Tea Sippers

Our source today, which is a BusinessWeek article, contains an interview with Gene Dunkin, president of Tea Forte. Tea Forte is a high end tea company that markets in stores such as Neiman Marcus, Harrods, Saks Fifth Avenue and Origins. None of these type of stores is available in my small local town of 100,000+, so I guess that leaves purchasing through…

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I found a couple different blogs with interesting information concerning tea today. The first addresses Ginger Tea which actually falls into the herbal tea type instead of the regular teas I usually talk about here. But this seemed interesting. The author of the post lists quite a few benefits to having ginger in your diet. I admit the ginger tea did seem interesting as the ginger was mixed with peppermint to make the tea. Check it out at…

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Wow! This one is all over the news. In a study out of Greece, they have found that drinking green tea gives you improved blood vessel function 30 minutes after drinking. These findings were presented in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. Our source says that what is happening is improved function of the endothelial cells that line blood vessels. With improve function, there should be a decreased risk of…

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