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  Conversation with Manik Jayakumar, Qtrade Teas & Herbs

  TeaCast

  Date / Time: 10/3/2009 7:00 AM UTC

  Category: Food

  
  

  Manik Jayakumar, President, Qtrade Teas & Herbs has amassed a series of remarkable achievements in the specialty tea industry. Starting from his rapid rise to a tea plantation manager in Sri Lanka through to heading one of the largest organic and Fair Trade certified import, blending and distribution centers in North America, Mr. Jayakumar provides us with a unique perspective on how we can all participate in the long term viability of tea plantations throughout the world.

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  Original Air Date: 6/24/2009 9:00 PM UTC

  Tea Menu Planning

  Just getting started with your tea biz? We'll use this show to discuss menu planning - how to develop an effective tea menu for quick service, restaurant, and specialty retail applications.
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  • Tags:
  • menu planning
  • tea selection
  • beverage menu
  • tea assortment
  • herbal choices
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• Original Air Date: 6/17/2009 9:00 PM UTC

  Special Guest: Author Beatrice Hohenegger

  Writer and curator Beatrice Hohenegger joins us for a lively perspective on Liquid Jade and upcoming the tea exhibition, “Steeped in History: The Art of Tea” at UCLA's Fowler Museum from August 16, 2009 to November 29, 2009.
  
  Liquid Jade explores tea in all its historical and cultural aspects. Entertaining yet informative and extensively researched, Liquid Jade tells the story of western greed and eastern bliss. Connecting past and present, Liquid Jade explores the world of tea today and discusses how organic and fair trade practices can begin to address the damage of hundreds of years of labor as well as soil exploitation.
  
  “Steeped in History: The Art of Tea”. The exhibition reveals the fascinating history of tea drinking. Paintings, photographs and historical documents, and tea-serving paraphernalia range from tea's mythic origins of South China through its enormous significance in Japan, its introduction in Europe by Dutch traders around 1610, its role in colonial American life beyond the clichés of the Boston Tea Party, and finally to its expanding importance as a global commodity at the height of the British Empire.
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  • Tags:
  • liquid jade
  • beatrice hohenegger
  • tea history
  • tea
  • opium
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• Date / Time: 6/17/2009 1:55 AM UTC

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• Original Air Date: 6/10/2009 10:00 PM UTC

  Science of Tea

  Why is tea a healthy beverage? What components in tea make it special? How much do I have to drink? Ron returns to his scientist days and leads us in a discussion of current research on tea and wellness.
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  • Tags:
  • health benefits tea
  • EGCG
  • theanine
  • catechins
  • bioavailability
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