Tea news, research and analysis - the conversation

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May 22, 2025 Sthembile Ndwandwe, _University of Cape Town_ South Africa’s historical honeybush herbal tea farmers were dispossessed of their land during colonialism and apartheid. Steps must


be taken to right this wrong. May 12, 2025 Anthony Booker, _University of Westminster_ Looking for a caffeine boost without the crash? Here’s why matcha could be a coffee alternative –


minus the jitters. March 24, 2025 Stuart Black, _University of Reading_; David Cooper, _National Museums Scotland _, and Juliette Waterman, _University of Reading_ The study allowed


researchers to assess the impact of changing zoo practices over the last 50 years. May 30, 2024 Nenad Naumovski, _University of Canberra_; Amanda Bulman, _University of Canberra_, and Andrew


McKune, _University of Canberra_ Hint: the most common type actually works. March 12, 2024 Paul S. Atkins, _University of Washington_ ‘Wabi’ and ‘sabi’ are Japanese words with long


histories, but they are rarely used together in the way Western designers have come to use the term. February 26, 2024 Jas Kalra, _Manchester Metropolitan University_ Tea supplies are under


threat as a shipping crisis continues in the Red Sea. January 17, 2024 Adam Taylor, _Lancaster University_ Caffeine is the most consumed psychoactive substance globally. December 14, 2023


Jay L. Zagorsky, _Boston University_ Two and a half centuries later, some things haven’t changed. December 13, 2023 Eliga Gould, _University of New Hampshire_ An attack on private property


angered Colonial leaders as much as the British public – but a strong reaction from Parliament hardened the positions of the opposing sides, making compromise impossible. April 4, 2023


Justin Roberts, _Anglia Ruskin University_ and Henry Chung, _University of Essex_ Matcha may potentially provide more nutritional benefit than a regular cup of green tea. November 7, 2021


Neha Mittal, _University of Leeds_; Andrew Dougill, _University of Leeds_, and Katharine Vincent, _University of KwaZulu-Natal_ Tea growers in Malawi and Kenya wanted site-specific climate


information to help them manage and plan their farming practices to maximise yield and quality. April 21, 2021 Evangeline Mantzioris, _University of South Australia_ From orange juice, to


tea and coffee, to alcohol — different drinks can have different effects on iron absorption. This is worth thinking about if your iron levels are low. April 15, 2021 Sandra Rojas, _La Trobe


University_ A speech pathologist and lecturer in voice disorders explains why lemon and honey tea won’t fix your lost voice. But here’s what might help. February 23, 2021 Nenad Naumovski,


_University of Canberra_; Amanda Bulman, _University of Canberra_; Nathan M D'Cunha, _University of Canberra_, and Wolfgang Marx, _Deakin University_ What is it about chamomile tea,


milk and cocoa that could help us sleep better, and what does the evidence say? April 13, 2020 Neelaveni Padayachee, _University of the Witwatersrand_ and Lisa Claire du Toit, _University of


the Witwatersrand_ Some of the false claims about coronavirus may be harmless. But others can be potentially dangerous. April 1, 2019 Riyaz Timol, _Cardiff University_ How tastes differ


between first-generation migrants and their British-born offspring. January 10, 2019 Ling-Wei Chen, _University College Dublin_ New study finds a link between tea drinking during pregnancy


and smaller babies. November 15, 2018 Daniel Liang-Dar Hwang, _The University of Queensland_ How did you start today – tea or coffee? Or neither? A study of more than 400,000 men and women


links specific genes for tasting bitter flavours like caffeine with hot beverage consumption. November 6, 2018 Peta King, _South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute_ Once upon


a time, a group of disheartened scientists found their tearoom bereft of teaspoons. They explored the problem with a longitudinal study design. April 16, 2018 Richard Blackburn, _University


of Leeds_ That pre-sleep herbal tea may be doing many people a lot of good.