<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/739f5e80-3d16-46de-b27c-04d640f0f2f0/69DF8FF0-93CD-4482-BC20-11FC22B820A9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://almostvegetarian.blogspot.com/2007/06/drink-to-your-health-healthiest-way-to.html" href="http://almostvegetarian.blogspot.com/2007/06/drink-to-your-health-healthiest-way-to.html" style="font-size: 11px;">almostvegetarian.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://almostvegetarian.blogspot.com/2007/06/drink-to-your-health-healthiest-way-to.html">A drink to your health! The healthiest way to enjoy a cup of tea.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://almostvegetarian.blogspot.com/2007/06/drink-to-your-health-healthiest-way-to.html"><SPAN>Have a nice cuppa</SPAN><BR /><DIV>According to the <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/6698539.stm">BBC</A> (and if I would trust any source on tea, it most assuredly would be the BBC) ”The traditional way of making tea in a pot is healthier than dunking a bag in a cup, according to scientists.”</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://almostvegetarian.blogspot.com/2007/06/drink-to-your-health-healthiest-way-to.html">By <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3016342.stm">traditional</A>, they mean a five-minute steeping time which is normal for black teas such as Earl Grey and English Breakfast.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://almostvegetarian.blogspot.com/2007/06/drink-to-your-health-healthiest-way-to.html"><DIV>A quick dunk, such as you might do with a tea bag, just doesn’t give the leaves enough time to impart their antioxidants to the tea water.</DIV><BR /><SPAN>If five minutes is good, is ten minutes better?</SPAN><BR /><DIV>Not when it comes to tea, m’dear. You don’t get more antioxidants after five minutes and, in fact, it just makes your tea taste bitter.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://almostvegetarian.blogspot.com/2007/06/drink-to-your-health-healthiest-way-to.html">there are antioxidants in tea that could <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6571147.stm">help protect against cancer</A> and heart disease.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/69DF8FF0-93CD-4482-BC20-11FC22B820A9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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