Green tea may cut prostate cancer risk - Drinking several cups of green tea every day may help keep prostate cancer from spreading, according to a study funded by the Japanese government
Plan promotes green, clean tea plantations - The Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry’s Plant Protection Department has proposed a programme intended to strengthen large-scale chemical-free tea production. The proposed programme - part of an effort to have Viet Nam’s tea farmers reduce their use of chemical pesticide through Integrated Pest Management, or IPM - would have the ministry’s Plantation Department as co-ordinator.
Phu Tho plant 1,000 more hectares of tea - Nhan Dan – Farmers in the northern province of Phu Tho has planted 1,000 more hectares of tea in 2007, bringing the total area under tea in the locality to nearly 14,000 hectares with a total production of over 80,000 tonnes of tea.
Tea for two, tea for me and you, tea for what ails you - "If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are exhausted, it will calm you." These words by William Gladstone express the thoughts of many people for a beverage enjoyed around the world.
Tea for Tourists - A survey found Britons fill the equivalent of 31.9 jumbo jets each year with food and drink items that remind them of home. The most popular item is tea bags, followed by biscuits and Cadbury chocolate.
Green tea: Snake oil or floor wax? - The message came loud and clear through the television on one of those rare summer nights I wasn't in search of baseball. "Feel like sneezing? Try this product with green tea added ... Hungry, but don't want to be? Use this, with green tea and hoodia ... Want to give your floors that like-new look? Try green tea-flavored Mopso ..."
Try tea for brining shrimp - Tea is one of those ingredients you don't often consider cooking with. And that's a shame, because it is a nearly effortless way to add or accentuate flavors. Fruity teas are the most obvious choice, as they easily complement baked goods and fruit-based desserts.
Tea drinkers may have lower skin cancer risk - In a study of nearly 2,200 adults, researchers found that tea drinkers had a lower risk of developing squamous cell or basal cell carcinoma, the two most common forms of skin cancer.
Green tea might help your arthritis - If you haven't already found enough reasons to drink green tea, new research shows that it may provide therapeutic benefits to people with rheumatoid arthritis.
Tea expedition will celebrate British cuppa - TEA-LOVING students are planning to travel from India to Cambridge by rickshaw in a record-breaking gesture of appreciation for the British cuppa.
Final push for charity tea bags - Moira, 15, of Spotsylvania County has been collecting used, dried-out and emptied tea bags to help an organization in South Africa.
Green Tea Extract Protects Against Brain Damage In New Mouse Model Of HIV-Related Dementia - A compound derived from green tea greatly diminished the neurotoxicity of proteins secreted by the human immunodeficiency virus, suggesting a new approach to the prevention and treatment of HIV-associated dementia, also known as AIDS dementia complex. The disorder is the most severe form of HIV-related neuropsychiatric impairment.
COOKING ON DEADLINE: Try tea for brining shrimp - Tea is one of those ingredients you don't often consider cooking with. And that's a shame, because it is a nearly effortless way to add or accentuate flavors. Fruity teas are the most obvious choice, as they easily complement baked goods and fruit-based desserts.
7 Reasons to Drink Green Tea - The steady stream of good news about green tea is getting so hard to ignore that even java junkies are beginning to sip mugs of the deceptively delicate brew. You'd think the daily dose of disease-fighting, inflammation-squelching antioxidants - long linked with heart protection - would be enough incentive, but wait, there's more! Lots more.
FIVE THINGS: About a tea educator - Where should you put your tea bag? Tea etiquette expert Barbara Gulley can tell you that and more.
A Taste of Civility in Sin City: Tea Time - They don't call this place Sin City for nothing. All-you-can-eat buffets certainly qualify as gluttony, and the preponderance of scantily clad cocktail waitresses is a strong showing for lust. Those blackjack tables? You don't need to be Brad Pitt or Morgan Freeman (stars of the movie "Seven") to see they represent greed. Yet amid this smorgasbord of debauchery, a little bit of civility remains: afternoon tea.
Historic Tacoma hosts tea, open house Feb. 24 - Historic Tacoma, a non-profit organization devoted to historic preservation through advocacy and education, will host a tea and open house Feb. 24 from 1pm to 4pm with architectural historian and historic preservationist Caroline T. Swope, author of Classic Houses of Seattle.
Green tea extracts protect shelf life - Green tea is traditionally positioned as a flavor agent used primarily in beverages. Now the word is out that Danisco has become the first ingredient company to use the antioxidative properties of green tea to effectively protect the shelf life of meat and poultry products.
Green Tea - "Green tea" is about to take on a whole new meaning: Although the Eco Kettle looks like a garden-variety electric water boiler, it's engineered to help ease the over-consumption of energy.
A tempest in his tea pot? - According to American history, the Boston Tea Party was a key precursor to the American Revolution. According to us Brits, it was further proof that Americans don't know how to make a decent cuppa.
Major Industry Partnerships Fuel Growth for 2007 World Tea Expo - The World Tea Expo ? taking place in Atlanta, June 9, 10 and 11 at the Georgia World Congress Center ? has experienced record-breaking registration numbers for attendees and exhibitors alike. Not only are pre-registration rates up 38 percent over last year, but the exhibit hall is nearly sold out.
