GrunTea Emporium

24/07/2026

Its all go on the GrunTea stand at the Yungaburra Markets this morning!

14/12/2025

In Australia we use "tea." But as we make and enjoy what we call Chai Tea here, we are really calling it "Tea Tea"! 😆
Read the article about the history of the two roots, Te and Cha. This is so fascinating! 🤓

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Almost everywhere on Earth, the word for tea comes from one of just two roots: cha or te. And which one a language uses depends less on grammar… and more on how tea arrived there.

Here’s the short version:
Tea traveled the world by land and by sea, and the word followed the route.

The origin:

Tea comes from China, where different regions pronounced the word differently:

• In Mandarin and northern varieties: 茶 = cha
• In Min Nan (southern coastal China): 茶 = te

🚶 By land → CHA

Tea that moved westward along the Silk Road carried the cha pronunciation with it.
That’s why we get:

• Persian chay
• Arabic shay
• Russian chay
• Hindi chai
• Turkish çay
• Swahili chai
Even Korean (cha) and Japanese (ocha) fall into this group.

These regions didn’t get tea from ships — they got it from caravans, traders, and overland routes.

🚢 By sea → TEA

Tea that left China through southern ports (especially via Dutch traders) spread the te form.
That’s why we have:

• English tea
• Dutch thee
• French thé
• Spanish té
• Portuguese chá (an interesting hybrid due to mixed routes)
• Malay teh
• Javanese teh

Maritime trade shaped not only economies, but vocabulary.

Why this is linguistically beautiful:

• Two pronunciations
• One plant
• A global trade network
• A linguistic fossil record still visible today

This map is basically historical linguistics in one sip. Every time you say tea or chai, you’re unknowingly referencing ancient trade routes.

Language remembers things history forgets.
And sometimes, it remembers them in a cup.

Image Courtesy: India.In.Pixels

24/10/2025

Its a big weekend in Yungaburra with the Yungaburra Markets AND the Tablelands Folk Festival - our team of Jocah and Dee are cranking out the Turmeric Chai lattes, cups of iced green apple chai, and iced chocolate ready for the heatwave due today!

26/09/2025

The Yungaburra Markets are buzzing, the sun is out and GrunTea Emporium is here with a delicious range of yummy, healthy hot drinks to get your morning started in a great way!

22/08/2025

It's all happening this morning at the Yungaburra Markets...great food, music and GrunTea!

23/05/2025

Ready for a delicious hot chai latte or a healthy hot chocolate? Come along to the Yungaburra Markets this morning and indulge yourself!

25/04/2025

What a glorious morning it is at the Yungaburra Markets!!!

We have our very popular Turmeric Nettle Chai Latte for sale by the cup, or in boxes to take home.

Our yummy new Superfood Hot Super Chocolate, Cacao and Carob drinks are also available for testing and buying AND we have iced Green Tea Chai, or iced Superfood Hot Chocolate for when it gets hot later!

Come on down to Yungaburra and say hi😄

03/03/2025

A good reason why we make our Turmeric Chai Tea with Green Tea!

This benefit applies to both green and black tea, though green tea may have a slight advantage. Part of this protection may be a lower risk of dying of pneumonia. Five randomized, controlled trials have shown that study participants randomized to green tea are about a third less likely to come down with the flu.

Within just one hour of drinking a single cup (200 mL) of green tea, we can significantly cut down on the rate of DNA damage in our cells. This is because green tea significantly boosts the activity of a DNA repair enzyme in our body that can fix DNA damage. And within a month, drinking two small daily cups (400 mL) of green tea can improve DNA resistance to free radical damage in the first place, indicating that green tea has significant genoprotective––that is, DNA-protecting––effects.

Watch "How Not to Age – Live Presentation" at https://buff.ly/3SW7ru6 to learn more.
Unlike most antiviral drugs, green tea appears to work by boosting the immune system to combat diseases such as ge***al warts (caused by HPV) and the flu (caused by the influenza virus).

See the video "Benefits of Green Tea for Boosting Antiviral Immune Function" at https://buff.ly/3WJbr2X to learn more.

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06/09/2024

We are here at the Natural Living co markets! Come grab a hot drink and other cool stuff!!