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When I Take My Sugar to Tea: To Sweeten or Not to Sweeten
By William I. Lengeman III The writer Henry Fielding once remarked, love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. But for many of his countrymen a cup of a black tea with milk and sweetened with sugar wins the prize hands down and has become an ...
Health Benefits of Tea: Iced and Bottled vs. Hot Tea
By William I. Lengeman III The Twinings Tea Blog has featured numerous articles discussing the health benefits of tea and this summer also brought a number of articles about iced tea. With that in mind, it seems like as good a time as any to look at ...
Cold Brewing Iced Tea
By William I. Lengeman III Fall may be approaching, but summer hasn't given up the fight just yet. There's still plenty of time to enjoy a nice cold glass - or pitcher - of iced tea. The Twinings Tea Blog has featured a number of articles about iced ...
How Much Caffeine is in Tea?
By William I. Lengeman III One of the side benefits of tea, for many drinkers, is that it contains caffeine. Consumed in moderation, caffeine is generally considered to be a safe way to get a little boost, although for people who are sensitive to thi...
Iced Tea Season Rolls On
By William I. Lengeman III Summer is here (unless you're in the southern hemisphere), temperatures are rising and there's no better time to cool down with a glass of iced tea. Previous iced tea articles at the Twinings Tea Blog have included this ove...
Health Benefits of Tea: Studies Show That Tea May Reduce Risk of Ovarian Cancer
By William I. Lengeman III The Twinings Tea Blog has reported on a number of studies that suggest a link between tea and better health, including several that have looked at various types of cancer. Among these - breast cancer, prostate cancer and lu...
Twinings Weekly Blog Report: Tea Regions, 8th Edition - Argentina; 2008 Nok Ya Won Wild Hadong Ddok Cha; 1950's Shui Xian Oolong; A Look at 32 Tea Tables; Confusing Cup
By William I. Lengeman III This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find highlights from the best tea blogs from tea lovers around the world. Tea Regions, 8th Edition - Argentina More on the worl...
Tea May Help Guard Against Breast Cancer
By William I. Lengeman III Breast cancer is an issue that receives no small amount of attention these days and with good reason. The National Cancer Institute estimates that, in the United States alone, more than 180,000 women will be afflicted with ...
Health Benefits of Tea: Tea Might Reduce Stress and Promote Relaxation
By William I. Lengeman III As noted in a recent article here at the Twinings Tea Blog, there are a number of studies that suggest that tea might have the ability to alleviate fatigue. Paradoxically, it appears that the very same beverage might also p...
Health Benefits of Tea: Tea and Lung Cancer
By William I. Lengeman III The health concerns posed by tobacco smoking are surely no secret to anyone these days. What probably isn't so well known is that tea may help protect against lung cancer, 90 percent of which, according to some experts, can...
Health Benefits of Tea: Rooibos (Redbush)
By William I. Lengeman III Though its charms were once unknown outside of South Africa, the only place it is grown, rooibos - sometimes known as redbush - is becoming more popular these days in other parts of the world. Part of the reason for the pop...
Iced Tea Options are Limited Only by Imagination
By William I. Lengeman III A recent article at the Twinings Tea Blog marked the onset of iced tea season, focusing mainly on the background, origins and history of this warm weather favorite. Which is all well and good but the best thing about iced t...
Types of Tea: Yellow Tea
By William I. Lengeman III As mentioned previously in these pages, there are, for all intents and purposes, five major categories of tea manufactured from the Camellia sinensis plant. While black and green tea are probably the best-known and most pop...
Types of Tea: Collectors and Connoisseurs Covet China's Puerh Tea
By William I. Lengeman III As noted in these pages previously, there are essentially five major types of tea derived from the Camellia sinensis plant - black, green, white, oolong and puerh. In the West, black tea is reasonably well known and green h...
Black Tea: An Iranian Tradition
By Rebecca S. Gasca Black tea has a steep history in Iran, where the Persian tradition of enjoying this aspect of life at the chaikhane (teahouse) goes back centuries. At these public places, Iranians gathered around a pot of black tea to talk politi...
