Tea Sippers

This will be a quick post with something a little different. If you are a tea towel collector, you might be interested in this site I found with a collection of tea towels, among other fabric items. Some are vintage such as can be found on…

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We have learned that black tea helps with type 2 diabetes. Now, in results from a Medical College of Georgia study, they have found that EGCG in green tea may prevent or delay the onset of type 1 diabetes. The study was published in the October 24 issue of…

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It appears the economic woes affecting the global economies has hit Sri Lanka tea factories as well. Private tea factory owners are asking for their own bailout package as the prices for tea have crashed and they have run out of cash. They also want a moratorium on repayments of existing loans. Low grown teas from Sri Lanka at the Colombo auctions are fetching sharply reduced prices when selling at all. Half of the tea auctioned is not being sold as their biggest consumers in…

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