Book signing and tea tastingSusan Blumberg-Kason, author of "All the Tea in Chicago", will be signing books at Lake Claremont Press's pre-holiday open house on Wednesday, November 11th. Come out of the cold to enjoy a cup of tea and browse a great selection of Chicago-related books. If you can't make it on the 11th, All the Tea in Chicago will be at Christkindlmarket in Daley Plaza from Thanksgiving until Christmas Eve at the Lake Claremont Press stand.
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Dream About Tea is finally ready to offer this long awaited & anticipated opportunity to share with you their knowledge and experience on how to home brew the mythical & mysterious Kombucha.
In case you never heard about Kombucha, here is a link to a website for some basic helpful information, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombucha. Also, you may be able to find bottled Kombucha at Whole Foods or Jewel if you want to try it to see if it… Continue
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The next tea tasting at Dream About Tea will be on September 26, Saturday.
Time: 11am - 12:15pm. Cost: $25/person
During the session, you will learn about origins of teas and brewing tips, observe a tea preparation demonstration and explore the taste of our new teas: Lushan Yunwu Green Tea, Xinyang Maojian Green Tea, Zhelinhu Green Tea, Dragon Well Green Tea, Dongfang Meiren Wulong Tea, and Hongbiluo Black Tea.
The class will have maximum of 10 participants. Advanced registration is required t… Continue
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If you are in the Chicago area, please join us on Saturday July 25 at Espresso Thy Art Cafe for tea and a Social Media Discussion.
While sipping our cappuccino or tea, we will discuss how local businesses such as Espresso Thy Art are using social media Web sites like Facebook and Twitter to connect with their customers.
More information is at:
http://www.chicagobuffets.com/restaurants2/events.shtml
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Using certain herbal teas during pregnancy is a great way to support optimal pregnancy health. Herbal teas can often provide an additional source of nutrients such as calcium, magnesium, and iron. Most store bought herbal teas should be safe to drink during pregnancy in reasonable amounts.
Some types of herbal teas:
Peppermint Leaf - Helpful in relieving nausea/morning sickness and flatulence.
Chamomile - High in calcium and magnesium, also helps with sleeplessness and inflammation of joints.… Continue
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The current economic conditions require tea shop owners to be more aggressive in their marketing efforts. They need to both retain current customers and acquire new ones. Holding regular events is one way to do this and get traffic to the store without depending on coupons or discounts.
8 marketing campaigns used by tea shop owners:
1) Tea tastings on a regular basis bring in new customers and current ones
2) Tea parings with chocolate or food
3) Cooking demos by local chefs
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Mark Kelly, president of the River North Business Association (RNBA), announced the winners of the associations 2009 "River North's Best" awards. In the category for "Best Retailer, Showroom or Gallery Award," the award was presented by RNBA vice president Art Bryan to Argo Tea. The nominees in this category are as different as day and night, they exemplify the diversity of the River North neighborhood. The group recognized Argo Tea for its sustainable initiatives, working with the best local an… Continue
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San Diego, Calif. – The American Tea Masters Association announced a two-day extravaganza for true tea aficionados with a sophisticated palate. Just like a fine wine tasting, attendees will sample some of the finest, rarest, and often hardest to find and acquire teas from the world's premier estates. A once in a lifetime experience. The event location will be announced at a later date.
What to expect? Imagine an exquisite 1949 Cave-Aged Private Reserve
Pu-erh that sells for $400 an ounce. Cella… Continue
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The Tea Association of the USA held the 2008 National Scholarship Competition. It asked students to create innovative videos about drinking tea to educate the public on the health benefits of tea.
http://www.teausa.org/CalmASutra/
This is a great video.
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Matricaria chamomilla L., known as “chamomile”, has been used as an herbal tea or supplementary food all over the world. We investigated the effects of chamomile hot water extract and its major components on the prevention of hyperglycemia and the protection or improvement of diabetic complications in diabetes mellitus. Hot water extract, esculetin (3) and quercetin (7) have been found to show moderate inhibition of sucrase with IC50 values of 0.9 mg/mL and 72 and 71 μM, respectively. In a sucro… Continue
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Frohe Weihnachten und ein Gutes Neues Jahr
Joyeux Noel et Bonne Annee
Sretan Bozic i Nova Godina
CRACIUN FERICIT si LA MULTI ANI!
http://www.krecu.com/xmas/
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A moon shaped pillow filled with herbs may help you get a good night sleep.
An all cotton crescent shaped moon filled with herbs to help relax and soothe the nervous system. Just lay it on your pillow and the scent of the herbs will help you to get a peaceful, restful night sleep. No tossing and turning so you wake up feeling ready to start your day. Its filled with Chamomile, Lavender, Roses, Rosemary, Hops, and Mugwort. If suffering from a tension headache lay it across your eyes. People have… Continue
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The TEEKANNE brand is one of the oldest brands in Germany still in operation today. The TEEKANNE Group has over 1,400 employees worldwide, operates its own facilities and sales organizations in 7 countries and has distribution partners in more than 50 countries. TEEKANNE is the #1 brand in Europe and the #2 brand worldwide in the fruit & herbal tea category.
http://www.teekanne.us.com
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Added by Todor Krecu on November 16, 2008 at 9:52am —
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Malawi Green Natural Tea is here at GalaTea!
This recent innovation in the world of tea, Natural Tea, is a hybrid between the hand picked and machine picked teas.
These teas are extremely high in antioxidants and poly-phenols, its grown in a herbicide free environment, and allows the region to have control of their income to reinvest in their own industry.
Come to the store to sample the Malawi Green Natural Tea today!
1 oz -… Continue
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