"Green tea should only be brewed for two minutes or it starts to get bitter, " he says.

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It was a bit frustrating early but they were two-for at tea and now they're nine down.

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He greets Major-General Craig Weston, a craggy American commander, as his dearest friend when the two meet for a chat over tea.

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After his death, suspicion fell on Mr Lugovoi and Mr Kovtun, the two Russians he had met for tea at the Millennium Hotel.

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But there was no time for sentiment as Sachin Tendulkar, in his 154th Test, was guilty of some schoolboy-style running and was run out for 12 with two balls remaining before tea.

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And of eight tea party Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate, only two mention support for free trade on their websites.

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For the past two years, he has anchored the Tea Party, as the leader of House conservatives and the creator of a strategy to oppose and obstruct the Obama agenda.

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The two discovered tea bags in their hotel room and then went looking for milk.

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Four high-backed chairs flanked two small coffee tables, as though arranged for a meeting over tea.

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After the volunteers stopped drinking the tea at the end of the two weeks, levels of glycine and hippurate stayed elevated for up to a further two weeks, which suggests the effects may be long-lasting.

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Two wickets down at lunch, and 139-4 at tea, West Indies were bowled out for 293 with nine minutes left in the day.

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