Chinese Green Tea Gift Set

Small Pleasures Chinese Green Tea (5 Tea Bags), Oatmeal Pecan with Raisin Gourmet Cookies and Mug.

$10.25 PURCHASE IT HERE

A time to give: IT SHOULD BE ALL YEAR 'ROUND !!

We at Caffe-Amante have decided that we would like to contribute to those that are less fortunate, but we can only do it with your help - and with your direction.

Therefore - starting today, Nov. 18th to celebrate my birthday, until, sometime in 2009 or beyond, Caffe-Amante will donate 7% of every order placed with the PASSCODE "FOR OTHERS" in the CHECKOUT memo field, to the charity of YOUR choice.

What we need from you:
The Name (and contact) of the Organization
Mailing address

We will email you a confirmation of how much we sent, and when we sent it so you can confirm that we're truthful to what we say!

Treat yourself to the Best Gourmet Coffee Roasted specifically for you - packaged and shipped within 24 hours, at a price that will surely make you smile.

If you're a tea lover, check out our line of exquisite tea's. While you're at it, take a look at our newest product - the Flowering Tea. There's more to shop for - perhaps that special gift set for that favorite teacher, or maybe one of our different Tea Pots. or some of our tea and Coffee gift sets, all priced to put a smile on your face.

Visit us for our Fundraising program opportunities tailored specifically for you. Our program allows your organization to raise up to 50% profit.

Email us with any questions or for additional information.

God Bless

Bill Garcia
Caffe-Amante Gourmet Coffee Roasters & Tea.
West monmouth, NJ

caffeamante@gmail.com

Gourmet Tea Fundraising Program - earn up to 50%

Welcome to our Gourmet Tea Fundraising Program.

Earn up to 50%

Attached are our Tea products that will allow you to raise up to an average of 50% profit for your school/team/special function.

Your selections will cost significantly less than our online retail price. Our suggested reselling price for your organization will allow you an average profit of 50% for your organization.

Descriptions are followed on the next page (which is what’s printed for parents) click here to request this package information .

We include descriptions of Red, Black and Green tea, as well as our product line for the program.

Our top seller is the only selection that gives the buyer the option of a Pyramid sachet or loose. All other teas are sold in loose tins – weight is included in the description.

We can aid in providing a sample letter to parents, and a secondary “Small gift sets” product list that can be incorporated with this program – we find these are popular with parents that want to purchase a small gift for their child’s teachers.

Upon request, order forms will be provided on one Excel file for print out – one form for Parents, another form for the organization.

As an added bonus: With orders purchased at www.caffe-amante.com with your pass-code at checkout, Caffé-Amante will continue to donate 10% of each order to your organization.

For additional information, please call Bill at Caffe-Amante:732-984-1330

email is: caffeamante@optonline.net

or just click HERE

Pregnant women told to drink no more than two cups of coffee a day

That's what they say now... in a few months, they'll probably reverse that and say it's healthy to drink as much as you want.. Anyway - here's the article in TimesOnline, and remember, ALL of our fabulous freshly roasted gourmet coffee is also Decaffeinated, as are a number of our exquisite Tea's: ( here's the Decaffeination process)

Pregnant women are advised to drink no more than two cups of coffee a day to cut the risk of giving birth to underweight babies.

The new guidance from the Food Standards Agency comes after research that links caffeine consumption to small babies. Underweight babies are also more at risk of premature death or suffer other developmental problems later in life.

Caffeine is also found in tea, cola, chocolate, cocoa, energy drinks and some medicines as well as coffee.

Scientific research has already linked caffeine consumption to a higher risk of miscarriage during pregnancy. Lower birth weight can also result in spontaneous miscarriage.

The new advice from the watchdog is for pregnant women — and those wishing to become pregnant — to limit caffeine intake to 200mg a day, the equivalent of two average-sized cups of instant coffee.

The previous recommended caffeine intake was a maximum 300mg a day or three cups of instant coffee.

Freshly brewed coffee, which is commonly served at coffee chain outlets, contains an average 140g of caffeine in an average-sized mug.

A cup of tea contains 70mg of caffeine, a 330ml can of cola 40mg, and a 50g bar of plain chocolate 50mg, according to the agency.

The revised limits of caffeine for pregnant women are being introduced after advice from the FSA’s independent Committee on Toxicity, which has decided that low levels of caffeine can harm the unborn child.

