Teatulia - Teatulia at Fancy Foods Show!

I trust the new year is off to a good start for you!

We just returned from the Fancy Foods Show in San Francisco which was amazing! We featured our new Peppermint Herbal Infusion and introduced our beautiful Individually-Wrapped Tea Bags, wrapped in biodegradable and compostable Eucalyptus Paper.

We made loads of new friends and saw old, long-time supporters of Teatulia.

Next week off to New York City for the New York International Gift Fair. Hello Big Apple!

STEEPSTER REVIEW: Teatulia Bengal Breakfast Tea "This is one of my favorite teas of 2010 - great combined with lemon/ginger infusions or on its own! Some may want to add a dab of sugar, but I prefer mine black!...100 Rating"

TEAVIEWS.COM REVIEW: TEATULIA BENGAL BREAKFAST TEA "I'm a big fan of this type of tea (especially on Monday mornings) but sometimes they can be a bit too astringent. This tea was brisk enough for a wake up call but did not have the bite that one would expect. It was smooth and slightly malty with a sweet finish to each sip. I tried this one iced and it was just as delicious. The package of this tea says "Let the Sun Shine" and I think that sums it up pretty nicely. I would definitely recommend this tea. 9/10 Rating."

Dry Leaves:	Large, mighty leaves that nearly burst out of the silken sachet when steeped.
Aroma:	Nutty and buttery.
Color:	Light golden brown.
Flavor:	Smooth, medium body, with a mellow finish. Highly drinkable with a slight sweetness at the finish. A very familiar tea that can be easily enjoyed in large quantities.

20% Off Any Teatulia Bengal Breakfast Item!!
Use Promo Code: bb2011

To Health— Black Tea Soothes Away Stress

The effects of tea on psychophysiological stress responsivity and post-stress recovery: a randomised double-blind trial. Psychopharmacology. Jan 2007. Steptoe A, Gibson EL, Vuononvirta R, Williams ED, et al. University College, London

RATIONALE: Tea has anecdotally been associated with stress relief, but this has seldom been tested scientifically.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effects of 6 weeks of black tea consumption, compared with matched placebo, on subjective, cardiovascular, cortisol and platelet responses to acute stress, in a parallel group double-blind randomised design.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy-five healthy nonsmoking men were withdrawn from tea, coffee and caffeinated beverages for a 4-week wash-out phase during which they drank four cups per day of a caffeinated placebo. A pretreatment laboratory test session was carried out, followed by either placebo (n = 38) or active tea treatment (n = 37) for 6 weeks, then, a final test session. Cardiovascular measures were obtained before, during and after two challenging behavioural tasks, while cortisol, platelet and subjective measures were assessed before and after tasks.

RESULTS: The tasks induced substantial increases in blood pressure, heart rate and subjective stress ratings, but responses did not differ between tea and placebo treatments. Platelet activation (assessed using flow cytometry) was lower following tea than placebo treatment in both baseline and post-stress samples. The active tea group also showed lower post-task cortisol levels compared with placebo (P = 0.032), and a relative increase in subjective relaxation during the post-task recovery period (P = 0.036).

CONCLUSIONS: Compared with placebo, 6 weeks of tea consumption leads to lower post-stress cortisol and greater subjective relaxation, together with reduced platelet activation. Black tea may have health benefits in part by aiding stress recovery.

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Cattle Lending Program...From its inception, Teatulia has engaged with its community in a mutually beneficial manner. This is why Teatulia started a cooperative that is open both to its workers, and to neighbors in surrounding villages. The Teatulia Cooperative began with an innovative cattle-lending program. Co-op members receive a milking cow, for which they pay back not in cash, but with milk and cow dung. Members pay only one liter of milk per day, keeping the rest for their children and the calves. They pay 10 to 20 kgs of cow dung for fertilizer per day, keeping a measure for their own use. This easy "barter" form of payback alleviates the pressure of cash payments, making the co-op a practical alternative even to the micro-credit operations for which Bangladesh is now famous. Most members manage to pay off their cow within two to three years. Best of all, co-op members keep any calves that the cow bears, doubling or trebling their cattle wealth!

The Teatulia Cooperative exceeds one thousand members and expects to quadruple its numbers within the next two to three years, if not sooner.

Teatulia Affiliate Program: Do you blog or tweet about your favorite foods and drinks? Teatulia is excited to announce the rollout of our affiliate program. If you would like to drive sales as a publisher in this online program, you may sign up at ShareASale. We'll pay a 15% commission, as well as provide a variety of creative options for your online promotion. Click Here to learn more!

New Store Locator Feature on Website!... Your favorite Teatulia tea may just be a short walk (or bike ride) away. This new mapping application will zero in on your location and present stores or cafes currently carrying our teas. Give it a try! Also, if you're an existing wholesale customer and don't see your business listed, please let us know!

Have a wonderful day and we'll see you in a couple weeks.

Don't forget to save 20% on all Bengal Breakfast items in January. For a list of all our products along with teaware and gift items, please visit the Teatulia Store.

To Health. To Life. To Tea.

Linda Appel Lipsius
Co-Founder & CEO, Teatulia Premium 100% Organic Teas
www.teatulia.com