Saturday, January 12, 2008

2004 Yan-Ching Hao

2004, fairly young. I ordered this sample from Hou De and got what seems to be the final chunk of the cake. The leaf appears typical of a yo...

Friday, January 11, 2008

2005 Ming-Yuan Hao Yi-Wu

A 2005 harvest makes this one of the youngest shengs I've ever tried. I've had luck with Yiwu leaf before (2003 Keyixing), and was t...

Thursday, January 10, 2008

1996 Chung-Cha. Menghai. "Orange-in-Orange."

This is my first aged puerh. The leaves were picked and pressed in 1996. Which makes this tea almost 12 years old. The leaf is so dark that ...

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...
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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.