It seems that Australians are now drinking more Green Teas, as well as flavoured Premium Blended Black Teas. You can purchase naturally flavoured black teas online from Australian Fruit Tea Company, here (more…)

My mum always had a solution for every situation.

“A Good Cup of Tea Will Fix It!”, she would say.

No matter what the problem was - if I fell over and hurt my knee. If I had a bad head from a big night out. If I had an argument with a friend. It was always the same - “A Good Cup of Tea Will Fix It!”, she would say.

What Tea Can Do For You - By Lisa Moses

With New Years right around the corner and resolutions just begging to be made, you can’t go wrong with a resolution to drink more tea.

Black, white, or green tea - they all have fantastic polyphenols, which are antioxidants that have the power to increase our health at the cellular level.

Tea, green tea in particular, has been shown to be helpful for:

· Reducing cholesterol
· Fighting cancer
· Treating inflammatory bowel disease
· Diabetes
· Liver disease
· Weight loss
· Preventing neurodegenerative diseases
· Hardening of the arteries
· Bad breath
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Antioxidants - Foods High In Antioxidants Include Loose Leaf Tea. By Connie Bednar

We know that antioxidants fight the oxidative damage done to our body cells by free radicals. This is all very scientific. Not being a scientist, I can not go into great detail to explain how our bodies come to have free radicals. I can tell you that in most cases they are not good for our bodies.

You may understand this as an example, smoking causes free radicals in our bodies. We know that smoking can lead to lung cancer and heart disease. (in the case of smoking, just say no to smoking)

To protect ourselves it is a good idea to find something that can fight the free radicals in our bodies. Enter antioxidants, they can prevent free radical damage and even sometimes reverse damage done by them. Some researchers have found that drinking green tea may help reverse some, but definitely not all damage done by smoking. (more…)

By CD Mohatta
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=CD_Mohatta

The are five major categories of tea. White, green, Oolong-style (brown), and black teas come from the tea plant, Camellia Sinensis. Herbal teas are made from herbs, spices, fruits, flowers, and bark, and contain no tea leaves. Similar to wine varieties, sometimes the name of a tea indicates (more…)

“If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty”, so goes a Japanese proverb.

Hot or cold, green or black, this ancient beverage is steeped in health benefits.

Quick facts on Tea:
* Tea is considered the world’s most popular beverage, after water.
* All three conventional teas ― green, black and oolong ― come from the same plant (Camellia sinensis), but their chemical content and flavors are different because they’re processed differently. Green tea leaves are steamed before they’re dried, which prevents the breakdown of catechins and preserves their green color. Black tea is made by allowing the leaves to oxidize and ferment, which darkens them and converts some of the catechins into other compounds. Oolong tea is only partially fermented. Source: Buzzle (more…)

At Australian Fruit Tea Company, we use.

* Black tea grown bordering Sri Lanka’s largest rain forest called ‘Singharaja”.
* All tea gardens here are free of any blitzes etc which affect the tea bush and therefore pesticides or herbicides are not used.
* Dry leaf - Black, hard [not soft], well twisted.
* Infusion - Bright coppery denoting excellent quality.
* Liquor - Bright red with yellowish tint. Fuller all round cup with a distinctive “gold ring” characteristic of top quality Ceylon tea.
* Natural flavors - Australian Fruit Tea Company will not use natural flavors that contain propylene glycol or triacetine.

Did you know that a cup of tea, if taken without milk and sugar, yields only about 4 calories?

Tea made from loose leaves has more antioxidant levels than tea bags, which tend to to have lower quality, powdered leaves.

Only about 4 calories per cup

Good water will make a world of difference in the taste of your tea. After all, even the finest of tea varieties will taste humdrum when prepared with poor water and this does not add to the flavour of your tea. As a healthy, and great-tasting alternative, we recommend 100% pure spring water.

No Additives, Preservatives, Artificial Flavors or Colors are used in fruits used by Australian Fruit Tea Company. Every effort is made to use organic fruits when available. Best quality Ceylon tea is grown without the use of pesticides or herbicides and are radiation free.