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Green Tea Health Benefits

Hot Coffee — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:50:25 +0000

Green tea is known to have many health benefits. The Chinese have known this for a long time, and they have been using it to treat everything from headaches to depression. Some of the know health benefits of drinking green teas include: Lower cholesterol Weight loss Liver protection Helps fight heart disease Younger looking skin Continue reading →

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9 Billion Cups Of Tea Per Year

Teacup — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:06:33 +0000

I read on a sign in front of a local tea store that Canadians consume 9 billion cups of tea a year. This comes down to 270 cups of tea per person per year. Wow. That is a lot of tea bags (or loose teas). The rest of the sign read that Green and White Continue reading →

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Tea Auctions

My Cup Of Tea — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:40:21 +0000

The London Tea Auction, controlled by the East India Company until 1834, was first held in 1679 and for the last time in 1998. Tea was more and more auctioned by the container-load (sometimes when the ships were still at sea) and the tea-producing countries started their own auctions. The expanded East India House, Leadenhall Continue reading →

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Top 10 Tea Producing Countries 2006

Teacup — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:51:34 +0000

What are the top tea-producing countries in the world? I looked at the reporting from the Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations, and this is what I found: Ranking 2006 Production (2006 in tons) Ranking 2003 Production (2003 in tons) 1. China 1,049,500 2 788,815 2. India 892,730 1 838,000 3. Sri Lanka Continue reading →

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Brewing Tea

Teacup — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:27:18 +0000

How to make a perfect cuppa tea? Well, that depends on what tea you are brewing. Brewing A Cup Of Black Tea or Rooibos Put one tea bag or rounded teaspoon of whole tea leaves per desired cup into the pot. If you use broken tea leaves, you can use a little less than that Continue reading →

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Tea Trade

Hot Coffee — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:59:06 +0000

Initially the secret of tea was held within Chinese borders. Tea plants were primarily cultivated by monks in Buddhist monasteries. It was not just used a drink, but an important part of Zen Buddhism ceremonies. Japan When Zen Buddhism spread to Japan, so did the popularity of tea. In the 12th century, a large amount Continue reading →

History Of Tea With something as ancient as tea, there are bound to...

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History Of Tea

Teacup — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:56:13 +0000

With something as ancient as tea, there are bound to be a great number of ancient stories about its origins too. Chinese Emperor Shen Nung (2737 BC) Emperor Shennong (or Shen Nung), the “Devine Farmer”, was important in the development of agriculture and medicine in ancient China. Emperor Shennong, the “Devine Farmer”, was important in Continue reading →

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Teacup — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:48:43 +0000

Coffee Beans And Tea Leaves Welcome To AboutCoffeeAndTea.com! On this site you can read about coffee Beans and tea leaves: from Hawaiian Kona Coffees and Yemen Mocha to green, white and black teas and the Darjeeling or Assam leaf. These staples in many Western and eastern societies are intriguing brews, and we intend to explore Continue reading →

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From Leaf To Cup

Hot Coffee — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:44:07 +0000

The Camellia Sinensis plant brings us five different categories of tea: black, oolong, green, white and pu’erh. The difference lies in the quality of leaf used, the type of plucking and subsequently processing of the leaves. Other ways to categorize teas are by country or region of origin, “singles estates” or blends (a categorization similar Continue reading →

Tea Cultivation Camellia Sinensis – The Tea Bush All teas, except for...

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Tea Cultivation

Hot Coffee — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:41:42 +0000

Camellia Sinensis – The Tea Bush All teas, except for Herbal Teas, come from just one plant: Camellia Sinensis. Up to 1753 the tea plant was called Thea Sinensis. This shrub-like flowering evergreen plant is usually grown in tropical climates at high altitudes. The best teas are grown at altitudes between 3000 and 7000 feet. Continue reading →

Tea Of Teas What is Tea? The common factor in this site is...

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