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. * Fresh brewed tea, hot or
} . . . mm iced. contributes to a
Tea’s past steeped IN INTTIQUE Fatty. well-balanced diet
Taken without sugar or
MANY LEGENDS surround the milk, it has no calories.
discovery of tea. The oldest known * Tea is an all-natural bever-
legend is Chinese and dates buck _age, containing no addi-
to 2737 B.C. The Chinese boiled . , tives. no artificial flavorings
their water before drinking it. but 66 As the trade fa or colors.
found boiled water alone just in cotton goods aq ¢ Naturally occurring
waswia tasty drink. Emperor Shen o S$ antioxidants in tea are pre-
Nung was drinking boiled water declined, tea my sentir high concentrations.
when the leaves from a-wild tea * Dietary antioxidants. like
bush fell into the steaming liquid became the e those found in tea, may help
— today’s popular beverage was . retard oxidative processes
found. most unportant associated with tissue dam-
’ By the ninth century, the drink- . mn sh. age and cancer develop-
ing of tea had spread from China item of trade £ ment.
to Japan and the Japanese began . ° & ° Tea consumption has been
growing their own tea, rather than | from China. 99 ; associated with improved
importing it from China. cardiovascular health.
The Dutch were among the first * According to the . Food -
people in Europe to drink tea. ; Guide Facts, a component
Their ships imported tea to west- Canada was imported by the of Canada's Food Guide to
ern Europe in the late 1600s. Early Hudson's Bay Company in 1716 3% iealthy Eating, moderate
in the .next century, the British and took more than a year to arrive daily intake of up to 400 to
began to import tea in large quan- — Canadians have been tea luvers’ 450 mg of caffeine is with-
tities, to satisfy a rapidly growing — ever since. in the recommended limit
market. As the trade in cotton ‘In 1773, the British parliament for most people. This repre-
goods declined. tea became the «passed the Tea Act which imposed sents an average.of 10 to 12
most important item of trade from a greatly resented tax on the most cups of tea per day. :
China. popular beverage in the colonies §% * Tea is not only soothing
Tea also travelled with the pio- — tea, The colonies’ in North {and refreshing but is also
neers who explored and settled in| America were outraged and a helpful in replacing lost
-_ : a a e NEWS photo Mike Wokefleld = North America. Wagon trains group of politically motivated @ body fluid, . particularly
MURCHIE’S STAFF member Ciiristine Sciberras pours some = always curried a good supply of | Bostonians dumped a valuable after exercise.
heavenly loose tea to be weighed. Murchie’s offers many vari- — tca. cargo of East India Company tea &§
eties of both coffee and tea for its customers’ enioyment. The first shipment to arrive in’ - into Boston Harbor.

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