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Latest Tea & Health News
Anti-Cancer Compound in Green Tea Identified ( Reuters - by Patricia Reaney )
Black tea consumption may lower bad cholesterol levels and could one day be used to help reduce the chance of heart disease for those at risk, U.S. researchers said Tuesday. ( MSNBC ) |
Recipe of the Day
Jasmine Green Tea Truffles
Instructions: 
Place cream in small saucepan, add tea bags and simmer for a few minutes or until tea has infused cream; remove tea bags and squeeze out excess cream.Pour hot cream over chocolate. Stir gently to blend and cool at room temperature. Beat with a whisk until fluffy and place in refrigerator for about an hour. Make sure your hands are cold, rub with ice cubes. Using a melon baller, place a small amount of the chocolate mixture into you cold hands and roll into a ball. Place on a cookie sheet and continue until all chocolate is used. Place in freezer and freeze until solid. Coating: Melt chopped chocolate. Dip frozen truffles into melted chocolate with a toothpick, place on clean tray. Return to freezer for 30 minutes. Once coating is set, dust with icing sugar or cocoa powder. |
About Bigelow Tea:
R.C. Bigelow, Inc. has produced quality teas since 1945. Based in Fairfield, CT, the company takes pride in its family heritage and its successful growth into one of the nation's leading producers of specialty tea. Today, in addition to its flagship Constant Comment Tea, Bigelow Tea offers a wide variety of gourmet teas, everything from black tea, flavored tea, green tea, herbal tea, decaffeinated tea, iced tea, and loose tea, along with tea gift baskets, tea chests and tea accessories. Buy tea online at Bigelow Tea. Read more »
The Bigelow Tea Company is owned and managed by the Bigelow Family who approach the manufacture of Bigelow teas with the same enthusiasm Ruth Campbell Bigelow possessed more than 60 years ago.
The History of Tea:
Tea is consumed by more health-conscious people and in greater quantity than any beverage except water. Tea is made with tea leaves from the Camillia Sinensis plant which is an evergreen related to the camellia and indigenous to Assam India and also parts of China and Japan. The lanceolate tea leaves are dark green with cream-colored fragrant blossoms. Tea flavor optimization is helped by volatile oils, its stimulating properties to caffeine and its astringency to the tannin content. The largest tea grower in the world is China. Tea requires a protected habitat in a warm climate with much rainfall in order to grow.
R.C. Bigelow, Inc. has produced quality teas since 1945. Based in Fairfield, CT, the company takes pride in its family heritage and its successful growth into one of the nation's leading producers of specialty tea. Today, in addition to its flagship Constant Comment Tea, Bigelow Tea offers a wide variety of gourmet teas, everything from black tea, flavored tea, green tea, herbal tea, decaffeinated tea, iced tea, and loose tea, along with tea gift baskets, tea chests and tea accessories. Buy tea online at Bigelow Tea. Read more »
The Bigelow Tea Company is owned and managed by the Bigelow Family who approach the manufacture of Bigelow teas with the same enthusiasm Ruth Campbell Bigelow possessed more than 60 years ago.
The History of Tea:
Tea is consumed by more health-conscious people and in greater quantity than any beverage except water. Tea is made with tea leaves from the Camillia Sinensis plant which is an evergreen related to the camellia and indigenous to Assam India and also parts of China and Japan. The lanceolate tea leaves are dark green with cream-colored fragrant blossoms. Tea flavor optimization is helped by volatile oils, its stimulating properties to caffeine and its astringency to the tannin content. The largest tea grower in the world is China. Tea requires a protected habitat in a warm climate with much rainfall in order to grow.
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