Simply Darjeeling!

A wealth of evidence suggests that drinking tea is beneficial to health:

• Protection against cardiovascular disease;
• Prevention of heart disease and stroke;
• Protection against many types of cancer e.g. skin tumors, lung cancer, and digestive cancer;
• Inhibitory effects on DNA synthesis of leukemia cells and lung carcinoma cells;
• Lowering of bad cholesterol;
• Improvements in blood vessel function;
• Anti-inflammatory effects;
• Antibacterial effects;
• Rheumatoid arthritis prevention and relief;
• Inhibitory effects on dental caries.

Tea plants are among the plants with the highest total flavonoid content. 93% of total tea phenolic compounds are flavonoids. Green tea contains more simple flavonoids (called catechins), while black tea contains more complex varieties (called theflavins and thearubigins). The longer tea is left to brew, the higher the concentration of flavonoids.

For many years, it has been known that tea plant polyphenols are antioxidant. In fact, many common flavonoids are several times more potent than Vitamin C or E 12, 13. Growing interest in the antioxidant activity of phenolic compounds has led to increased research into potential health benefits.

(Source: Tea Board Kolkata)

Dear Tea Aficionados,

We strive to achieve the highest possible customer satisfaction. To adjust our products and services to your needs, we require your help. Please take part in our little survey and enter our raffle. Prizes are one gift box, containing four 250g packages of finest Darjeeling tea, and one box of our gourmet teabags.

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Dear Tea Aficionados,

The Boston Tea Campaign will be an exhibitor at the 12th Annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival, which takes place on Saturday, October 20, at the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, 1350 Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Food Festival, organized by the Boston Vegetarian Society, brings together an amazing array of vegetarian natural food providers, top national speakers and chefs, and educational exhibitors in a fun and welcoming environment. It is a chance to talk directly to food producers, learn the newest items in the marketplace, taste free food samples, shop at show special discounts, or simply learn what vegetarian foods are available and where you can find them!

Whether you are a longtime vegetarian or someone simply wanting to add more healthy and delicious foods to your meal repertoire, or if you are just curious what it’s all about, you are welcome here!

If you are in the Boston area, please stop by.

Your
Boston Tea Campaign

The garden tea we currently offer is a Second Flush from the Ambootia estate. A First Flush garden tea will be available again soon.

The renowned Ambootia tea estate, nestled in the rugged foothills of the Himalayan Mountains, is famous for its organic teas. Ambootia transitioned to 100% organic and bio-dynamic production in 1992. It is certified organic by the renowned Institute of Market Ecology in Switzerland, and Fair Trade certified by Fairtrade Labeling Organizations International. It also carries the Naturland seal.

If you wish to order this tea, please go to our online shop.

In the September issue of Blood: Journal of the American Society of Hematology a scientific letter appeared about the possible effectiveness of green tea in curing amyloidosis, a medical condition in which amyloid proteins are abnormally deposited in organs and tissues of the body. The author Werner Hunstein, a renowned professor emeritus of hematology, who suffers from amyloidosis himself, traces the effects of green tea in improving his own illness. Hunstein was diagnosed with amyloidosis in 2001, and the aggressive chemotherapy treatment that followed left him shattered. That he managed to recover his strength and go back to normal in his daily life, Hunstein attributes to green tea. When he began to drink large amounts of green tea (usually about two liters per day), his condition improved significantly; the deposition of amyloid proteins was stopped, and his heart resumed beating more strongly.

In a letter to Teekampagne, our parent company, Professor Hunstein revealed that the green tea which proved so beneficial to his health was Teekampagne’s Darjeeling Green Tea.

(Werner Hunstein, “Epigallocathechin-3-gallate in AL amyloidosis: a new therapeutic option?” Blood, 15 September 2007, Vol. 110, No. 6, pp. 2216; “Hilft gruener Tee gegen krankhafte Eiweissablagerungen?” Neue Zuercher Zeitung, 19 September 2007.)