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All About Tea, Australian Tea Farming and Tea's Dietary Benefits

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Tea drinking has a culture all of its own, its been around for millennium. Tea is commonly consumed during social chats, in child’s play or formal ceremonies, however are you aware we grow tea right here in Queensland? Or if it’s dietary benefits?

4ZZZ's Eliot Rifkin chatted with Margaret Wilson a tea farmer and dietician from Bryn Hill Farms on tea's dietary benefits and all about Tea Farming.

For a deep dive...

Visit the Bryn Hill website to purchase white tea, camilla blossom tea or get your own tea plants. To better understand the differences between white tea, green tea, oolong tea and black tea visit here. Dig into the history of tea and scroll down to the Australian section. Here's an article on some of the general health properties of tea as well as the mental health benefits of tea's amino acid L-theanine.

And for you gardeners that would like to learn more about the actual tea plant (Camellia sinensis wikipedia), how to grow tea and the concept of Terroir that Margaret spoke of that also relates to wine, chocolate and coffee.

...and finally, a few Tea Workshops


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