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Green Tea From Japan

From the “News On Japan” web site comes the following report: The Japanese green tea industry and hundreds of green tea growers around Japan are facing a crisis. Japan’s government has banned green tea leaves from four different prefectures from being sold. However, green tea leaves tested from the Shizuoka prefecture, hundreds of miles away from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and...

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Green Tea Component Curbs Nicotine Urge

For those of you trying to kick the nicotine habit….. Chinese researchers discover that smokers find it easier to kick their nicotine habit inhaling green tea component L-Theanine through custom made cigarette filters. ‘A Revolutionary Approach for the Cessation of Smoking’, published in Science China Life Sciences, a peer-reviewed open-access journal, cites how researchers used...

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Theanine Could Lead to Better Memory

12 Jul 2012 By World Tea News Japanese researchers conducting an investigation of elderly persons with normal or slight cognitive dysfunction found that high concentrations of theanine significantly lowered decline in cognitive function compared to a placebo group. This result suggested that theanine might even be able to improve cognitive dysfunction in elderly persons, according to the Doctors Health...

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Risk of heart disease lowered by black tea

A recent study found that regular tea consumption is associated with a reduction of several risk factors that may lead to heart disease. First, it was discovered that three daily cups of tea over a period of 12 weeks lead to a significant reduction in blood sugar levels and triglycerides, which are unhealthy fats. Triglyceride levels fell by 39 percent in male participants and 29 percent in females....

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Just Launched: Sereni-tea Tea Lovers Club

A brand new edition to our web store is our Tea Lovers Club! Receive 6 times a year two 2oz. packets of seasonally, pre-selected teas with a card describing the teas, brewing instructions as well as a cooking recipe to use with the supplied teas.  In the first shipment you will also receive one of our signature Sereni-tea porcelain cups with silicon lid (to have your tea on the go) and a mesh filter with...