15th January, 2008: It’s a Hot Item: Tea - Celebrate Tea’s Health Benefits During “National Hot Tea Month”
January is “National Hot Tea Month.” What better time to cozy up with a nice, hot cup of Bigelow Tea? Make tea a part of your daily routine. After all, tea is one way to achieve a healthier lifestyle. Perhaps being healthier tops your list of New Year’s Resolutions? This antioxidant, nutrient-rich beverage has been credited with protecting against and helping to lower the risk of heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure and cholesterol, stroke as well as many forms of cancer.
There’s no excuse. Bigelow Tea has a flavor for every palette. Try Green Tea with Pomegranate or the ever popular Constant Comment tea. It’s easy. Shop online at www.bigelowtea.com or at your local supermarket. Wait…there’s more…be sure to check the Bigelow website and blog on a regular basis for recipes, entertainment ideas, more health facts and celebrity tea sightings.
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14th January, 2008: Whole Lotta…Tea
That’s right. Led Zeppelin, the band famous for songs like Whole Lotta Love and Stairway to Heaven, is now drinking a whole lotta tea. Performing together after 19 years, these former party animals requested nothing more than a constant flow of caffeine-free herbal tea and sparkling water backstage. More than one million people applied in a lottery for 20,000 seats at London’s O2 Arena. Stars like Kate Moss, Priscilla and Lisa-Marie Presley, Steve Winwood and Marilyn Manson were among those thrilled to have secured seats. And they were not to be disappointed. The performance reportedly “lived up to the loftiest of expectations.” Believe it or not, legendary Led Zeppelin is rockin’ and rollin’ to a whole lotta tea.
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11th January, 2008: Game Day Sauce Recipes
Perfect Peach® Mustard Dipping Sauce
Our delectably fragrant dipping sauce can be used with grilled sausage bites, cubes of cheese or for crudites. No matter what you choose as its partner, our Perfect Peach® Herb Tea- scented sauce will add pizazz.
Ingredients:
½ cup water
6 Bigelow Perfect Peach® Herb Tea tea bags
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 ½ tablespoons honey
½ teaspoon soy sauce
½ cup vegatable oil
3-4 drops Tabasco Sauce, or to taste
Instructions:
Bring the water to a boil in a small saucepan. Add the tea bags and steep for 5 minutes, making sure they are completely submerged. Remove to a small strainer and, using the back of a spoon, press as much liquid as possible back into the pan.
In a small bowl, combine the mustard, honey and soy sauce. Add the infused tea and stir until smooth. Whisk in the oil. Season to taste with Tabasco Sauce, cover and refrigerate until needed.’
Yield: Makes 2/3 cup
Ingredients:
½ cup (125mL) hot water
10 Bigelow® Orange & Spice Herbal tea bags
¼ cup (60mL) brown sugar
1 small onion, diced
¼ cup (60mL) ketchup
2 tablespoons (30mL) mustard
Instructions:
Pour boiling water over tea bags. Let steep for 5 minutes. Remove bags, squeezing them for excess tea. Add brown sugar until dissolved. Set aside.
In a skillet, add tea, ketchup, mustard and onions. Mix well and simmer until onions are soft, about 10 minutes.
This sauce can be used with steak, chicken and pork. It also can be used for baking beans.
Yield: Makes ¾ cup
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9th January, 2008: Everything Tea…William Barclay Hall Knows All
With over forty years experience in every facet of the tea industry, William Barclay Hall knows everything there is to know about tea. Originally from Canada, Mr. Hall received his formal training in England in the late 1960s: first with Brooke Bond, LTD, then the largest tea packer in the world and later, with Van Rees, the largest tea trader in the world then and now. Interestingly, during his training, Mr. Hall would taste up to 800 cups of tea a day.
After mastering tea packaging and tea trading, Mr. Hall then went on to spend a number of years in the US food industry, buying and consulting about tea. He later became a highly sought after and respected tea broker, traveling extensively throughout the tea growing regions of the world in search of the perfect cup of tea.
Well, he found it – at the Charleston Tea Plantation – America’s only tea garden, located in Charleston, South Carolina. He purchased the plantation in 1987 and later partnered with Bigelow Tea, which has owned the plantation since 2003. Everyday Mr. Hall lends his forty year tea intelligence to all aspects of tea production at the Charleston Tea Plantation, ensuring production of the highest quality of tea. Together, William Barclay Hall and Bigelow Tea have transformed the Charleston Tea Plantation from a plantation into a beautiful and educational tourist destination as well. A “must see” for tea lovers and tourists alike.
