23rd March, 2007: Bigelow Tea Sponsors Tea Fundraiser
Reported by the Connecticut Post, Bigelow Tea sponsored a tea fundraiser organized by Investmark which took place at the Westport Women’s Club. Cindi Bigelow spoke on tea health and cancer.
The tea for the fundraiser came courtesy of Cindi Bigelow, co-president of the Fairfield-based tea company her grandmother started more than 60 years ago.
Bigelow opened the event with a discussion about the health benefits of tea — even, she acknowledged, when it’s not a Bigelow brand.
The health benefits come from the tea bush, the processing of which results in three types of tea — green, black and oolong. Anti-oxidants are much stronger in black tea, which is made from crushing, exposing to air, drying and chopping the leaves. Green tea comes from leaves that are steamed before being dried and chopped; oolong comes from leaves that are crushed and exposed to air for a shorter period.
“They’re doing all kinds of cancer work with tea,” Bigelow said, citing a raft of university studies and reports. Black tea is studied for its cardiovascular benefits, while green tea is part of cancer studies.
“You are drinking the brew of a vegetable. It is loaded with antioxidants.”
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