The economic problems have had some seriously dire consequences but possibly one of the worst I’ve seen so far is the cutting of tea at IBM’s many international offices.
It seems IBM are too poor to afford to pay for staff to drink this most essential of refreshments.
More at the Australian Business.
Twinnings of Canada is one of the most active in this international tea merchants branches. I’ve heard mumblings that Canadians like tea almost as much as the English in fact.
Then I read this news story from the Montreal Gazette…
I was at the Georges Vanier station, walking down to the platform to catch the Orange Line to Lionel Groulx. On the second flight of stairs were two items of debris: a potato chip and a used tea bag. ~ Source
What?! WHAT?! A used tea bag discarded in a metro station. Its akin to leaving a baby under a car or a basket of puppies on a cliff edge. What on earth possessed this dysfunctional Canadian to discard their tea bag in the metro?? I say dysfunctional with the utmost certainty that this person wasn’t of sound mind. Either that or they could be…
French Canadian!
I’ve heard stories about the French Canadians. They want independence and have no regard for tea. I can only hope this isn’t the start of a terrible terrible decline in Canada’s love of tea.
I couldn’t believe this when I saw it but a young British-Indian woman in Kensworth, Bedfordshire (UK) was about to take a sip of tea in her shop when two robbers burst in wielding 10 inch blades demanding cash and lottery tickets.
In a flash of incredible bravery the young woman – who stands at only 5ft – launched her hot cup of tea into the face of one attacker and the mug was thrown at the second.
They were so shocked they fled with only a box of easily-cancelled lottery scratch-cards.
Here’s the CCTV of the incident.
Tea fights crime too!
It looks like Tata Tea of India is pushing a campaign to get youngsters interested in the humble Chai tea as well as politics and voting!
It seems their using their tea campaign to stoke interest in social issues too in order to get the youth of India more involved in the community and country.
I wonder how that’d fair in the US or UK?
Vote Obama – get free Chai.
Vote McCain – get free Oolong.
Have a jasmine – vote Tony Blair.
Hmmmm…
Found some interesting info today. The author of the Harry Potter books, JK Rowling, is hosting a tea party with city school children to promote her latest book – The Tales of Beedle the Bard
The reading is being held in the National Library of Scotland and plenty of tea shall be on hand!
It seems a number of the major Indian tea makers are getting into the organic market as people are getting more and more health concious. It makes sense as people have been moving to organic in droves for the past few years.
According to the Financial Express the Organic India company has allocated $10 million dollars into the R&D of 24 new organic varieties of tea!
The company has already launched 18 flavours of Tulsi tea in the US market so expect many more to come.
As promised now the new blog is up I’ve started to add new sections and pages to the site. I started by busting some myths about tea tree oil and then put together a list of Royal tea breaks.
Technorati Tags: tea tree oil, tea breaks, tea health
The Juri’s Old Bakery Tea shop in Winchcombe Gloucestershire has won the most coveted tea award in the UK. The UK Tea Council who monitor and asses tea rooms across the UK have been conducting incognito investigations to find the finest tea shop of them all.
The tea shop is owned and run by the Miyawaki family. With their Japanese heritage and love of tea they’ve made it their mission to create a paradise of tea in the county of Gloucester.
If you want more information you can see the original story here: UK’s Top Tea Place
I shall give my own review in the next few months when I pay them a visit.
The prestigious Whittards of Chelsea – one of the UK’s oldest and greatest tea merchants is holding a 10% off sale for the Christmas period from today (21st Nov) to the 21st December.
Never been a better time to get someone a tea present for Christmas.
If you’re a resident of the UK you’ll have heard of the ‘5 portions of fruit or veg’ campaign oft trumpeted by the government. Well now the tea council of the UK has got in on the act by unleashing the Tea 4 Health campaign!
By drinking 4 or more cups of tea per day its believed to have numerous health benefits. You can sign up for updates and news from the Tea Council as part of this campaigns aim to educate the masses on the great benefits of regular tea drinking.