Oolong: Chinese and Taiwanese Teas are Among the World's Most Prized
By William I. Lengeman III Most tea experts and enthusiasts will probably agree that there are essentially five main categories of tea, all of which come from the same plant - Camellia sinensis. They are black, green, white, puerh and oolong, also so...
Twinings Weekly Blog Report: Thoughts on Seasoning Pots; Biscottea, An Introduction to Cay; Ideal Tea Habitat
By William I. Lengeman III This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs by tea lovers from around the world. Thoughts on Seasoning Pots Marshal has weighed in on teapots on qui...
Health Benefits of Tea: Freshen Your Breath With Tea
By William I. Lengeman III Even if you don't suffer from halitosis (bad breath), you've probably had the misfortune of encountering someone who does. It's hard to say how many people are affected by this malodorous affliction, but store shelves groan...
Health Benefits of Tea: The Skinny on Tea and Your Skin
By William I. Lengeman III What's your body's largest organ? For those of you who are rusty on human anatomy, let's review - it's your skin. With all the real estate taken up by this part of your body, it only makes sense to take good care of it. Acc...
Types of Tea: White Tea
By William I. Lengeman III Of the five major types of tea - black, green, oolong, puerh and white - it's the last two that are probably the least well known to tea drinkers in North America. Of these, white tea has been gradually gaining in popularit...
Twinings Weekly Blog Report: Texture; Water Water Everywhere; The Future of Tea Culture; Tea Regions, 6th Edition - Sri Lanka
By William I. Lengeman III This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs by tea lovers from around the world. Texture When considering your impressions of a tea, texture is pro...
Some of the Tea in China: A Brief Overview of Popular Chinese Teas
By William I. Lengeman III All the tea in China - as the expression suggests, there's quite a lot of it. While there's no way to encompass China's many varieties of tea in one short article, it is possible to take a quick look at some of the most pop...
Health Benefits of Tea: Tea Shows Results in the Fight Against Alzheimer's
By William I. Lengeman III According to the Alzheimer Society of Canada, an estimated 450,000 Canadians over 65 currently have Alzheimer's or a related disease. Alzheimer's Association figures show that 5.2 million people in the United States are cur...
Health Benefits of Tea: Tea for Your Teeth
By William I. Lengeman III A cup of tea a day may help keep cavities at bay. No, you shouldn't rush to replace your toothbrush with a tea cup, but research indicates that green, oolong and black tea might play a role in contributing to dental health,...
Breakfast Tea: Blended Black Teas Provide A Morning Eye-Opener
By William I. Lengeman III For many here in North America, the morning pick-me-up of choice is a cup of coffee. But in other parts of the world tea is standard fare in the morning, which probably helps contribute to the fact that it's the second most...
Tea May Help Bring Relief to Allergy, Cold and Flu Sufferers
By William I. Lengeman III What do allergies, colds and flu have in common? Aside from the fact that they all make you feel lousy, there's convincing evidence to show that tea might help keep them at bay. While many of us turn to a cup of tea when we...
Tea Leaf 101 - A Brief Overview of Tea Types
By William I. Lengeman III No one can say with any certainty exactly how many varieties of tea there are. By some accounts the number runs into the thousands. The number of plants from which tea - in the strictest sense of the word - is derived from ...
Tea Drinking May Help Increase Bone Density and Guard Against Osteoporosis
By William I. Lengeman III According to Osteoporosis Canada, 1.4 million Canadians suffer from osteoporosis, with a cost of treatment estimated at $1.9 billion annually. In the United States, says the National Osteoporosis Foundation, the disease aff...
Getting the Most Out of Your Tea With Multiple Infusions
By William I. Lengeman III How do you make a cup of tea? The details may vary, but in general the fundamentals of the process consist of heating water, pouring it over a teabag or loose leaf tea and steeping for a specified amount of time. To make an...
Twinings Weekly Blog Report: Hidden Treasure; 1950s Tea Party Films; Tea Tourism - Motivated By An Interest In The History, Traditions, and Consumption of Tea; Drinking Good Tea and Using Good Pots
By William I. Lengeman III This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs from tea lovers from around the world. Hidden Treasure A bit of a mystery this week at Tea Obsession. Im...