Andrew Wadge, chief scientist at the FSA, said: “This new advice doesn’t mean that pregnant women have to cut out caffeine completely, simply that they should be careful and make sure they don’t have too much. We would emphasise that the risks are likely to be very small and believe our new advice, which is based on new research and has been considered by leading independent scientists, is sensible and proportionate.”

Researchers at Leeds and Leicester universities studied the caffeine consumption patterns of 2,645 low-risk pregnant women with an average age of 30. Women whose intake of caffeine was over 200mg a day were more likely to give birth to smaller babies. The study took place between September 2003 and June 2006.

Most women in pregnancy however already drink less than 200mg a day and most in the study drank tea so the revised advice is unlikely to affect many women.

The British Coffee Association in a statement said that in light of the new research it will be immediately revising its own guidance to healthcare professionals and consumers on coffee consumption.

Dr Euan Paul, spokesman for the association, described the new study as a robust review and analysis of all the current evidence pertaining to the consumption of caffeine during pregnancy.

He reminded pregnant women that they can still enjoy decaffeinated coffee throughout their pregnancy.

Health chiefs are anxious that women do not replace caffeine drinks with alcoholic drinks or very sweet soft drinks.

Last week scientists also found that a weekly glass of wine or two during pregnancy did no harm to infants and could benefit their performance on some tests linked to behaviour and vocabulary.

HOW COME?: Loose tea leaves gather in a cup's center

Kathy Wollard
October 13, 2008

If you make a cup of tea using loose tea, and then stir it, why do the leaves gather in the center at the bottom of the mug? asks a reader.Albert Einstein is perhaps best known for the Theory of Relativity, which explained the puzzle of space, time, and gravity. But in 1926, he also discovered the Tea Leaf Paradox, explaining the puzzling behavior of leaves in a tea cup.If you've ever ridden a swiftly moving merry-go-round, or gone around a curve too fast in a car, you're familiar with centrifugal force. Centrifugal force throws objects outward from the center; it's why a washer's spin cycle leaves clothes plastered to the wall of the washer basket.

So when we stir loose tea in a cup of hot water, the leaves "should" end up in an outward-flung ring around the bottom.Instead, they group obediently in the center. How come?According to Einstein, the leaves' motion reveals the circulation of water in the cup. Stirring makes the water spin around a central axis, and spiral out from the center. But the water down below is slowed by friction with the cup's bottom; its spin is weakened.

The rotation difference creates a circulation system in the cup: Water at the top, strongly spun outward, travels down the wall and across the cup's bottom, and then flows back up the central axis. It's this current that ferries tea leaves to the center bottom of the cup.But Cleveland State University physicist Jearl Walker says that there is one thing Einstein failed to notice in his cup of tea. Just after the spoon is removed, before the leaves settle, they form a central ring. Tea leaves outside the ring are dragged inward by the current.

Tea leaves inside the ring are pulled out to join it. As the spinning water slows, the ring contracts in size. Finally, the leaves come to rest in a central heap.Some 80 years after Einstein wrote his paper, the Tea Leaf Paradox has inspired one scientist to invent a new way of "reading" blood cells. At the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., scientist Leslie Yeo was using an electric field to spray drops of liquid from a needle. When one drop landed in the wrong place, he found that small bits of solid material were spinning around in the drop. The liquid was being stirred by a "wind" of charged particles created near the electrified needle. So Yeo decided to do some experiments in a tiny cylinder. He discovered that the liquid's swirling particles always settled in the center on the cylinder's bottom. But why?Puzzled, Yeo found the answer in Einstein's paper on the tea paradox.

Yeo, now based in Australia, realized that the effect could be used to spin blood cells out of whole blood. Using a credit-card sized kit, he says, doctors could do blood tests in the office, with no waiting for outside lab results. Reading the tea leaves, Yeo expects that it might take up to 10 years to develop a working device.

Gourmet Tea: Selection of the month... RED

Winter Mint, Red Tea
One of our best-selling teas throughout the year, Winter-Mint blends Rooibos, sweet vanilla & a touch of chocolate-mint into a soothing treat & healthy alternative to dessert.

Also called Red Tea, Rooibos is rich in antioxidants & anti-aging properties. People who order this tea keep coming back for more. This tea's rich, dessert-like flavor that is often compared to a chocolate-mint dessert! (NET WT 4 oz) approx. 50 Servings

Price: $11.50 Buy it HERE