We will be serving tea at the 3rd Local Treasures event hosted by Art Club ABQ. It will be held at the Albuquerque Art and History Museum between 1 and 3 p.m. on September 19th. NM Tea Co will have one iced tea, and one hot tea available at no charge.

Another reason that you can feel good about brewing your own tea. Not only does it taste better then bottles found in the store... its also better for you!

Scientists reported here today at the 240^th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) that many of the increasingly popular beverages included in their study, beverages that account for $1 billion in annual sales in the United States alone, contain fewer polyphenols than a single cup of home-brewed green or black tea. Some contain such small amounts that consumers would have to drink 20 bottles to get the polyphenols present in one cup of tea.

Li pointed out that in addition to the low polyphenol content, bottled commercial tea contains other substances, including large amounts of sugar and the accompanying calories that health-conscious consumers may be trying to avoid. He is an analytical and natural product chemist at WellGen, Inc., a biotechnology company in North Brunswick, N.J., that discovers and develops medical foods for patients with diseases, including a proprietary black tea product that will be marketed for its anti-inflammatory benefits, which are due in part to a high polyphenol content.

The upstairs is now a members only club for drinking tea. With membership you get a place to come drink tea and use the internet. You can come in as often as you like and experiment with brewing a diffrent tea each time. This is a club house, and each person will be responsible for brewing their own tea. The price is $10 a month billed automatically through PayPal. You can sign up here:

 

You can also sign up in the store. We will keep your credit card information on file and bill you once a month. This is something that's new for us, so we are still figuring out the details. Right now if you want to bring a guest with you, the cost of a day pass for them will be $5. The selection of tea upstairs will include special tea not available for purchase in the store. This whole venture is an experiment, so things will probably change from month to month until we settle in.