what people think about lipton around the world?

Answer 1

good tea

Answer 2

I am from Alabama and i once liked it but now all i drink is water for my health so that means no caffeine for me.

Answer 3

I like it!

Answer 4

want to try to focus this thread on the Lipton comments since that's what you rightly renamed it. I think Lipton is saying something important in his brief comments and I want to try to get at the heart of the matter of what I think is important. I'll try to deal with your other comments in another thread.


Anthony wrote:



Pardi wrote:
But whether she concludes that the motor of the e coli bacterium is designed or not is solely a matter of inferences drawn from the scientific evidence paired with her philosophical view of the world.



There can be no scientific evidence of design because design requires a supernatural entity to do the designing - an entity not normally observable. Questions of a designer are for theology and philosophy.





This is where Lipton's comments are relevant. Do you believe archeologists are "doing science" when they engage in their discipline? Lipton seems to be saying they are. Yet the archeologists don't observe the designers of the things they study. You qualify observable with normally I suppose so you can make a distinction between supernatural designers and natural ones. But the point still stands that concluding that something is designed does not necessarily involve a direct observation of the designer. One can look at a 3500 year old clay pot and not even in principle be able to observe its designer.

Yet the archeologist can draw certain inferences based on direct observation and conclude the pot was designed by a human. She then can go on to study the clay pot (the product of the designer) from that perspective. I just posted a story to the news section, where the author writes, "Judge Jones is correct in his opinion that the theory of intelligent design is not science. There is no laboratory experiment to confirm or refute the theory." But on that criterion much of archeology would be science either (nor, I dare say, would much of evolution).

And all this, Lipton seems to be saying, is still good science. The general idea here though is that ID can be included in the scientific study of things. Archeology is a perfect example. The question now becomes one of whether there is such a thing as a supernatural designer. A very important and decent question to ask but still a very different question. If you're going to rule out the existence of a supernatural designer simply because the explanation is non-natural, that's entirely question-begging. It would be like the archeologist ruling out the possibility that the clay pot was designed because the explanation doesn't involve chance processes and millions of years.


Anthony wrote:




Pardi wrote:
Lipton is claiming that one can work backwards from products (clay pots) to mechanism (ID or chance) using evidence. That qualifies as a scientific enterprise for Lipton. So the point of Lipton's post and my paragraph above as to whether ID is science depends on how much you want to include in your definition of science."



As science excludes the supernatural from it's inquiries, it will also exclude ID. However, you can deal in parapsychology or some other form of pseudo-science that applies scientific methods to "supernatural" events.





Your response gets at the essence of what a lot of ID folks see as the latent bias in the discussion. You make a naturalistic assumption then rule out the possibility of design (supernatural or otherwise). I'll make the point again and see if I can be a bit clearer. An archeologist looks at an artifact, a stone tool or a clay pot. This is what I'm calling a product of some mechanism or process. Would you agree? The archeologists studies it and various other data and draws an inference that it was designed at some time in the past by an intelligence, say a human.

Now, she doesn't (generally) conclude that the pot or stone tool was designed by a Martian because Martians aren't in her bag of possible explanations due to lack of evidence that Martians exist. However, if there were good evidence for Martians, she might be inclined to include that as a possible explanation for how the pot or tool came to be. She only allows for explanations for which there seems to be good evidence and human designers is one of them and Martians aren't. The point though is that intelligent design is an option and is considered wholly valid in this enterprise.

So you write in the quote above, "science excludes the supernatural from it's inquiries." It certainly does. And the reason most people give is because intelligent design isn't scientific. But what Lipton implies and what I've been arguing is that science excluding the supernatural from its inquiries should have nothing to do with whether ID is scientific. It certainly can be if there is good, independent evidence for a designer. The above example should demonstrate why this is so. Science has excluded the supernatural from its explanations because of a naturalistic bias against the supernatural.

Perhaps the bias is a good one. That's an interesting question but it's an entirely different debate to have. Now we're discussing the independent evidence for and against a supernatural designer. If there is strong evidence, supernatural ID could be included as a possible explanation for artifacts we find in nature just as human ID could be included for certain artifacts unconvered in archological digs.

What the ID folks have been arguing is that ID even as a possible explanation has been ruled out a priori based on a naturalist assumption. Further, they argue, that the independent evidence for a supernatural designer isn't like the evidence for Martians. There is a deep and pervasive discipline dating back thousands of years embedded in every culture that has produced arguments and evidence for a supernatural designer--arguments and evidence that no one has yet disproved conclusively (there is no deductive argument against God's existence that most people would accept). Further the belief that such a designer exists, is held by the majority of populations worldwide. These are at least prima facie good reasons to include the option of ID as a possible explanation for natural artifacts (and the lack of these things are reason to exclude Martians and The Flying Spaghetti Monster).
Lipton is the world's biggest tea brand, selling both hot and iced tea around the world. It started as a British tea company, and was founded by Sir Thomas Lipton. The brand name is now owned by Unilever. The company owns several of its own tea plantations — in Kenya, Tanzania and India — as well as buying on the world tea markets.

