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Article: Tea's potential health benefits have made it the new hot drink of choice.
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- February 16, 2004
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Byline: Judith Blake
Ah, for a nice, steaming cup of ... essence of broccoli in green tea? No, thanks, you say?
If so, the makers of an unusual new tea hope you'll reconsider. Brassica Tea, they assert, teams the antioxidant powers of green or black tea with those of broccoli, for a brew that claims extra oomph on the health front. And, no, it doesn't taste like broccoli.
Brassica has joined a flood of teas clamoring for your attention as possible disease fighters.
Green tea has been the darling of health honchos for the past few years. Now, it's being challenged by white tea and by rooibos, or red tea, as well as Brassica (a brand ...