Matcha tea is the latest ‘superfood’ — here’s why you should beware of knockoff versions

Edit Business Insider 21 Apr 2016
So it's no surprise that when Japanese matcha tea grew in popularity, China began to export its own version as Chinese "matcha" green tea powder ... Chinese tea leaves are not generally grown in the shade, and are "pan-fried" to stop oxidation ... Chinese teas have also come under fire for their potential toxicity ... An ounce of Japanese matcha can range from $26-$32, whereas Chinese "matcha" tea can cost as little as $7/ounce....

Learn How to Design a Tea Menu During Penton’s World Tea Academy LIVE! at World Tea Expo This June (Penton Media Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Apr 2016
NEW YORK (April 19, 2016) - Penton's World Tea Expo has several educational pre-conference programs on the agenda, including World Tea Academy LIVE ... World Tea Academy LIVE! takes place June 13 from 8 a.m ... - 5 p.m., the day before the launch of World Tea Expo ... According to Fellman, the teas on offer at a contemporary tea house will be different than those at a traditional Chinese tea house, even if they are in the same city....

Parsi embroidery and traditions

Edit Deccan Herald 18 Apr 2016
Explaining about the origins of Parsi embroidery, designer Ashdeen Z Lilaowala tells Metrolife, “In mid-18th century, Parsis started trading opium and cotton with China in return of Chinese tea, and the by-product was embroidered Chinese silk ... adding that Parsi embroidery is an amalgamation of Chinese, Persian, Indian and British influences....

Bengal's starving tea workers need Mamata Banerjee's 'mamata'

Edit The Times of India 17 Apr 2016
A frantic rush to find substitutes for Chinese tea, to which the memsahib was addicted, led to the discovery of tea growing wild in the Naga hills of northeast India ... after a few years of fruitless experimenting with local Assamese, Bengali and Chinese workers (many Chinese were skilled carpenters or shoemakers, not tea guys), the Scots who ran the gardens decided it was cheaper to import workers from the Santhal parganas....

Learning life lessons by reading tea leaves

Edit China Daily 16 Apr 2016
Although the majority of the rest of the world drinks black tea, which the Chinese call "red tea", China produces and drinks mostly green teas ... Chinese teas are also probably the world's most expensive ... It is said that the Chinese started to drink tea 5,000 years ago ... There are many enticing Chinese stories about tea like this one that draw people like me to learn more about the beverage....

The Japanese would never use this popular 'superfood' knockoff — here's why

Edit Business Insider 16 Apr 2016
So it's no surprise that when Japanese matcha tea grew in popularity, China began to export its own version as Chinese "matcha" green tea powder ... Chinese tea leaves are not generally grown in the shade, and are "pan-fried" to stop oxidation ... Chinese teas have also come under fire for their potential toxicity ... An ounce of Japanese matcha can range from $26-$32, whereas Chinese "matcha" tea can cost as little as $7/ounce....

Dennis Jensen MP's The Skywarriors erotic book: reviewed

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 16 Apr 2016
THE GOSS ... Now all 198-pages of the sexy war thriller, The Skywarriors, are available online via Amazon for $6.51 ... James ... Advertisement ... He then blows up some planes and an oil rig before declaring war on Australia with some help from his friends, the Chinese ... Easton is now planning on launching a label under her name, an "eclectic range of items that are artisan-based", and exploring her passion for Chinese tea ... Beyonce is back ... ....

Chinese tea house scammers jailed after charging tourists £5 per SIP

Edit The Daily Mail 13 Apr 2016
Two visitors to Shanghai, China, were lured to a tea house by scammers. They were charged a total of 1,040 Yuan (£113) for the experience. The full sum was refunded after an investigation ... ....

US scholar on tea trail to dig up treasure trove

Edit The Times of India 11 Apr 2016
A research on the treasure trove of tea in India has earned an associate professor of art history at Syracuse University, with roots in Kolkata, the prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship 2016 ... She will focus on how Chinese tea, once a botanical novelty in the 18th-century Britain, crystalized into a paradigm of the "tea time", a fashionable culinary ritual in the 21st century Britain....

The Knot reveals 2015 wedding study results

Edit The Examiner 09 Apr 2016
Top 2015 Wedding Statistics. Average Wedding Cost (excludes honeymoon). $32,641 (up from $31,213 in 2014). Most Expensive Place to Get Married ... $1,469 ... 139 ... 5 ... Ethnic, religious and local elements – ranging from bilingual music and Celtic Hand Tying, to Chinese tea ceremonies and Jumping the Broom – continue to be a strong part of wedding celebrations, with 19% of couples incorporating an ethnic or religious element into their wedding day ... ....

Staying ahead of the curve

Edit China Daily 08 Apr 2016
Though he may be German, Jurgen Bohler, CEO of ThyssenKrupp Elevator China, is able to expertly dish out professional terms in Mandarin when conversing with his Chinese business partners. Besides being fluent in the language, Bohler also loves his Chinese tea....

Dubai records spiral growth in tea trade driven by China stimulus

Edit China Daily 07 Apr 2016
DUBAI - Sanjeev Dutta, Director of Dubai's Tea Center in the emirates' industrial free zone, Dubai Multi Commodities Center (DMCC), said Wednesday that the center's total tea trade volumes in 2015 reached 41 million kilograms, a 208 percent increase over 2013 ... We would like to attract more Chinese tea trading firms, the world's largest tea producer."....

Wedding Spend Reaches All-Time High As Couples Look To Make The Ultimate Personal Statement, According ...

Edit Stockhouse 05 Apr 2016
The ninth annual comprehensive report, the largest of its kind, surveyed nearly 18,000 U.S ... $1,469 Average Marrying Age ... Top 2015 Study Findings ... Ethnic, religious and local elements—ranging from bilingual music and Celtic hand tying, to Chinese tea ceremonies and jumping the broom—continue to be a strong part of wedding celebrations, with 19% of couples incorporating an ethnic or religious element into their wedding day ... ....
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