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tea trade in Africa
during the week of febuary 14 a total of 5,239,078 million kilograms of tea was sold at auction in Mombasa, at an average of USD $2.48 the total amount at auction was 7,070,326 kilograms of tea compared to 6,955,676.80 kilograms for the same period last year. Kenya led in the amount tea 5,149,235.80 kilograms out of which 3,758,915.50 was sold at USD $2.61 per unit. the reports indicate that there was less demand for the tea with 28.39 per cent remaining unsold.
the bigger issue is that kenya has reported that there is a lessening in rain fall in its tea growing regions west of the Rift Kericho, Buret, Gucha, Nyamira, Kisii and Sotik, The report indicates that the crop is low and is expected to decline further in the east and west of the Rift while Nandi is showing slight improvement. this is a worry is this climate change in action what will this mean for the tea trade with conflict in the region and lax agricultural practices, and a slumping global economy what will happen with the African tea trade
green tea benefits
Just was searching around twitter for good website links and I came across an article on health by dratiffarid. The article talked about how green tea can help with weight loss, kind of figured though but the neat thing is it helps with weight loss even when the person is still eating junk food. Crazy eh, well I do not think your going to shed pounds when you drink green tea even when your shoving br. big bars and pizza pops in your mouth but it is good if you are trying to wean yourself off junk food and see positive results.
Here is a list of green teas health benefits:
#1 weight loss
#2 Prevents cancers
#3 Reduces risk of stroke
#4 lowers your blood pressure
#5 Prevents food poisoning
#6 improves your immune function
#7 it boosts your energy
#8 relieves indigestion.
#9 relieves depression and headaches.
#10 gives you a lot of stamina for hard work.
Therefore, it is best to drink green tea. You should drink at least 1 cup per day.
(Provided by health by dratiffarid)
Just another reason to start drinking tea, I did not hear the last time coffee had these kind of benefits.