Lipton Tea represents around 10% of the world market for tea (Euromonitor World Market for Hot Drinks 2004), and forms part of the Unilever Portfolio which sells around 20% of the world's tea, under brands such as PG Tips and Beseda

The biggest selling variety is Lipton Yellow Label, with its "Quality Number 1" strap line, and this is enjoyed world wide.

Available in over 110 countries, Lipton is particularly popular in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Africa and parts of Asia. Lipton Original Iced Tea is sold through a worldwide partnership with Pepsi.

There have been other items such as soups and pastas branded with Lipton, but these have all now been, or are being moved to other brand names, such as Knorr, to keep Lipton as a purely tea brand.

Lipton's current slogan is "Drink Better, Live Better".




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Trivia
52 billion cups of Lipton tea are drunk every year — 1,649 every second.
156 cans of Lipton Ice Tea are drunk every second.
The Lipton Tea sold in one year is enough to fill 3,660 Olympic swimming pools. Including iced tea, it would fill 4,434 swimming pools.
The weight of Lipton tea leaves which goes to making all this tea is equivalent to 14,077 fully grown African elephants
Lipton is one of the world's great refreshment brands, making a big splash in the global beverages market with tea-based drinks including leaf tea, infusions, ready-to-drink tea and other healthy, refreshing alternatives to soft drinks.

Making a big splash in the global beverages market
Lipton continues to lead as the global tea beverage market, making a big splash with a variety of tea-based drinks.

Keeping it green
As well as enabling consumers to drink better and live better, Lipton is also good for the environment. Sustainable farming practices, both within our own and third party tea estates, is vital for our future. One example of the many environmental and ethical measures being taken is the 'Trees 2000' programme in Kenya, which sees Lipton planting 40 000 indigenous trees every year to curb deforestation.

Lipton gets health seal of approval
There's nothing better than a thirst-quenching cup of tea to help you face the day. An independent panel of nutrition experts has agreed that leaf tea is second only to water as the ideal beverage for hydration due to its many qualities.

Lipton Tea gets health seal of approval
Nutrition Enhancement Programme
Although sugar levels in Lipton Ice Tea are already much lower than standard carbonated soft drinks, we're lowering them further by around 10% in much of the range. Find out more about our Nutrition Enhancement Programme.

Making our food healthier

Innovations
Lipton is growing fastest in ready-to-drink teas including the international Lipton Ice Tea range, the Lipton Brisk range in North America and a range of Lipton ready-to-drink teas in Asia which can be served hot or cold. Other recent flavour innovations cater to changing and adventurous tastes, for example green teas and the Lipton Fusion blends of iced tea and exotic fruit juice varieties.

Leaf tea remains a favourite in many markets and Lipton is making it tastier and easier to make with innovations including Lipton Pyramid tea bags that give the leaves more room to move and Lipton Cold Brew tea bags that allow iced tea to be freshly brewed in cold water in just five minutes. Lipton has also recently entered the green tea market, launching both leaf and ready-to-drink varieties.

Key facts
Tea is the world's favourite beverage, after water.
Independent scientists also place leaf tea second only to water as the most ideal beverage in the world.
All leaf teas are naturally zero calories and so can help with your weight management programme.
Lipton tea provides you with flavonoid antioxidants. Antioxidants are thought to help keep our body healthy by preventing every day wear and tear by free radicals.
Studies observing large populations and there eating and lifestyle habits over a long period of time show that regular tea drinking may help maintain heart health. A number of studies showed that people consuming tea (without milk and sugar) on a regular basis as part healthy lifestyle tend to maintain better heart health better than those who do not drink tea.
Lipton is the world's best-known and best-selling brand of tea, with sales of nearly €3 billion today. Lipton is the global market leader in both leaf and ready-to-drink tea, with a global market share nearly three times larger than its nearest rival.
Available in over 110 countries, Lipton is particularly popular in Europe, North America and the Middle East and parts of Asia.
Tea revitalises your mind and body.
Tea – half the caffeine of a regular cup of coffee.
All teas – black, green, oolong or white provide you with an antioxidant boost.
Just one 200ml cup of Lipton Yellow Label will provide you with around 135mg of antioxidants.
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