7 Secrets to Opening and Running a Successful Tea House"This is a good time to open a tea room, as tea is dramatically increasing in popularity. It is often the well-publicized health benefits of tea that get them curious, but once they try it, they are finding they truly enjoy it." -Cynthia Gold, Tea Sommelier, The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & TowersHere are seven secrets to making your tea house more successful...Offer a strong lunch: This may be the biggest predictor of your success, and is more important than other factors you will consider. Having a full or robust lunch menu will bring in customers who are not there for the tea and they will come back for the food, if it's good.Have a cafe section: You may even want to designate a separate section for those who are just there for soup, sandwiches and salads. The decor won't need
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Benefits Of Tea, Health Benefits Of Tea, Park Plaza Hotel
We have all heard of the health benefits of tea and especially green tea.But, did you know dark chocolate is also good for you? Yes, it's true.Both tea and chocolate contain flavanols which are the most powerful antioxidants andfree radical scavengers found in food. They turn cocoa and green tea into anti-aging power drinks.Dark chocolate is plant-based because cocoa comes from the cacao beans from the cacao tree. All the nutrients, or flavanols, in chocolate are natural and the darker the chocolate the higher the concentration of cocoa solids and antioxidant flavanols.These flavanols are the key to a healthy heart by activating the production of nitric oxide in the arteries which causes the blood vessels to relax and expand. This expansion causes free flow of blood, reduces stress on the artery walls and causes blood pressure to go down. A study published, in "The Journal of the American Medical Association",
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Benefits Of Tea, Dark Chocolate, Health Benefits Of Tea
