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Welcome to the twenty-third issue of Tea 4 Free News - Teazine. Thanks to those that entered our Contest. We encourage you to refer your friends and family to enter for a chance to win $156 worth of Gourmet Teas Beautifully Packaged. Spring is in the air. Have we got many spring tea ideas to share with you! This month we have chosen 1 lucky winner!!
Inside this issue, you will find a recent Contest Winner, The Art of Tea Tasting, Medicinal Effects of Tea.Facts or Myths?, What are Tea Cosies? and much more.
If you would like to learn more about our recent joint venture between Shangers Limited and Tea Connexions (Shangers Teaopolis Limited) with the growth of Shangers, Princess Teana and Teaopolis brands throughout United States and Canada, click here to view more information. Click here to learn the latest news about Shangers Teaopolis Limited.
Are you interested in placing an order? Tea Connexions and its independent distributor members ensure that your orders are processed simply and safely. Through our system of localized distribution, you have the opportunity to order from your nearest distributor for prompt, courteous, and cheerful service. Local service benefits you because it decreases shipping time and costs. It also benefits you because you are not dealing with a head office in another state or country, but a local representative better able to serve your needs, answer your questions, and address any concerns you may have. Many of our distributors offer gift-wrapping and other gift giving services to facilitate your gift giving needs. To find out about these services, simply call your nearest distributor or send them an e-mail. To find your nearest distributor, please visit www.leaftea.com/teastore.html
Have you tried any of our teas from our distributors? If so, we'd like to hear from you!! Tell us what you think about our tea products and we can feature your testimonial in our future Tea4Free news! Send your comments to daisy@teaconnexions.com, with subject heading Tea Testimonial.
I look forward to giving away many more cups of FREE tea. Remember our motto:
Gourmet Teas. Beautiful Packaging. Superior Service. Exceptional Value.
Yours sincerely,
Daisy Lieu
Tea
Connexions
P. S. Feel free to share this newsletter with your friends and family.
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The Tea4Free contest is ongoing and winners are posted
here.
Congratulations to our lucky winner: : Yvonne M. of Rochester, NY.
- Steve Montemurro, of www.stevesteas.com, presented the tea4free prize to our lucky winner, Yvonne M. of Rochester, NY.
To date, nearly $8320.00 .00
worth of FREE gourmet teas beautifully packaged have been given
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There is no exact right or wrong in brewing a beverage from tea leaves, but the desire is to create a perfect pot with the right combination of all that is involved: technique, ingredients, and ambiance. A professional tea taster can recognize the tea garden, sufficient conditions of a tea plucking day and can even offer suggestions to improve the manufacturing and harvesting process. It has been said that a tea-taster must always use their senses. These include the senses of smell, sight, touch and of course, taste to judge the quality of the tea!
A tea taster must be up to speed with what consumers demand and prefer as well as new manufacturing techniques while evaluating the tea. Some say that tea tasters are born with these talents, however, they would have to be trained and develop the senses through many years of practice before the palate is trained to distinguish tastes. It gets more difficult to analyze teas with similar qualities and very mild differences, for example, Darjeeling .
The process usually begins with freshly drawn water brought to a boil poured over a small amount of tea leaves and infused for 4 to 6 minutes. Once it is ready for tasting, it is poured into miniature tasting white coloured ceramic cups, to distinguish color.
Tasters will examine both dry and wet leaves, judging the brew's colour and clarity. They will sip the tea cups by sucking the tea back against their palates and not swallow, but spit it back out. This way they can use their taste buds to determine quality differences between high grade and low grade teas. They look for flavour, strength, and briskness when judging the teas.
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Here are some "Medicinal Effects of Teas" that could be facts or myths. Send in your answers to daisy@teaconnexions.com and you could be a lucky winner for a free box of teas. Answers and explanations will be posted in the next edition of our Tea 4 Free News.
- Tea consumption helps decreases your chance of heart attacks
- Pregnant women should avoid consumption of tea and other caffeinated beverages
- All organic teas are claimed to be "organically produced" and "chemical-free".
- Drinking green tea suppresses aging.
