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Tea as a treatment for attention deficit disorder? If the beverage’s other health creds aren’t impressive enough—a host of studies have suggested it shields against heart attacks, stroke, diabetes, and possibly some cancers—now comes the news that it may also focus jumpy minds. “We have reports going back thousands of years that drinking tea makes people feel relaxed,” says John Foxe, a professor of neuroscience and an expert on the mechanisms of attention at the City University of New York. “But it also seems to make them more alert.”

I returned from the World Tea Expo late Sunday (yes, I started writing this over a month ago and now, July 8th, am picking it back up. Better late than never???) night after 3 days of professional classes, tea tastings and networking. If I knew nothing about tea before (thinking you know everything about tea is like thinking you know everything about men. Or women for that matter!), I quickly learned that tea invites some of the loveliest people into its world.