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mocha beans by his friend Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe who asked for Runge to study the beans. After studying them Runge isolated the first pure caffeine sample in the world. Caffeine is a crystal formed compound found in products like coffee plants and tea, it is now a widely known substance and also popular for many uses. Labeled as a psychoactive drug, which is any chemical that affects the brain functions, it is said that it raises the levels of nervous activities in the body. Caffeine is…

A tea from 2150 years ago was found in the Han Yang Lin Mausoleum. It was a tomb built for the Emperor Jing Di the fourth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, near the city of Xi’an in China.The tomb was discovered by the monks of the Gurgyam monastery in 2005 and a systematic excavation was made in 2012. The tomb was buried under a river, with a square wooden coffin and a preserved skeleton. Other Artifacts were also found such as silk pieces, ceramics, pottery figures, ceramic animals, wooden…

Crap! It must?ve fallen out of my pocket. Did you see it anywhere, Em?? ?Duh. No, or I would be showing it to you right now.? ?Man, I wonder where it is. It?s the letter from the lab at Tifton. It came up negative-- bupkis, just plain old tea. I don?t get it, they had to?ve missed something.? ?Hm. Weird. Well, I guess that settles that.? Just then Miss B glided in soundlessly and tapped Joey on the shoulder. She had the letter in her hand. ?Joseph...I found this on the…

“Murder at the Margin” starts off with a professor from Harvard University Henry Spearman, who taught economics, him and his wife both, were going on vacation to Cinnamon Bay. While on a ferry that was taking them to the island, they meet an old coworker, Professor Mathew Dyke who teaches theology at Harvard. While the Spearman’s were on the islands they meet different type of people. They met a Supreme Court retiree Justice Foote and his wife. Then Mr. and Mrs. Doakes but Mr. Doakes had a…

Tea is a sweet-scented drink generally prepared by pouring hot water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis, known as the tea plant as stated on Wikipedia while according to Thesaurus website, tea is any variety infusions prepared from the dry leaves, flowers or any other plants, that used as beverages or remedies. It is belief that the tradition of drinking tea is to nurture good health goes a long way back. According to Ito En website, in ancient Buddhist texts and Chinese manuals on…

Interview Lessons from a Tea Bag Few years ago, I read an interesting chapter in the book titled "The Secret of Leadership”, by Prakash Iyer, in which he has drawn leadership lessons from a humble tea bag. Taking cue from that, here is my humble attempt to derive some interview lessons from a tea bag. What counts is what is inside the teabag The flashy labels and strings of a tea bag make no difference to the quality of the tea. Similarly the good reputation of the institution, its brand and…

transformation of tea wares occurred in the early-16th century. This transformation not only occurred within the Wu family but also corresponded with the trend of tea consumption in Chinese society. Furthermore, it guided the practice of tea drinking among the elite class to a new direction and generated a new discourse of aesthetic principles based on this newly created product. As mentioned before, Wu Lun and his scholar-official friends were still fascinated with the Tang-style tea drinking.…

Saved by a Swan “Shhh,” members of the Son’s of Liberty whispered as they approached, or moved closer to, the large ships filled with the 342 chests of tea. The Sons’ of Liberty, an organization started to protest the Stamp Act or a law that placed taxes on printed material, were dressed in black clothing with a Donald Trump mask. With his corn-colored hair, orange popsicle skin, and his puffer fish lips, Donald J. Trump was able to startle anyone. The Patriots, or colonists who supported the…

On the night of December 16, 1773, one of America’s biggest acts of rebellion took place: The Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party is one of those topics that’s been heard in just about every history class. It’s mainly seen as a story in which a group of colonists decide to gather together and dump crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. But really, it 's much more significant than that. It was the event that unified Americans against British taxation and made them realize the true oppression…

Trade was why tea was important to China’s economy and countries like Britain and Portugal imported tea. Because China became an important place for trade, many countries were fighting over the rights to place ports in China to guarantee tea trade. Tea changed history in India because it gave people in India jobs and introduced India into world trade. After a few years, India dethroned China as the main tea producer and even today, India remains the world’s leading producer of tea. Coca-cola…