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Compassion Tea Company, an online tea store which donates 100% of its after-tax profits to its parent organization, CompassioNow, is adding 4 new teas to its extensive selection, 2 of which are Organic, Fair Trade certified. These new teas broaden Compassion Tea’s offerings, widen its scope of positive influence, and increase its ability to provide life saving medical care to the world’s least served. Clovis, CA (PRWEB) September 21, 2012 Beginning in September, Compassion Tea Company...

John Wuiff of Roundtable Tea Talks about Ways to Drink Tea and the Health Benefits of Tea. Grants Pass, OR (PRWEB) February 07, 2012 Sharon Kleyne, host of the Sharon Kleyne Hour Power of Water syndicated radio talk show, recently interviewed John Wuiff of Roundtable Tea Company in Medford, Oregon. They discussed the health benefits of tea, kinds of teas, and various ways to drink tea. The interview may be heard on-demand on World Talk Radio, Voice America, Green Talk Network and Apple...

Teavana launches new tea and tea-ware selections today. Based on the French proverb ‘It is impossible to overdo luxury’ this collection celebrates the affordable luxury of enjoying premium loose leaf tea. Filled with global good taste, each sip is inspired by fine living, exotic journeys & epicurean delights. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) October 17, 2011 Teavana, known for procuring the world’s finest loose leaf tea, launches new tea and tea-ware selections today. Based on...

Capital Teas opens its 4th Store, this time in Georgetown (Washington D.C.) capitalizing on its success in Annapolis, Bethesda, and National Harbor, Maryland. This specialty tea merchants boasts a 120-year family tradition in the tea trade. It offers over 120 types of loose tea and infusions, and a host of traditional and modern tea brewing accessories. Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 2, 2011 CAPITAL TEAS, fifth generation fine tea merchants, announces the opening of its fourth...

Old People pu-erh tea relieves constipation, upset stomach, bloating, and gas, and lowers cholesterol as well. Pu-erh tea is a variety of post-fermented tea from the Yunnan province of China. San Francisco, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) March 21, 2011 The rare pu-erh tea is as healing as it is delicious. Vital Tea Leaf, a popular tea bar in San Francisco, now offers Old People pu-erh tea from the Yunnan province of China. Ming, Vital Tea Leaf's owner advises using the tea to relieve constipation,...

Join us on an adventure through the culture, flavor and inspiration of tea. Teavana, known for procuring the finest loose leaf tea from around the world, is proud to present new teas including a combination of flavored white and green teas, single estate oolong and black and a collection of tasty herbal teas. Atlanta, GA (Vocus) November 3, 2010 Join us on an adventure through the culture, flavor and inspiration of tea. Teavana climbed the steep mountain tops of China traveling to the...

A team of chemists from the University of Seville (US) has managed to distinguish between different kinds of tea leaves on the basis of their mineral content and by using artificial neural networks. This technique makes it possible to differentiate between the five main varieties of tea "“ white, green black, Oolong and red tea."This method makes it possible to clearly differentiate between the five types of tea "“ something that is often not easy to do by eye alone "“ by using...

According to a recently released Japanese study, drinking several cups of green tea a day may work as a natural anti-depressant for older men and women, adding yet a another healthful boon to the increasingly researched wonder beverage. Researchers at Sendai's Tohoku University Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering found that elderly people over the age of 70 who drank four or more cups of green tea per day were 44 percent less likely to struggle with depression than those who drank less...

The amount of tea imported into the United States is projected to have risen 7 percent last year, as people increasingly turn to green tea for its perceived health benefits, the Tea Association of the U.S.A. said Saturday."Tea enjoys positive imagery regarding its contributions to health versus other beverages," said the association's president, Joe Simrany, at a convention in Florida."This is virtually just the tip of the iceberg. Packers are beginning to use a health message to sell," he...