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Tea Talk

Why is tea so good for Us? Part II

January 19, 2010

By: Reena Daruwalla

We know that tea contains a lot of actual vitamins and minerals that are required for healthy functioning of the body; to add to that there are certain other chemicals contained in tea that have the following beneficial effects on the body:
Diuresis: Tea contains caffeine and theophylline, which, among other things are beneficial [...]

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Why is tea so good for us?

January 19, 2010

By: Reena Daruwalla

Tea is good for health for a number of reasons; both for what it contains as well as for the positive effects that it has on the body. Not only does tea contain a number of minerals, vitamins and other nutrients that are good for us, it also has an antibacterial and anti [...]

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Tea Drinking Philosophies – Quotable Quotes Part II

January 19, 2010

By Reena Daruwalla
Continuing our little chat about how the philosophy of life is inextricably intertwined with tea for so many of us, someone memorably said, “Like a cup of tea, friends make you feel all warm inside,” which is so true! Friends and tea are in fact rather similar because of the familiar comfort and [...]

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Tea Drinking Philosophies – Quotable Quotes

January 19, 2010

By Reena Daruwalla
There is something about the Cup of Good Cheer, indeed the ‘Cup of Wonder’ if I should borrow the words of my favorite lyricist Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, that causes all manner of people to wax eloquent about it. The perfect cup of tea is something that perhaps offers an unsurpassed sense [...]

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The Indian Tea Stall as a Social Microcosm

January 13, 2010

The ever-present tea stall in India performs much of the social function that tea drinking as a group activity does the world over. If the Japanese have their solemn, ritualistic and highly stylized Tea Drinking ceremony and the English have their High tea then in India there is the corner tea stall an omnipresent part [...]

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Indian ‘Masala’ Chai – Tea or Curry?

January 13, 2010

The genuine tea connoisseur would likely blench at the much boiled, milky, syrupy sweet, spicy brew that passes under the guise of a cup of tea in India. Even the less fastidious would flinch at what becomes of tea in this ceaselessly chaotic country.
For a cup of this vastly popular drink that, by the time [...]

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The Grand Old Tradition of Tea Drinking Meets The New

January 13, 2010

In many countries around the world tea drinking is a veritable religion. When that fragrant cup of good cheer beckons, everything must pause, work and problems must recede, just a tad; the better to enjoy the partaking of this flavorful beverage. If the aroma of that cup of tea entices and drinking it enlivens and [...]

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The Magic of Oolong

January 12, 2010

It is said that oolong tea is the most difficult to process; it is a tough balance to achieve in order that oolong tea with is magically distinctive and flavorful taste; the bitterness leaving that characteristic sweet aftertaste is produced.
The word ‘oolong’ originates from the Chinese language and means “black dragon tea” since its appearance [...]

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Black, White, Green, Oolong; What is the Difference?

January 12, 2010

One would be forgiven for thinking that the different kind of tea that we drink, that is black tea, white tea, green tea and oolong tea all come from different plants or sources. This however is not the case; all the tea that we drink is sourced from the same basic tea producing plant; or [...]

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