The Path of Restorative Travel Starts With Tea
Tea grows among the rocks And along Jade Spring’s ceaseless flow. Root and stem exude a rich fragrance; One whiff nurtures flesh and bone. From Li Bo (701-762 C.E.), Immortal’s…
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New Discovery Explains Antihypertensive Properties of Tea
A new study from the University of California, Irvine shows that compounds in both green and black tea relax blood vessels by activating ion channel proteins in the blood vessel…
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What the Cold Brew Craze Means for Tea
While not new to the beverage industry, “cold brew” seems to be getting more and more buzz lately. The coffee sector in particular has seen an explosion of cold brew…
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Adopting scientific method in tea farming stressed
Experts at a practical training workshop have stressed on adopting scientific methods and latest technologies in small-scale tea farming on plain lands to enhance production of the cash crop and…
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Change Up Your 2021 Diet With These ‘Millennial’ Foods
Yes, avocado toast is on our list. Nutrition experts break down the benefits of 9 options If you are ready to experiment with new healthy foods and recipes in the…
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Tea as a subject in Peradeniya University curriculum will help recognize its economic potential
(In the picture: Prof. Buddha Marambe, Prof. Gamini Pushpakumara, Jayantha Edirisinghe, Senaka Alwathegama and Brian Baptist ay the panel discussion) The Sri Lanka Tea Board (SLTB), in collaboration with the…
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New probiotic coffee and tea drinks are packed with gut-friendly live probiotics
Good news for those who need a cuppa to start the day. Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have created new probiotic coffee and tea drinks that are…
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Brewed with innovation: Indulgence, “twists” on tradition and plant-based trends star in hot beverages
The tea and coffee sectors are brewing with innovation – even more so since consumers are on the lookout for immunity-boosting ingredients with health being top of mind, alongside indulgence,…
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Adding Green Tea Extract to Prepared Foods May Reduce Norovirus Risk
The results of a new study from Ohio State University suggest that infusing prepared foods with an edible coating that contains green tea extract may lower consumers’ chances of catching…
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Green tea extract-based film may reduce norovirus infection on prepared foods
Edible films enriched with a Green Tea Extract (GTE) have the potential to reduce both foodborne viruses and bacteria according to a team of US researchers.The group demonstrates that a…
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Sufferings of Tea Leaves
Wine experts have a popular phrase — vine must suffer, meaning that in order to get good wine, the grape plant itself must grow in uncomfortable conditions. A similar principle…
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Polyphenolic Composition in Leaves of Camellia Irrawadiensis
Japanese scientists conducted a comparative analysis of three camellias — C. sinensis, C. irrawadiensis and C.taliensis — to determine or clarify the differences between their polyphenolic and other chemical composition.…
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Matcha Tea Works Best in Drink, Not in Snack Bar
Dutch scientists have investigated the effect of powdered green tea on people’s moods and their ability to perform all sorts of tests. To do this, a small group of volunteers…
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Do Not Smoke, Do Not Snore, But Drink Tea Instead
For more than five years, Chinese scientists have observed the health and lifestyle of 34,825 Shanghai men, trying to find the correlation between the risk of diabetes and the duration…
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On Engineering Properties of Tea Seeds
Turkish specialists have studied the engineering properties of shelled and kernel tea seeds collected in the vicinity of Rize, and found the following. Firstly, tea seeds can be large as…
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Green Tea, Oxidized Fish Oil and 270 Fish
During 6 weeks, Iranian researchers were adding fish oil and green tea to diet of a hybrid of beluga and sterlet in order to find out whether a tea diet…
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Harmful Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids and Healthy Tea
German scientists have compared the risks, arising from tea consumption due to pyrrolizidine alkaloids contained in it, with the positive influence of tea on health and concluded that tea is…
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Decaf Green Tea Catechins Formulation Doesn’t Modify Body Weight
American specialists observed a group of 97 men who were diagnosed with High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia and atypical small acinar proliferation (both of these diagnoses indicate a high risk for…
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Ascorbic Acid in Tea Leaves
Scientists from Nanjing Agricultural University have studied the content of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) in three different cultivars of Camellia sinensis (Anjibaicha, Yingshuang and Huangjinya) in leaves of three development…
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Theanine Content and Related Gene Expression
Specialists from Nanjing Agricultural University continue their studies on the mechanisms determining different properties of tea cultivars. We wrote about their study on the content of ascorbic acid in tea…
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