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Oct 30
Greek mountain tea antioxidants as potent as those in Green tea!
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A study published in the Society of Chemical Industry found Greek mountain tea as potent as the highly revered Green tea at inducing cellular antioxidant defenses and reducing oxidative stress.  And we think it tastes a whole lot better!

In this study the antioxidant effects of a Greek mountain tea extract were investigated in a biological system (HepG2 cells) in basal condition after the induction of an oxidative stress, and compared to those of a Green Tea extract.

The study also showed that Greek mountain tea has a different phenolic pattern than Green tea, with catechins being predominant in Green tea and chlorogenic acid, hypolatein, apigenin and isoscutellarein in Greek mountain tea.

The study’s authors concluded by noting that they believed this to be the first comparison in a biological system between two different plants commonly used to... more

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Jun 28
Klio makes the Napa Valley news!!
Fresh picked Greek mountain tea

 

Food editor, Sasha Paulson, from the Napa Valley Register, writes about her discovery of Greek mountain tea in Greece.  Happily she finds that the Greek mountian tea she tried back home (compliments of Klio), was the same delightful experience that she had near the Acropolis in Athens. Read the whole story here: 

Napa Valley Register - Klio

 

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Apr 3
Αντίο (Goodbye) Coffee: A Global Tea Takeover
Greek Tea (left) vs. Coffee (right)

Out with the old, in with the new. Our generation’s youth is notorious for capitalizing on the latest trends. Over the past few decades, tea has become a popular beverage choice amongst the younger consumers and coffee is slowly, but surely, fading out. According to a recent survey by the International Trade Centre, US tea imports have increased by 30% in the past 10 years.

What is the motive behind this tea takeover?

Tea is trendy.

For starters, tea is simply considered to be more hip. This may sound like bizarre reasoning, but healthy is in – and the healthier, the better. Across the United States popular trends now include workouts like outdoor Yoga, Pilates, juicing, The Mediterranean Diet, Paleo, etc. Even designer brands of workout clothing are a hot commodity within this market.

Physical health awareness is becoming more prominent in today’s society.

As health related diseases continue to rise in the United States... more

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Dec 25
A Primer on Phyto-nutrients

At Klio we talk a lot about the phyto-nutrients in our teas and I often get asked the simple questions of “what are they?” and “what do they do? In full disclosure, this is just a “primer” on this significant and fascinating subject, which is worthy of much greater study, and fortunately phyto-nutrients are increasingly the subject of a lot of interesting research.

 

So what are phyto-nutrients?

Phyto-nutrients are also known as phyto-chemicals. The word “phyto” is the Greek word for plant.  Phyto-nutrients are organic compounds found in all plants to varying degrees; they include flavanoids, polyphenols, caratenoids, saponins, lignans, resveratrol, terpenes, the list goes on. 

 Phyto-nutrients protect plants from threats such as germs, insects, fungus, disease, and free radicals that result from exposure to... more

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Oct 13
Whole, Loose Leaf Tea vs Bags/Sachets

Oh how often we trade quality for convenience. The processed food revolution was all about convenience - unfortunately fooling people into believing that caloric satiety was the same as nutrition.  That’s how we became a nation of the well-fed but nutritionally malnourished. However, a clear and growing movement toward whole foods and beverages has been gaining momentum in this country, as heath concious consumers are beginning to appreciate the trade-offs between conventience and quality.  

As it relates to processed tea, the little tea bag was an ingenious invention from a commercial standpoint. Dust and fannings left over from the tea sorting process were without use until the tea bag was invented sometime in the 1940's. This enabled large tea companies to make good use of an otherwise low quality by-product. Incidentally this “tea dust” made for a much shorter steeping period, although a poorer quality tea.  But talk about a planetary line up – the tea companies got a... more

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