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Friday, May 23, 2008
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Finding Good Pu-erh
How to find good pu-erh? Negotiating through the plethora of pu-erh is not an easy task. There are many teas out there that we must taste to...
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Subjectivity of Taste
I wrote this in response to Hobbes' recent post in which he gives humble words, which I will summarize as a suggestion to take his revi...
Friday, May 16, 2008
90's Tongqing Hao Shengpu
This flimsy old cake could be split and pulled apart with a gentle touch. Wabi-sabi beauty definitely shows through as the cake droops sligh...
Thursday, May 15, 2008
2001 Xiaguan Baoyan
I got this brick after reading the positive remarks put forth by Hobbes . The leaf is rather crumbly, flaky, small, and over all, low qualit...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
80's Liao Fu Vietnamese Maocha
Vietnamese maocha pu-erh from the 1980's. Come to think of it, I've never seen border tea compressed into anything, it's always ...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
2001 Yiwu Zhengshan
Zhongcha? CNNP... I got this sample from Puerhshop. Not sure exactly who made it. From the cup comes an aroma is of wet hay. In the taste is...
Sunday, May 11, 2008
1996 Dayi 7542
Ah... the 7542. Thanks to Salsero for the sample. The smell of the dry leaf is powder-coated with the yummy mustiness I associate with aged ...
Friday, May 9, 2008
Tetulia's White Tea
Bangladesh. A rather odd growing region for tea. I've actually never heard of a tea coming out of Bangladesh. When I got a message from ...
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Nilgiri Black Tea
If I didn't know better, I would guess that this was a white tea, or an oolong, but not a black. The dry leaf smells almost exactly like...
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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.