According to the nutritional information of Starbucks, a Matcha Green Tea Crème Frappuccino® has 430 calories, and 65 grams of sugar. The matcha tea blend used by Starbucks lists sugar as the first ingredient, before ground Japanese green tea. This is important to note as sugar is added to the … Continue Reading Matcha Merit (via The Daily Tea)
After six months of studying the tea characteristics and Japanese matcha production line, the young man created green tea powder similar to Japanese matcha in both color and taste.
“Let’s be honest, writing a list like this for Tokyo is like trying to pick the best taco stand in Mexico City. It’s freaking impossible. There are hundreds of choices and inevitably you’re going to piss someone off. But we had to start somewhere! I found ten places in Tokyo … Continue Reading Tokyo: The 10 Essential Places for Tea (via American Specialty Tea Alliance)
Habitual tea drinkers begin to feel restless if they do not get their cup at the usual time. In my opinion, the usefulness of tea, if any, consists in the fact that it supplies a warm sweet drink which contains some milk. The same purpose may well be served by taking boiled hot water mixed with a little milk and sugar. Mahatma Gandhi in "A Key to Health"
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“Tea might seem to be India’s best-loved beverage, but its popularity is actually the result of a careful propaganda effort. Like Christmas and diamonds, tea consumption is among the world’s more successful advertising campaigns.”
I freequently dream of having tea with the Queen. Hugh Grant
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Questa sì che è una buona notizia, tea friends: An economic partnership agreement between Japan and the European Union, signed Tuesday, could give exports an additional boost. The EU will abolish its 3.2% tariff on portions of green tea weighing less than 3kg when the pact takes effect.
Il perfetto teatime è quello in cui il tempo non è scandito dalla fretta; è quello in cui nessun orologio incalza l’avanzare dei minuti. Il tempo ti permette tante cose, anche di scoprire che un certo tipo tè, in fondo… is not your cup of tea! Alessandra Rovetta, dall'intervista per "365 Tealovers"
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Prendete nota, Tealovers! E poi è affascinante anche la sua storia: in Myanmar (nome moderno della Birmania) la lahpet tokhè è un’icona nazionale, perché in questo Paese oltre la metà del tè viene coltivato per essere mangiato, non bevuto.