HEALTH
By Laura Vozzella, The Baltimore Sun | June 23, 2010
Move over, soy milk and wheat-grass juice. The elixir of the moment is a fermented tea promoted for health benefits ranging from improved digestion to cancer prevention. Called kombucha, it is a drink with a dual identity. There's the commercial version that comes in pretty pastels and fetches upward of $3 a bottle at natural foods stores. And there's the brown, pennies-per-serving home-brew, made with a scary-looking blob of bacteria. Whether store-bought or homemade, the drink has grown popular with fans of "probiotic" foods, which contain live bacteria cultures.
NEWS
By ROB KASPER | June 18, 2008
On a sweltering day in 1904 a tea huckster, India Tea Commissioner Richard Blechynden, was having a hard time convincing visitors to the St. Louis World's Fair to sample his hot tea. So he put the tea in large bottles, flipped them upside down and let the tea flow through iced lead pipes. Iced tea, minus the lead pipes, has, according to the Tea Association of the United States of America, been a part of American summer ever since. Teavolve Address --1705 Eastern Ave. Phone --410-327-4832 Hours --10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday- Sunday I picked a blended black tea, sweet orange and honey, from the impressive selection of loose teas.
NEWS
By Loni Ingraham | May 1, 2013
Pinkies up! St. Stephen's Traditional Episcopal Church in Timonium is hosting its 12th annual British Garden Party and Fete on Saturday, May 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free, even though it costs St. Stephen's nearly $4,000 each year to present this "bit of Jolly Olde England," as the church bills it. "It's really a gift to the community," the Rev. Guy Hawtin said. "It's not really a money-making venture - the goal is to break even. One year we cleared $50 profit.
EXPLORE
September 6, 2012
Books-A-Million in the Laurel Shopping Center, 351 Montrose Ave., will offer traditional British tea and biscuits with author Mary Hart Perry on Saturday, Sept. 15, from noon to 2 p.m. Perry, a Maryland author who teaches the Extreme Novelist course at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, is the author of more than 40 novels under several pseudonyms.
NEWS
July 15, 2007
Manna Cafe in downtown Sykesville will hold a Freedom Celebration Tea at 1 p.m. July 28 to benefit the Armed Forces Foundation. The tea is being held as a show of support for the military. The tea will feature a menu of American tradition and color, said cafe owner Pamela Graham. Tickets are $30. Information: 410-795-5977. Bank of Hanover joins CCDC Bank of Hanover has joined the Carroll County Development Corporation, a community financial development corporation dedicated to improving the economic conditions of the people of Carroll County.
NEWS
By TaNoah Morgan and TaNoah Morgan,SUN STAFF | November 12, 1998
It's time again for tea. Epiphany Episcopal Church is transforming its vestibule and meeting rooms into a parlor for ladies and gentlemen who enjoy eating finger sandwiches and sipping hot tea, with pinkies extended.The English Country Tea will include scones, sandwiches, trifle and an assortment of teas.Visitors say the twice-a-year gathering provides an opportunity to catch up with neighbors and old friends.The event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the church at 1419 Odenton Road.