Uni-President (Philippines) Corporation

Tea drinking is generally considered an integral part of Eastern culture, particularly the Chinese and Japanese, but many would disagree by saying it is more European than Eastern, thanks in large part to the English who have made tea drinking somewhat a ritualistic event.

But ever since tea became known globally, including the Philippines, for its healthy qualities, the increasing clamor for high quality teas urged Uni-President Philippines Corporation (UPPC), a subsidiary of the

Uni-President Enterprises Corporation (UPEC), to bring the finest ready-to-drink teas in the country since 2004 with the introduction of Chai Li Won Tea, which the company calls a “real tea in a bottle.”

Uni-President saw that Chai Li Won Tea is perfect for today's generation of Filipinos, who already embraced a fast-paced lifestyle, whether in their personal or professional lives just like their counterparts in the Western world, yet would like to have their tea preserved and prepared the traditional

way and in a ready-to-drink form and still packed with the important free-radical-fighting anti-oxidants, tea's foremost feature and benefit.

In fact, Uni-President sees it as the company's mission to bring and distribute in the Philippine market the best ready-to-drink tea like the Chai Li Won Tea, with all its health-giving, including anti-aging, qualities in bottled form. And now that the trend is gearing toward flavored teas, UPPC is introducing yet another best-in-line product in the ready-to-drink tea category: the Mineshine Milk Tea.

The Mineshine Milk Tea is a freshly brewed tea that promises to bring your tea-drinking to an entirely different level. Choice tea leaves were brewed to perfection and carefully blended with milk to give this healthy drink its rich, delicious taste. It also contains powerful compounds like “tea catechins” that help prevent diseases and at the same time provide other healthy benefits for a truly healthy and invigorating lifestyle.

There is also the Mineshine Barley Black tea—a ready-to-drink tea with a twist—that is made from quality tea leaves grown only in the

Nantou Fishpond around the Sun Moon Lake (“Riyue Tan”) found at Nantou County in Taiwan . The leaves are slowly brewed and extracted at a low temperature in order to bring out its rich taste and fragrant “wheat-type” aroma that's both relaxing and refreshing at the same time. This unique drink with its familiar tea taste will captivate and at the same time invigorate you as this healthy drink really helps quench your thirst.

Overall, the Mineshine Milk Tea and the Barley Black Tea would truly appeal to the modern Filipino of today. Their aspirations for tea is that they can bring it anytime, anywhere and is ready-to-drink just like any bottled beverage yet packed with powerful anti-oxidants that fight free radicals that damage the body's cells and other health benefits like improving digestion, blood circulation and reducing the risk of lifestyle illnesses like diabetes, hypertension and obesity.