It has been quite some time since I posted here. My site has gotten out of date and needs some revamping which I will try to get to soon.
In the meantime I want to start adding content here again and I’m going to start with this video from youtube for making some green tea ice cream using matcha green tea. She says it’s worthwhile to use a good quality green tea. Hope this video embed correctly in here. Enjoy.
Filed under Tea Recipes by on Jul 26th, 2010. 
Valentine’s Day Tea Towel Revealed
Yesterday I got a GREAT call from my tea towel recipient Bina in WA. I’m so happy that I didn’t do something stupid like “Google” Bina before I sent her the towel, turns out she is a very…
Dooars row may hit ‘first flush’ tea
The ongoing political upheaval in Dooars may soon hit the high-quality and highly valued ‘first flush’ tea trade there. Dooars
contributes over 15% to the all India tea production. “Undoubtedly, the charged environment has created uneasiness among planters here. If the trouble continues for long, the next ‘first flush’ business will be severely affected,” said …
Bigelow(R) Tea Introduces Two Love-ly New Flavors… Just in Time for Valentine’s Day!
It’s a Valentine for tea-lovers: two delicious, naturally sweet new flavors from Bigelow® Tea… an idea brewed up especially for Valentine’s Day (www.bigelowtea.com). White Chocolate Kisses blends the heavenly taste of rich, decadent chocolate with…
Tea, steeped in tradition, has new bag
Tea has started wars. Diplomats have signed peace treaties while drinking it. And now it is fighting for the consumer market since Americans have learned of all its antioxidant-rich properties.
At the recent Fancy Food Show in San Francisco, a tea purveyor set up shop on almost every row and aisle at the Moscone Center. And tea is no longer just a hot drink. It has inspired snack foods, mints, even cocktails. Here is some of what we saw at the show…
Green tea may protect against breast cancer
Regular consumption of green tea may reduce a woman’s risk of breast cancer by about 12 per cent, according to a new study from the US and China.
Writing in the Journal of Nutrition, scientists report that the “modest” reduction was observed for regular tea drinkers, compared to non-drinkers, after evaluating the diet of 3454 women with breast cancer and 3474 healthy controls aged between 20 and 74.
The study, led by Martha Shrubsole from Vanderbilt School of Medicine in Nashville, adds to the ever-growing body of science supporting the anti-cancer benefits of…
Filed under Tea by on Feb 12th, 2009.
In results that were presented to the 162nd meeting of the Society for General Microbiology in Scotland, researchers in Egypt have discovered yet another amazing property of green tea. This time, green tea appears to make the antibiotics you might take three times more effective.
These researchers started from the premise of concern about the effect of green tea on the efficacy of antibiotics because green tea is a very popular drink in Egypt. They thought the tea might interfere with the medicines.
However, they found instead that the tea made the bacteria more susceptible even when low concentrations of green tea were used. The study tested green tea and antibiotics on twenty-eight different bacteria that belonged to two different classes. The tea enhanced the medicines’ effects every time.
In a quote from Dr. Mervat Kassem of Alexandria University, “Our results show that we should consider more seriously the natural products we consume in our everyday life.” All I could think was, “DUH!”
Source: http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Health/2008/03/31/green_tea_boosts_antibiotic_effectiveness/1574/
Filed under Tea by on Apr 1st, 2008.