| Taste the difference! |
Indian scientists concoct new "tea cola" which boasts health
benefits - By Channel News Asia's India Correspondent
Vaibhav Varma
Channel NewsAsia - Dec 30 8:21 AM
NEW DELHI : India is aiming to give the world's cola giants a run for their money - with
a new exotic soft drink.
The Indian cola was concocted by scientists using tea extracts.
The new Indian "tea cola" is made using traditional Assamese tea.
So far, two varieties have been developed - one made from the extracts of black tea
and the other from green tea.
It is likely to be on the shelves in six months and will cost half the price of popular soft
drinks.
What is unique about this Indian cola is that the drink boasts the wide-ranging health
benefits of traditional tea.
Dr Pradeep Tamuli, In-charge - Biochemistry, Tocklai Tea Experimentation Station,
Assam, said, "This tea cola has got high anti-oxidant properties so it will act against
stress. People suffering from stress...they (develop) certain toxic molecules. And it acts
against the toxic molecules, specially the toxic oxidants they have developed."
The Tocklai Tea Experimentation Station in India's northeastern Assam state is the
world's biggest facility for research into tea.
It took scientists there three years to concoct the tea cola, and although a patent is still
pending, the research facility is already marketing the drink to the health conscious.
China and Japan have introduced similar drinks - but the Indian researchers claim to
have the edge.
Dr Tamuli said, "We have the advantage over them...that the taste of our tea soft
drinks is comparatively better to Japanese and Chinese because of the special
chemical constituents of Assam tea. Because Assam tea is famous for the liquor..."
Local traders say the tea cola will add some fizz to the tea industry in Assam - once
among the biggest in the world.
Upen Dutta, Tea Trader, said, "In the future, the tea cola will not only prove immensely
beneficial to the consumer, it will also help rescue the recession in Assam's once
vibrant tea industry. The sagging industry here (will get) a new life."
There are several other interesting tea-products in the pipeline, including the world's
first chewable tea pill and the tea cake for the serious tea enthusiast.
The marketing department at the Tocklai Tea Experimentation Centre says people are
tired of boring old tea in a cup.
Variety and a little innovation is what they want.
And the famous tea blenders of Assam definitely have something new to offer. -
CNA/ms
benefits - By Channel News Asia's India Correspondent
Vaibhav Varma
Channel NewsAsia - Dec 30 8:21 AM
NEW DELHI : India is aiming to give the world's cola giants a run for their money - with
a new exotic soft drink.
The Indian cola was concocted by scientists using tea extracts.
The new Indian "tea cola" is made using traditional Assamese tea.
So far, two varieties have been developed - one made from the extracts of black tea
and the other from green tea.
It is likely to be on the shelves in six months and will cost half the price of popular soft
drinks.
What is unique about this Indian cola is that the drink boasts the wide-ranging health
benefits of traditional tea.
Dr Pradeep Tamuli, In-charge - Biochemistry, Tocklai Tea Experimentation Station,
Assam, said, "This tea cola has got high anti-oxidant properties so it will act against
stress. People suffering from stress...they (develop) certain toxic molecules. And it acts
against the toxic molecules, specially the toxic oxidants they have developed."
The Tocklai Tea Experimentation Station in India's northeastern Assam state is the
world's biggest facility for research into tea.
It took scientists there three years to concoct the tea cola, and although a patent is still
pending, the research facility is already marketing the drink to the health conscious.
China and Japan have introduced similar drinks - but the Indian researchers claim to
have the edge.
Dr Tamuli said, "We have the advantage over them...that the taste of our tea soft
drinks is comparatively better to Japanese and Chinese because of the special
chemical constituents of Assam tea. Because Assam tea is famous for the liquor..."
Local traders say the tea cola will add some fizz to the tea industry in Assam - once
among the biggest in the world.
Upen Dutta, Tea Trader, said, "In the future, the tea cola will not only prove immensely
beneficial to the consumer, it will also help rescue the recession in Assam's once
vibrant tea industry. The sagging industry here (will get) a new life."
There are several other interesting tea-products in the pipeline, including the world's
first chewable tea pill and the tea cake for the serious tea enthusiast.
The marketing department at the Tocklai Tea Experimentation Centre says people are
tired of boring old tea in a cup.
Variety and a little innovation is what they want.
And the famous tea blenders of Assam definitely have something new to offer. -
CNA/ms
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