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Caffeine Takes Toll on Morning People's Sleep

Matt Cantor — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:08:05 CST

Morning person? You might want to go easy on the coffee. A new study suggests that caffeine intake during the day is more likely to disrupt a morning person's sleep than a night owl's. Researchers had 50 college students track their caffeine intake and sleep patterns for a week; the...

Brits Perk Up as Starbucks Doubles Espresso Shots

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:25:00 CST

Get ready to get your buzz on, Britain. Starbucks is planning to double espresso shots in all its lattes and cappuccinos served in the UK. The move has been brewing since customer requests for extra shots started skyrocketing two years ago, say company officials. The new shots boosting caffeine and...

World's Priciest Tea Made Using Truly Gross Ingredient

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:18:05 CST

If you thought the world's most expensive coffee was disgustingly weird, you haven't seen anything yet: A wildlife expert in China is trying to make the world's priciest tea. The costly ingredient? Panda poop. An Yanshi plans to use the feces he has collected from a panda breeding center in...

Foodies, Meet Your New Obsession: Rooibos Tea

Sarah Whitmire — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:10:52 CDT

Move over quinoa and acai berry. The next big thing in the culinary world just might be rooibos ( roy -boss) tea. "It's a robust herbal tisane (not technically a tea), and its flavor has an almost tobacco-like, nutty quality," writes Jessica Grose at Slate . Full of antioxidants, the rooibos...

Rush Limbaugh Hawks Tea: 'Folks, It Is Kickbutt'

Rob Quinn — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 05:58:00 CDT

Thirsty Tea Partiers will be glad to learn that Rush Limbaugh has a fruity new sideline. The conservative radio host has launched his own brand of iced tea, made just like his mom did and available in original and raspberry flavors (plus, diet versions!), reports the Palm Beach Post...

Tea Keeps You Just as Hydrated as Water

Evann Gastaldo — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 06:36:43 CDT

Good news, tea lovers: You know all that water you're supposed to drink every single day? Well, you can substitute tea for at least some of it, a new clinical trial shows. Despite the fact that tea is caffeinated, the study shows that four to six mugs of it per...

Plane Makes Emergency Landing Due to ... Tea Spill

Slurge — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:29:00 CDT

No, this has nothing to do with the tea party, nor is this spill anything like the one in the Gulf. For the passengers on one Rynair flight, disaster struck in the form of ... spilled tea. A 56-year-old woman accidentally dropped the hot liquid on herself on a flight from...

Fire Up the Kettle: Trump Peddling Tea

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:52:09 CDT

Want to be just like the Donald? Comb over the hair, put on your best Trump tie, and pour a spot of tea. The business magnate is introducing the cleverly named Trump Tea, a premium line whose four initial blends take their name from his favorite haunts: Park Avenue, Union...

Trendy Kombucha Vanishes Over Alcohol Worries

Jane Yager — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:39:11 CDT

It's a fermented, pungent tea, but it's the alcohol that can lurk inside of kombucha that's causing a stink. In the past month, the ancient and trendy tea has vanished from the shelves of Whole Foods and other retailers as the government tests raw kombucha to determine whether it should...