Archive for January, 2010
Coffee and Tea May Protect Against Diabetes
Posted by Admin in Tea Health Benefits on January 4, 2010
HealthandAge By June Chen, MD
In previous research, consumption of coffee, both caffeinated and decaffeinated, and tea has been linked with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes. Now, according to a meta-analysis published in the December 2009 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, a high intake of coffee or tea is associated with a reduced risk of diabetes.
Green tea challenges cancer to a duel
Posted by Admin in Tea Health Benefits on January 4, 2010
Researchers believe that the thousand-year old drink, green tea, may be contain certain compounds useful in treating head and neck cancers. There will be almost 48,000 Americans diagnosed with some form of head and neck cancer this year, and head and neck cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world. Although the research is in its early stages, Emory University researchers note that lab results have shown that an extract from green tea in combination with a current cancer drug can help inhibit certain precancer cells that cause the growth of tumors.
Starbucks converts Tazo tea bags to full-leaf tea sachets
Posted by Admin in General Tea News, Tea Industry News, Tea Product News on January 4, 2010
Seattle Times By Melissa Allison
Starbucks Melody was onto this last fall, and now a company spokesman has confirmed that in October, Starbucks began converting its Tazo tea bags to a new line-up of full-leaf teas. During the transition, some stores have run out of the old variety but not yet received the new stock. Besides coming in sachets that are better for brewing, Tazo teas are using better quality (and harder to find) whole tea leaves, spices and botanicals. Most of the blend flavors will stay the same, with a couple new ones being added in January.
Green tea-drinkers less likely to suffer depression
Posted by Admin in Tea Health Benefits on January 4, 2010
Elderly people who drink several cups of green tea a day were less likely to suffer from depression, probably due to a “feel good” chemical found in this type of tea, Japanese researchers said. Several studies have linked drinking green tea to lessening psychological problems and Dr Kaijun Niu, of Tohoku University Graduate School, and colleagues found men and women aged 70 and older who drank four or more cups of green tea daily were 44 per cent less likely to have symptoms of depression.
Rising consumption to keep tea prices firm, say producers
Posted by Admin in Tea Industry News on January 4, 2010
Business Standard By Ishita Ayan Dutt & Dilip Kumar Jha
Global tea prices are likely to ease next year on higher output, with weather patterns returning to normalcy in the main producing regions of Asia and Africa, said the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations in its latest report. Global tea prices hit the roof in 2009 due to a production shortage.
However, Indian producers are not buying the FAO forecast. They say India is likely to drive tea prices up, as the current year’s 65-million kg shortage is not going to be made up so easily. Add to it a year-on-year consumption growth of about 30 million kg in India (consumption is presently about 800 million kg, and production about 960 kg), and it appears prices will remain strong.
African Tea Prices Rise to Record at Auction in Kenya
Posted by Admin in Tea Industry News on January 4, 2010
Bloomberg.com By Ron Derby
African tea prices rose to a record $3.12 a kilogram (2.2 pounds) at the world’s largest auction of the leaves in Mombasa, Kenya, Africa Tea Brokers Ltd. said. Average prices of the top grade advanced 5.8 percent at the sale on Dec. 21 and 22, from $2.95 a week earlier, the broker said in an e-mailed statement today.
Kenyan tea output rose 4.1 percent in November from a year earlier, the Tea Board of Kenya said. Output for the month brought cumulative production in the first 11 months of the year to 278 million kilograms, or 9 percent less than a year earlier, Managing Director Sicily Kariuki said today.
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