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History of Iced Tea
Tea is the second most popular beverage in the world, after water. North America was introduced to tea around 1650 by Dutchman Peter Stuyvesant in the Dutch Colony of New Amsterdam. (Now New York City).
Iced tea was not "discovered" until some time later, in 1904 at the World's Fair in St. Louis. Richard Blechynden, a tea plantation owner arrived at the fair to give away samples of tea. Hot tea. To Mr. Blechynden's dismay, St. Louis had one of the hottest heat waves in history that year. Out of desperation, he added bags of ice to his darjeeling brew and the rest is iced tea history!
Excerpts taken from:
Iced Tea, Thompson, Fred.
The Harvard Common Press. Copyright 2002.
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Black Tea and Health
"Human population studies have found that people who regularly consume three or more cups of Black Tea per day have a reduced
risk of heart disease and
stroke.
Clinical studies suggest
that the risk reduction
associated with Black Tea
consumption may be due to
improvement in some risk factors
for cardiovascular disease,
including cholesterol levels,
blood vessel function and a
reduction in oxidative damage.
While
researchers are still examining
the various mechanisms by which
tea flavonoids function, some
studies suggest multifunctional
mechanisms, meaning that several
mechanisms work in tandem to
collectively improve markers for
cardiovascular health.
Important
areas of tea and cardiovascular
health research include blood
vessel and endothelial function,
or the ability of the blood
vessels to dilate to allow for
proper blood flow, serum
cholesterol levels and Low
Density Lipoprotein (LDL)
cholesterol oxidation. Each of
these factors impact the risk of
myocardial infarctions (heart
attacks), stroke and
cardiovascular disease."
Source: http://www.teausa.com
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