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Entries from February 2008

Savouring Tea with Food

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments

One would normally associate pairing good food with fine wines… but with tea? Actually, the concept of tea-food pairing works similarly to wine-food pairing. Like wines, quality teas can have a wide range of flavour, smell, acidity, body and texture muchly depending on where and how they were produced. Hence, if a good pairing between […]

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Green Tea Supplement - The Pros and Cons

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Green tea has many health benefits. Which is the better option: beverage or green tea supplement?
The best known green tea benefit is that you get anti-oxidants when you drink it. Anti-oxidants go through your body uniting with free radicals (oxygen atoms that have lost one of their electrons) and preventing their chain reaction of cellular […]

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Green Tea VS White Tea

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Undoubtedly you’ve heard of green tea. But white tea? What is that?
White tea is getting more and more attention so it’s appropriate to examine what white tea is, exactly, and how it compares to green tea.
White tea is minimally processed, just like green tea. It is harvested just before the buds open and the buds […]

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White Tea - Who Else Wants A Spellbinding Silver Needle?

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments

What is so fantastic about white tea? What is it, what are its characteristics, and how is it made?
Tea has been a popular beverage in both the east and the west for centuries. Europeans have generally enjoyed black tea. Green and oolong teas have been making strides in popularity in the past few years. But […]

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Oolong Tea - Ready for a Quintessential Experience?

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Most people know oolong tea as the kind they are served in Chinese restaurants. Although this type of tea has long been treasured in Asia, it is now gaining popularity in the west.
Although there are many different types of tea, all come from the same plant, camellia sinensis. The leaves of the tree are processed […]

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Heath Benefits Of Chinese White Tea

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments

White tea was created in Fujian province China, and is mostly harvested in Fu Ding and Zheng He County. It is the tea that is the less processed making and the most natural one.
But, what is white tea? Most tea aficionados know that all tea comes from the same source: the Camilla Sinensis tea bush. […]

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Green Tea Cuts Chance Of Cancer And A Dozen Diseases

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments

When you receive the Seal you will begin to take better care of your health. One thing you can do is start drinking more green tea, which has been found in a recent study to reduce the risk of prostate cancer.
A much higher proportion of Western people develop prostate cancer than those people on Asia. […]

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Wu-Yi Tea - Can 2 Cups A Day Really Burn Your Fat Away and Help You Lose Weight?

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments

You may be asking how drinking this Tea every day can help you lose weight and burn fat? Well, this information will try to answer your question and you may just walk away with a completely new outlook on drinking tea. You may have seen Authentic Wu-Yi Tea talked about on CNN. It seems as […]

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Production of Tea - Orthodox Tea vs CTC (Crush, Tear, Curl) Tea.

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Most orthodox teas are produced in China, Sri Lanka, Darjeeling and Assam. They represent about 31% of world tea production. An additional 25% is green and oolong tea. This means that about 55% or over one half of all tea produced is processed by the orthodox form of processing.
Therefore about 45% of teas are processed […]

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The Health Benefits of Common Tea Varieties

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments

For thousands of years, tea has been known for its incredible medicinal and therapeutic benefits. Today we know much more about the health benefits of tea leaves, thanks to hundreds of government, university and independent clinical studies.
There are seven commonly available varieties of tea: green, white, black, oolong, pu’erh, roobios and herbal. Each type is […]

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