The William Barclay Hall/Bigelow Tea duo gives new meaning to “Tea for Two.”
For more on Bill Hall and the Charleston Tea Plantation, go to www.bigelowtea.com.
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8th January, 2008: Green Tea is Superman When it comes to Brainpower
Green Tea has proven not only to protect brain cells, but also to regenerate them. A recent study at the Thechnion Institute in Haifa, Israel found that feeding green tea extract to mice with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s protects brain cells from dying, and helps ‘rescue’ already damaged neurons in the brain. Although numerous studies conducted around the world have shown that drinking green tea may help support the brain as people get older, this study is the first to show how the antioxidant in green tea actually works when it crosses over to the brain. The polyphenol of green tea extract (EGCG) given to the mice was equivalent to drinking about two to four cups of green tea per day.
Perhaps even Superman should start drinking green tea? Given all its proven benefits, who knows? Maybe green tea would combat the effects of kryptonite?
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7th January, 2008: Celebrities Choose Chamomile Tea
Singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette has been making music since she was eight years old, becoming most famous for her 1996 hit album, Jagged Little Pill. According to at least one fan site, Morissette is also known to sing the praises of chamomile tea! The herbal tea (made from the flowers of a perennial in the Aster family) is Alanis’ favorite drink, but she also finds that it soothes her throat. At lunch with Jon Pareles of The New York Times, Alanis explained her need for a cup of chamomile tea, by simply noting “I’m a singer on the road.”
Actress Jessica Alba is a chamomile tea fan for slightly different reasons. Jessica keeps the tea bags on hand as a beauty treatment for her eyes. Emily Dougherty notes in her Harper’s Bazaar beauty secrets that Alba “keeps chamomile tea bags in the fridge to rid tired eyes of puffiness on Sunday mornings.’I slap them on after I stay out too late,’” she quotes Alba as saying.
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4th January, 2008: A Juicy Story… Citrus Juice Combined with Green Tea Enhances Antioxidant Absorption
New research, published in Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, suggests that combining citrus juice or vitamin C with green tea or green tea extract could increase the absorption of antioxidants found in tea by as much as 13 times. The reason for this is that citrus juice and vitamin C appear to interact with catechins to prevent break down in the intestines. Among other health benefits, catechins (tea’s antioxidants) are believed to be responsible for reducing the risk of cancer, heart attack and stroke. According to Mario Ferruzzi, who led the study at Purdue University, catechins are relatively unstable in non-acidic environments, such as the intestines, and less than 20 per cent of the total remains after digestion. In fact, Ferruzzi found that citrus juice increased absorbable catechins by more than five times and vitamin C by anywhere from six to thirteen times.
So pass the OJ to get a boost…a boost in the health benefits of green tea that is! Stayed tuned as more research is ongoing…
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2nd January, 2008: Take the Tea Test
How well do you know tea? Well enough to put your knowledge to the test? Find out if your expertise passes muster with this quick quiz from the Tea Experience magazine. Or, if you want a real mental workout (and you’ve got five minutes to spare), check out this 24-question rendition.
Of course, if you’re new to tea, you’ll want to bone-up on tea trivia first with a quick stop at the Tea Museum where you’ll find interesting “factoids” on the rich history and diverse varieties of this popular beverage.
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1st January, 2008: Bigelow Tea Spreads the Word on How Hot Tea Can Do the Body Well
In Celebration of “Hot Tea Month,” Fairfield-based Company Reminds Customers of the Health Benefits of Tea
FAIRFIELD, Conn., January 2008 – Creating quality teas since 1945, Bigelow Tea is encouraging customers to stay healthy and warm with a cup of hot tea during January, National Hot Tea Month.
Truly steeped in history and tradition, tea was first enjoyed by the Emperor of China nearly 5,000 years ago. Today, tea is the world’s second most popular beverage, second only to water and each year in America, over 50 billion cups are consumed.
Serving as a reminder to do something healthy for ourselves, be it a New Year’s Resolution or fresh lifestyle change, January is the ideal time to incorporate a nice hot cup of tea in our daily regime.
Not only is tea soothing and delicious, studies have shown that hot tea can protect against and help lower the risk of heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure and cholesterol, stroke and some forms of cancer.
