick moment to thank the three companies who are sponsoring Tea Finely Brewed in January, and to highlight some of the special deals they have going. If you’re looking to pick up some cheap tea and teaware, head over to Teavana and take a look at their New Year’s sale . They’ve slashed 30 off some items
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Thank you to Tea Finely Brewed sponsors
Get "spirited away" to an otherworldly hot spring inn
If you think the Kanaguya hot spring ryokan has an otherworldly look and feel to it, then you are not alone: Hayao Miyazaki used it as his inspiration for the otherworldly animated inn in Spirited Away . The inn’s four-story wood-frame Saigetsu Tower is designated as Japanese tangible cultural asset No
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Happy New Year!
Here’s wishing everyone a year of peace, joy and health. Add to that a few cups of tea, some laughter, financial prosperity and that’s a good life. Our New Year’s resolution is to renew our commitment to our Mission Statement: To provide a perfect cup of tea To deliver consistently good food and service To educate customers about all aspects of tea To make every visit memorable The tea room is closed today but we’re open tomorrow at 11 am and looking forward to seeing all of you again. Related posts: A brand new year Tea Room Re-Opening Monday, Oct. 19 A happy customer…
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Planning for the days ahead
As a journal-ist who is also a journal-er, I must say I love having a time of year that not only permits but encourages the acquisition of new calendars, date books, journals, planners and other goodies for helping keep track of the days ahead. The one I am most looking forward to using
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Planning for the days ahead
Twitter Contest!
Great news, everybody! English Tea Store has decided to spread the word about its great-tasting tea and nifty tea accessories by giving stuff away! Just convince five of your friends to follow ETS on Twitter and you’ll be entered to win the following: a 2-cup Ceramic Infuser Teapot (you pick the color) and a sampling of each of these teas (choose between loose leaf and teabags): Buckingham Palace Garden Party English Breakfast Tea Blend No. 1 Double Bergamot Earl Grey Tea Peppermint Tea Blackcurrant Herbal Tea (only teabags, sorry) For every five friends you convince to follow us, you’ll be entered to win! So, if you convince ten friends, you’ll be entered twice! Convince 15 friends, and you’ll be entered three times! Every time you round up five friends, shoot me an e-mail to: etscontests@gmail.com .
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How Tea Can Help You Reach Your Goals
By Madam Potts As we march forward to the beginning of a new year, many of us reflect upon our lives and reassess our behaviors with a desire for self-improvement. There are many common New Year’s Resolutions that can be supported by the drinking of tea, so let’s take a closer look at how what’s in our cup can help improve your quality of living. Weight Loss By far the most common resolution is the determination to lose weight
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Food, Glorious Food! Don’t Throw Away the Leftovers!
Image Courtesy of Chow.com As the holiday season starts to wind down, and we have fed our families, friends, and neighbors in joyous celebration, what on earth are we supposed to do with all the leftovers ? Whatever you do, please, please don’t throw them away! Here are some suggestions, from Bigelow Tea for the environmentally conscious and community -minded folks out there: Reduce waste and save money by creating new dishes from your leftovers.
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Food, Glorious Food! Don’t Throw Away the Leftovers!
Aso’s natural spring water drinking fountains
The people of Aso are proud of and particular about their tea and their abundant natural spring water. So much so that the area around Aso shrine has a dozen or so public drinking fountains that serve up naturally flowing natural spring water. The video below showcases these beautifully designed fountains, including one I blogged about recently
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Aso’s natural spring water drinking fountains
Buy Oolong Tea Taiwan
Fine Wu long teas are very popular with tea drinkers and connoisseurs all over the world for their broad spectrum of taste offerings and for their ease of infusion. Dong Ding oolong tea from Taiwan is prized throughout the world. The Western world has hugs a beautiful export from Taiwan and simply seemingly not
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Tea Review – Le Marche Spiced Tea
By Madam Potts Here it is Christmas time – a time for reminiscing, a time for nostalgia. They say that smells can trigger memories and I was most certainly reminded of that fact when I received my order of Le Marche Spiced Tea from the English Tea Store. From the moment I opened the bag and took in the intoxicating aroma of this tea, I found myself taking successively deeper (sniff!) and deeper whiffs (sniff!) of this heady delight, each time trying to recall what it was that was so incredibly familiar and why it made me so happy
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Bigelow Tea Has New Holiday Recipes, Sure To Become Old Favorites!
Holiday times often include gatherings among friends and family – and lot’s of food! While the traditional treats can be delightful, Bigelow Tea has some great ideas to jazz things up a bit. Whether you are baking cookies , mixing the party punch , or thinking about breakfast in bed – Bigelow Tea has delicious tea-inspired recipes sure to please your crowd of one-to-many
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Housekeeping details
Blogs, like desks and closets, need tidying up from time to time, so I am using this wonderful period of “down time” at the close of the year to make a few changes I wanted to tell you about! 1. Beginning Jan. 1, 2010, I am dropping the “ncmag” from my blog’s URL and will be simply teawithfriends.blogspot.com .
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Housekeeping details
Holiday Tea Time — New Year’s Eve
By A.C. Cargill The last day of 2009 is approaching — time to throw an end-of-year tea time bash! While champagne bottle corks will be popping across the nation and the world, hubby and I will be enjoying the “champagne of teas”: Darjeeling . One deep inhalation of the steam rising from the teapot’s spout can transport you to the hills of the Darjeeling Province in India .
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Holiday Tea Time — New Year’s Eve