Hi All!

Just came across this on Reuter's via AOL news:

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles?id=n20060206051709990001&cid=911

"Updated:2006-02-06 07:38:07
India Scientists Develop 'Tea Biscuits' Without Tea
Reuters
MALDA, West Bengal, India (Feb. 6) - For the country's health conscious, the everyday Indian ritual of sweet, milky tea and snacks could be about to lose something -- the tea.


Scientists in the world's largest tea producer are developing "tea biscuits" containing only the life-enhancing qualities of the country's favorite brew.


The state-run Tea Research Association says the biscuits will contain polyphenols -- the chemicals which give tea its taste and act as powerful antioxidants preventing cell damage and warding off certain cancers -- but not less attractive compounds like caffeine.


"Tea lovers will be able to taste the tea in the biscuits laced with tea ingredients," Mridul Hazarika, the association's director, told Reuters on Monday from the northeastern state of Assam, India's biggest tea growing state."