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Pondering the Pantry Herbal Tea from Israel Many of us drink tea. The styles differ. In the United States the most common is iced tea. Russian style tends to strong and dark. The English sometimes add milk. What is tea? What is the difference between black and herbal teas? A visit to C érémonie Tea, a startup company (since 2013) in  provided many of the answers. As starters, some background information. Tea comes from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis   shrub, most often grown in complex environments with good soil, protection from pedators, trees for shading, and appropriate climate. Key growing areas are Sri Lanka, China, India, and Kenya. Green tea and dark tea come from the same leaf. If you leave a cut apple or banana on the table, exposure to the air turns it brown. The same is true with the tea lea. Oxidation turns green leaves into brown leaves. In teas produced by C érémonie steaming is used to stop the oxidation process, a procedure common in the industry

How do you wash floors or launder dirty clothes with cleansers that do not harm the environment? How do you remove grease from your hands after repairing your car with a green-friendly substance? Meir [Rosen]Tal has a passion. Since 2004 Rotal Innovative Products, Ltd., of which Meir Tal is CEO, has been committed to bringing ecologically friendly but yet effective cleaning supplies into the market. The primary target customers are industry, but there are wholesale suppliers who have ordered retail-size packages for sales under their own private label. All “Green Line” products are safe even if a child “samples” one. They are not exactly delicious, but there is no need to rush the curious child to hospital to have his stomach pumped. Seeing is believing. During an interview Meir Tal sipped a mouthful of cleanser without hesitation. For Tal the key is to limit contamination, both today and in the world we leave to future generations. In Israel pre-Passover is the most