Turmeric craze heats up as tea shop cashes in on King’s Road

Tea imbued with the spice has been hailed as the latest trend, with experts claiming it can be taken as an anti-inflammatory by those with joint pain or arthritis
Spice of life: specialist Sascha Linguard pours a cup of carrot, ginger and turmeric tea
Ben Morgan16 September 2016

In the endless hunt for the latest superfood, there is at least one constant: it will be sold, and probably bought, with great enthusiasm on King’s Road.Today, the street’s T2 tea shop opens its Autumn Wonderland garden, aimed at healthfood fans embracing the craze for all things turmeric.

Tea imbued with the spice has been hailed as the latest trend, with experts claiming it can be taken as an anti-inflammatory by those with joint pain or arthritis.

It can be drunk hot or cold and is a favourite in T2’s new Veggie Patch range of teas, which make use of ingredients such as beetroot, kale, ginger, spinach, carrot and broccoli.

Darren Williams, the chain’s director for UK and America, said: “The turmeric tea is proving to be the bestseller.

“Turmeric has had so much coverage about its health benefits recently, we noticed people were coming in and asking for it. There’s nothing else like this on the market and people enjoy something that’s new and different.

“It’s appealing to people interested in vegan and organic food. The turmeric craze has ignited something and to find it as an ingredient in one of our products is exciting to people.”

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The Autumn Wonderland garden was created by Harry and David Rich, who became the youngest winners of the Chelsea Flower Show in 2013.

The brothers, who are regular guests on ITV’s This Morning, said they wanted to show the changing colours of autumn in their design. Ingredients for the teas come from the shrubs, herbs and vegetables in the garden.

The new range also includes a rooibos, beetroot and broccoli tea, which claims to boost metabolism, and green tea and spinach, to restore iron levels.

Over the past decade, dozens of clinical trials have taken place to study the effect of curcumin — the pigment which gives turmeric its yellow colour — in treating ailments from joint pain to cancer. A trial into its effect on patients with ulcerative colitis found 50 per cent went into remission after taking curcumin, compared with none of the patients who received a placebo.

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