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DateLine Sunday, 10 June 2007

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Refused tea a money spinner

"It costs only Rs. 500 to make one kilogram of tea out of five kilograms of refused tea. Five-hundred cups of tea costing only 50 cents each could be made out of one kilogram. Tea can be consumed instead of cool drinks.

There is 10% alcohol in tea-wine. That percentage is subject to climatic changes in production," said Talawakelle Tea Research Institute (TRI) Biochemist, Tissa Amarakoon at a discussion recently. Tea contains sodium sans calories and sugar.

Tea is recommended as a drink for those whose calorie content has to be controlled.

Research on food in America and Europe has showed that tea contains the highest percentage of polypenol, Amarakoon said. Explaining the value of tea production Plantation Minister D. M. Jayaratne said despite the prejudice against refuse tea, several lakhs of people depend on for their livelihood.

There are about 800 investors in the industry. If investors are keen on investing in refused tea and its byproducts, the Ministry will provide financial assistance from Rs. 50,000 to 100,000.

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