The high antioxidant and nutrient-rich beverage is sold in a variety of flavors at Bigelow Tea, which can be purchased both online and at your local food store. With choices ranging from Green Tea with Pomegranate to the ever-so-popular “Constant Comment”® teas, customers can revel in the idea of staying in glowingly good health while sipping on a hot mug of Bigelow Tea.
Throughout “Hot Tea Month,” be sure to visit Bigelow’s website and blog for recipes, entertainment ideas and products for sale.
About Bigelow Tea Company
Bigelow Tea was founded by Ruth Campbell Bigelow over 60 years ago in 1945. The company continues to be 100% family owned and managed by the Bigelow family with a special blend of pride and enthusiasm. Today the company is one of the nation’s leading producers of specialty teas, which includes more than 80 varieties of flavored, traditional, green, organic green, herbal, decaffeinated, and iced teas. One of Bigelow Tea’s best-known products is America’s number one specialty tea flavor – “Constant Comment® – flavored with a delicious blend of oranges and spice. It is available in black tea, green tea and decaffeinated versions.
Bigelow Tea products are available nationwide and every variety can be found on the company website (www.bigelowtea.com). Tea lovers will also enjoy the company’s blog (www.bigelowteablog.com).
PRESS CONTACT INFO:
Elizabeth April-Fritz
Bigelow Tea
203-334-1212
eafritz@rcbigelow.com
Valorie Luther
Creative Concepts
203.259.4202
vluther@creative-conceptsllc.com
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1st January, 2008: A History-Making Partnership! Bigelow® Tea and AriZona® Beverage
Their collaborative event infuses new excitement into the Hot and Cold Beverage categories.
FAIRFIELD, Conn., January 2008 – Bigelow Tea (www.bigelowtea.com), the family-run tea company based in Fairfield, CT, announces an industry first: a breakthrough collaboration with the popular iced tea brand, ARIZONA® beverages (www.drinkarizona.com).
The partnership has brewed up two beautifully packaged, ready-to-drink Bigelow Tea and AriZona introductions: Mocha Chai and Vanilla Chai Latte … along with three exciting, new hot tea flavors: Green Tea with Ginseng & Honey, Green Tea with Mandarin Orange, and Green Tea with Pomegranate & Acai.
These revolutionary hot and ready-to-drink teas combine AriZona’s mission of promoting good health and great taste with Bigelow Tea’s focus on providing the best quality and freshest teas. The result is a powerful partnership. “We are thrilled to join forces with AriZona, an influential and respected brand,” says Cindi Bigelow, President of Bigelow Tea. “Our shared beliefs in offering customers a beverage that not only tastes great but promotes well-being make this historic partnership a natural one. We view our relationship as a long term commitment to produce premium, innovative products that all tea consumers will enjoy for years to come.”
Please visit your local retailer to purchase the newest offerings coming soon to a store near you.
About Bigelow Tea Company
Bigelow Tea was founded by Ruth Campbell Bigelow over 60 years ago in 1945. The company continues to be 100% family owned and managed by the Bigelow family with a special blend of pride and enthusiasm. Today the company is one of the nation’s leading producers of specialty teas, which includes more than 80 varieties of flavored, traditional, green, organic green, herbal, decaffeinated, and iced teas. One of Bigelow Tea’s best-known products is America’s number one specialty tea flavor – “Constant Comment® – flavored with a delicious blend of oranges and spice. It is available in both black, green tea and decaffeinated versions.
Bigelow Tea products are available nationwide and can be found on the company website (www.bigelowtea.com).
About AriZona Beverage Company
AriZona Beverage Company is an internationally recognized brand name that is synonymous with quality ready-to-drink teas, herbal teas, and energy drinks. From its introduction in May of 1992 until today, the brand has been phenomenally successful. In the Jan.-Feb. 2007 edition of Beverage Spectrum Magazine, AriZona was listed as the leading seller in the beverage industry of ready-to-drink teas. Almost as popular as their product, AriZona’s unique packaging designs have continuously won international recognition for their creativity. For more information, please visit us at www.drinkarizona.com.
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Elizabeth April-Fritz
Bigelow Tea
203-334-1212
eafritz@rcbigelow.com
Valorie Luther
Creative Concepts
203.259.4202
vluther@creative-conceptsllc.com
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