Monkeying Around with PG Tips

There's something about tea and monkeys - or so it would seem. This peculiar connection manifests itself in a number of interesting ways. Among them are Golden Monkey, a popular Chinese tea variety; the legend of monkey-picked tea; and an assortment of monkeys – both animated and real – who have been starring in PG …

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Green Tea and Weight Loss

If you do a Web search for the terms “tea” and “weight loss” or “green tea” and “weight loss” you’ll find any number of merchants anxious to convince you of the miraculous ways in which tea and related products can help you to drop pounds. But is there really any basis to these claims? Well, …

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Tea Station Interlopers

For those of us who live the “tea life,” one element is just as essential in our kitchen as a stove or a refrigerator: a tea station. As a true, diehard tea drinker, I have one prominently placed for easy access whenever the irresistible urge to indulge strikes (which is several times a day). “What’s …

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