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Introducing Our Tea Shots So we are proud to announce that tea shots have been added to our online store. What exactly is a tea shot? Well i'm glad you asked! A tea shot is a sampling of some of our more popular blends of tea....

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Help Us Grow, Get Free Tea! We're looking to have some help with getting our name out to the people. So what do we  need from you? Well it's pretty simple- place a text link, blog about us, or put our logo on your website, or...

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Got Hypertension? Looking To Lower Your Blood Pressure?... Finds Clinical Trials by Tufts University in Boston    So the news was bound to make the front page: Canadians are suffering from hypertension at an unprecedented rate. Nearly one fifth of adults...

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We Are At Mapleview Mall It's been a long couple of months but we are really excited to share this news with everyone. We have launched a tea cart at Mapleview Mall in Burlington, Ontario. That's right tea fans - you can now get...

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Backstage at the CCMA Gift Lounge Hello my fellow tea drinkers. It's been a little while since we've posted but we'd like to share a short video produced by the Uptown GiftBox Company. See if you can spot our hand made tea boxes (hint:...

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New Study Finds Green Tea May Prevent Prostate Cancer

Posted by Dan | Posted in Tea, Tea Health | Posted on 25-06-2009

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A recent study published in the July edition of the journal Cancer Prevention Research suggests that the  polyphenols found in Green Tea may prevent the cell damage that leads to cancer development and progression.

A clinical trial conducted in Italy with 26 participants showed that the consumption of green tea helped lower the likelihood that prostate cancer would develop over the course of the 1 year study.

So why not incorporate some green tea into your daily routine?  We have some great tasting green teas including a Strawberry Green Tea that is packed with polyphenols including ECGC.  This one is especially tasty as an iced tea too!

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