Tea Headlines

      The alleged food poisoning incident that left two persons dead and sent another to the hospital after they drank milk tea sold at a small store in Manila prompted health and sanitation officials to work overtime during the weekend, with one probe checking whether the beverage was laced with cyanide.   READ: Milk tea kills 2 in Manila in 3 minutes; police can't say what happened   The ...

With or without a complaint from the victims of an alleged food poisoning, police yesterday said that they would still continue with their investigation on the questioned milk tea ingredients to avoid an outbreak from spreading. According to SPO2 Jonathan Bautista, should results from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) show that the Hokkaido-flavored milk tea concocted by ErgoCha Milk Tea ...

A herbal tea with blueberry as its base has attracted the attention of medical researchers at the Menzies Institute for its potential to reduce insulin dependence in diabetics.

The ErgoCha Milk Tea Shop on Bustillos Street in Sampaloc, Manila has no sanitary violation prior to the fatal incident on Thursday.   Milagros Valenzuela, district sanitary officer of Manila, said that ErgoCha has been in existence for six years already, and it was only on Thursday when customer Suzaine Dagohoy and owner William Abrigo had died, that her office has recorded an untoward incident ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is focused on determining whether the milk tea, which left two people dead in Manila, contained cyanide substance. "Right now our tests are focused on cyanide, given how fast the effect of the substance was to the victims," said FDA officer in charge Nick Lutero in a phone interview. "Food poisoning per se usually doesn't have such fast effect on people. If ...

MANILA - The man whose girlfriend died after drinking milk tea believed to be contaminated with poisonous chemicals remains hospitalized but is in stable condition two days after the incident.

The owner of a tea house and one of his customers died last night, while the customer’s boyfriend was hospitalized allegedly after drinking milk tea in Sampaloc, Manila on Thursday. Owner William Abrigo of Ergo Cha Milk Tea House and customer Suzaine Dagohoy were declared dead on arrival at the Ospital ng Sampaloc. Dagohoy’s boyfriend, Arnold Aydalla was reported to be in critical condition. The ...

As with coffee, whose baristas have become as respected as sommeliers, tea is now the addiction of a growing community of consumers spoiled by a multitude of premium varieties. In early May, in California, they will learn all there is to know at a ceremony rewarding the best of the best in tea. 

The owner of a tea house and one of his customers died last night, while the customer’s boyfriend was hospitalized allegedly after drinking milk tea in Sampaloc, Manila on Thursday. Owner William Abrigo of Ergo Cha Milk Tea House and customer Suzaine Dagohoy were declared dead on arrival at the Ospital ng Sampaloc. Dagohoy’s boyfriend, Arnold Aydalla was reported to be in critical condition. The ...

Milk tea consumed by three people - including the owner of the tea house that served it in Sampaloc, Manila - proved deadly and probers are still checking it out. The tea house owner and a female customer died, and the latter's boyfriend who also took it was in serious condition.

          "Too fast, too quick and too fatal." And they only sipped milk tea.   Two people are dead after sipping milk tea with a powder flavoring called "Hokkaido" in a Manila eatery. A third victim is recovering and the police are investigating.   Dr. Benjamin Yson, head of the city health department of Manila, said the incident happened "too fast, too quick and too fatal" that the victims ...

Milk tea store owner and one customer died after apparently consuming a contaminated milk tea in Bustillos Street, Sampaloc, Manila. According to a DZMM radio report, partners Suzaine Dagohoy, 28, and Arnold Aydalla, 34, complained to the store owner, William Abrigo, 57, that the Hokkaido milk tea they ordered tasted odd. Abrigo, who also served […]

Two people died on Thursday after drinking milk tea from a tea house in Sampaloc, Manila, Radyo Inquirer 990AM said.   The report said one of the victims, Suzaine Dagohoy, and her boyfriend Arnold Aydalla complained to the owner of the ErgoCha store that the Hokkaido-flavored milk tea they bought tasted different.   The owner of the tea house, Wiliam Abrigo denied the claim and even tasted the ...

Satya Tea owners David Moore and Laura Evans prepare for this weekend’s Halifax Tea Festival to be held at the Halifax Music Co-op on Brunswick Street in Halifax. The pair blend and package 244 tea varieties.

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Afternoon tea may bring to mind coiffed hair, floral prints, British accents and the word "mam." At the L'Ermitage Beverly Hills, tea time means cocktails.

Afternoon tea may bring to mind coiffed hair, floral prints, British accents and the word "mam." At the L'Ermitage Beverly Hills, tea time means cocktails.

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Sen. Rand Paul officially announced his bid Tuesday for the Republican presidential nomination, vowing to bring the tea party's anti-Washington message to the 2016 contest under a "banner of liberty that clutches the Constitution in one hand and the Bill of Rights in the other." But with Sen. Ted Cruz ...

Two peas in the tea party pod, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are actually looking to do opposite things as candidates for the presidency. Mr. Paul wants to expand the Republican brand, Mr. Cruz wants to narrow it.