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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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2007 Huanglong Mengsa
The leaves look alright, 2007-green. No prominent aroma from the leaves in the preheated gaiwan. The liquor comes out quite yellow, with ora...
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Tea Videos!
Good evening, everyone. I finally kicked on the spurs and made a tea video. This first one is of me gongfuing some shu pu-erh cha. I'm t...
Monday, April 21, 2008
Okayti Darjeeling Autumn Flush Oolong
Gongfuing tea is wonderful. What one normally expects from a Darjeeling is a single-steep black tea. Not with this Darjeeling. Mighty Leaf&#...
Monday, April 14, 2008
2004 Liming Yue Chen Yue Xiang shu
To accompany me in my late-night shu session is this 04 Yue Chen Yue Xiang from Liming Factory. The leaf looks good for a shu, specially whe...
2005 Menghai Xishuangbanna
I don't know exactly what this one is, so here's a pic of the uhh... paper description note for those interested. The dry leaf looks...
Sunday, April 13, 2008
2006 Menghai Yue Chen Yue Xiang Pu-erh Tea Brick
The leaf looks bad, like the xiaguan, it's very stringy from crumbled-down leaves. Not a good first impression. The cup lends out a deep...
2006 Puwen Nannuo "Four Good Words"
This mini-beeng(250g) appears to be almost as buddy as yesterday's Chunming. A few more leaves, and the buds don't look as scrumptio...
Saturday, April 12, 2008
2005 Chunming Highland Spring Tips
This one is really catching my interest. I sourced this chunk of a sample from Puerhshop. Messing around with the chunk... it's really b...
Pu-erh Chamber Update
First, an updated graph: I did get lazy and stop logging the RH, but it has leveled out and is staying consistently between 68% and 71%RH. T...
Friday, April 11, 2008
2000-something Rishi Puerh Maiden
2nd of 3 received from Bhale. Maiden is a dark shupu said to hail from a small tribe where only female virgins pick the tea-leaves. That asi...
Thursday, April 10, 2008
70's Vietnamese Liao Fu San Cha
I received this sample from Brandon as part of a tasting. Thanks again, Brandon. No pictures for this one today, sorry for that. 70's ...
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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.
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.