Thursday, December 27, 2007

NEW FUKAMUSHI SUPREME

My favorite type of tea has washed ashore at O-cha.com Fukamushi Sencha Supreme Today I opened my little baggie of Fukamushi Supreme I order...

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Movies!

You guessed it, my other favorite thing to do is watch movies. Two compatible hobbies, what could be better? Anyways, I've decided to lo...

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Tip

Hey. I've been real busy lately, but here's a fun tea-tip: Sencha : Brewing at a higher temperature brings out more aroma, but more ...

Friday, November 2, 2007

Aura Baozhong. Adagio Baozhong.

I received a few samples of tea from Aura Teas today. Among them was this Formosa Wenshan Baochong. The dry leaf smells like a lightly oxid...

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Organic Wuyi Qi Lan

I don't know much about Wuyi tea, or oolong tea in general. I am more of a green tea drinker. It's the scenario of needing a darker ...

Monday, October 22, 2007

Adagio's Anteadote

I, like a few other tea-bloggers, recently received a complimentary box of An tea dote iced teas. Adagio carries these organic, unsweetened ...

Sunday, October 21, 2007

A Sweet Day for Sencha

I recently made my first purchase from a tradition Japanese tea shop called Ippodo . I turned to Ippodo because they have an excellent deal ...

Friday, October 19, 2007

A Flavor of Japan

Much has happened since my last update. As can be seen in the last 2 posts, I have gotten deeply involved with a great tea called Fukamushi ...

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

A Lesser Fuka

As the title suggests, this Fukamushi isn't as good as the last one I reviewed from Rishi. This fuka is from Hibiki-an, which is a very ...
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These substances contained in tea is very easily oxidized. When the leaves are exposed to sunlight, the oxidation process occurs. The type of tea that is generally known in the community is a green tea, Oolong tea (such as Java tea Oolung / Ulung), black tea and white tea. Green tea contains the most helpful as in brewing, this tea is not dried using sunlight but use special drying techniques. While other types of tea are processed by fermentation.

Polyphenols
Polyphenols in tea such as catechins and flavanols. These compounds act as antioxidants to capture free radicals in the body are also effective in preventing the growth of cancer cells in the body. Free radicals in our bodies due to environmental air pollution and also from the food we eat.

Vitamin E
In one cup of tea contains vitamin E as much as about 100-200 IU a day which is a necessity for the human body. This amount serves to maintain heart health and make your skin smooth.

Vitamin C
This vitamin serves as an immunity or resistance to the human body. In addition, vitamin C also acts as an antioxidant necessary for the human body's resistance to disease.

Vitamin A
Vitamin A which is in the form of beta-carotene tea is a vitamin that the body needs can be met.