 yixing teapot
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Hand blown glass teapot is a unique and affordable gift
idea for
birthdays, anniversaries, Mother's Day, wedding presents, or christmas.
Every tea kettle is carefully hand finished by experienced
glass journeymen.
Hand
blown European tea kettle. Teapots have a
real artistic, historic and ethnic value throughout
the world. Teapots have become great gift items. The
1st tea kettle was developed in China in the sixteenth Century.
The Japanese enjoyed assorted teas, including green tea.
By the eighteenth Century the teapots manufactured at Yixing, China,
were being produced in forms which had symbolic significations,
for example, peach shape for extended life and good luck,
pomegranate for numerous, healthy youngsters.
Early
teapots, when imported to Europe, prompted
potters to respond with new variations of tea kettle culture.
Britain, being more keen on tea drinking than the remainder
of Europe, made the tea pot their own specialty.
Presently,
tea drinking is making a comeback in the America.
Some say Americans are switching from "happy hour"
to "tea time." Excessive social drinking is
increasingly frowned upon and, with executives facing
shrinking expense budgets, the "power lunch"
is being replaced by the "power tea." Herbal
teas popularized during the 1960s are also earning
adoption as additional folks try to stay away from caffeine.
Today
we enjoy an assortment of healthy teas.
Many specialized "healthy" teas are now available.
Many of these are decaffeinated and organic variations
of the various tea types. A selection of tea varieties
is ideal for tea time or a simple tea party.
Research
with green tea in animals has shown it can repress arthritis.
Green tea, already lauded for its cancer fighting ability,
may also protect against certain autoimmune disorders,
new research implies. Green teas inhibit the expression
of antigens made by the body, substances that can trigger
an immune response. EGCG, a substance found in green
tea is known to suppress inflammation.
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