- Having a cup of tea after a heavy meal can protect you against a heart attack.
We'd like to hear about it your medicinal tea suggestions. Email daisy@teaconnexions.com to share your ideas.
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Papier Mâché Cylinder and Papier Mâché Cube:
Popular for their handcrafted artistry, these papier mache containers are lightweight and economical. Pre-packaged with 25 Darjeeling tea bags, these hand-painted containers colourfully portrays scenes from India 's past and beautiful floral designs. Ideal for historical enthusiasts seeking an eye-catching gift. (Colors and pictures may vary)
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Muscatel Lacquered Container:
Brightly hand-painted lacquered container holds 100 grams/3.5 ounces of delicious Muscatel Darjeeling tea, a delicately flavoured tea painstaking nurtured under ideal growing conditions, then meticulously processed. Savor this light tea dubbed by tea lovers as the "Best of the Best". (Colors and pictures may vary)
To learn more about other teas or order any of these teas, please visit www.leaftea.com/teastore.html to find your nearest distributor.
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The purpose of a tea cozy is to keep the freshly brewed tea hot for long. Of course a tea cozy should never be placed over a tea pot that still has leaves or bags in it. That would cause the tea to stew.
Types that are popular include beaded, embroidered, and knitted (looking like winter hats). They are usually lined with lambs wool, goose down, cotton batting, newspaper layers covered with felt, and synthetic materials.
On my last trip to Vietnam , I was able to pick up an interesting decorative art container of a tea cozy as a gift to my tea connoisseur father. I actually bought it from one of the tea shops at a market in Hanoi , VN. It is a beautifully decorated lacquered wood container with a teapot inside. I thought it was a lovely gift. It was so lovely that I picked up another one during my next trip, but had it in my luggage and when I opened my suitcase; the container was cracked into half! Luckily, the teapot was not damaged, and we tried to glue it together to preserve it. Here are couple of images of the tea cozy that I would like to share with you.
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- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- ¼ pound fresh or frozen crab meat, thoroughly drained
- ½ cup pitted black olives, drained and chopped
- 40 slices cocktail Rye bread or French baguette
- 1 medium cucumber, peeled and cut into 20 thin slices
- 1 bunch of fresh watercress sprigs (about 4 oz.)
- 1 tablespoon coarsely shredded lemon peel
Directions: In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Stir in crab meat and olives until well combined. Spread 1 teaspoon of crab mixture onto each bread slice. Top with 1 cucumber slice and 1 watercress sprig. Sprinkle lemon peel on top of watercress. Top with remaining bread slices to form sandwiches. Trim crusts. Yield: 20 small sandwiches.
This recipe is courtesy of www.carnelianrosetea.com.
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According to research from the Tea 4 Health news, consumption of 4 cups of tea daily can enhance concentration, perk up your mood and speed thinking processes without giving you the other negative effects as other caffeinated beverages.
Green has been found to be a mild diuretic to rid the body of excess water. The leaves are cardiotonic, diuretic, stimulant and stringent. Drinking the beverage may give a feeling of comfort and pleasure. Sometimes it is used internally in the treatment of diarrhea, dysentry, hepatitis and gastroenteritis.
Research from newstarget.com stated that for those undergoing chemotherapy, green tea serves to boost the activity of B cells, T cells and natural killer cells, which are key components of the immune system and fight off cancer.
To submit health news, e-mail us.
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Tea Connexions is dedicated to providing the highest quality gourmet teas. Packaged beautifully, they make an ideal gift for tea lovers, health enthusiasts, and connoisseurs of fine art. Our mission is to offer you beautifully packaged gourmet teas distributed by an elite group of independent distributors that offer you superior service and exceptional value. Your satisfaction is assured; all of our products carry a 100% money back guarantee.
More than 100 distributors look forward to serving your tea and gift giving needs. For an updated list, visit www.tea4free.com/tea-mates.html. If a distributor is not in your immediate area, please choose the closest distributor. Please note, this list represents distributors whose online stores are live and active; missing are distributors whose stores are still under construction. To choose your nearest distributor, using a clickable image map, visit www.leaftea.com/teastore.html.
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