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Article: TIME FOR TEA.(tea's therapeutic capabilities)
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- The Saturday Evening Post
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- July 1, 1999
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Tea's soothing and healthful properties will make it the coffee of the 21st century.
British statesman William Gladstone once said of tea, "If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are excited, it will calm you." Had he said it today, he would likely have added the phrase: "If you are ill, it will heal you."
Tea is not a miracle drug or cure, but it is getting mentioned more and more as a powerful aid to a healthy life. Some predict that its soothing and healthful properties will make it the coffee of the 21st century.
This would come as no surprise to the Chinese who drank green, black, and oolong ...