Archive for May, 2007
Green Tea Extract and Weight Loss
Posted by Admin in Tea Health Benefits on May 27th, 2007
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Chado – the Way of Tea
Posted by Admin in Tea Culture / Ceremony on May 27th, 2007
By jodi
In Japan tea is a religion, philosophy, elixir and an art form. You can distinguished a Japanese green tea from any other tea by the suffix cha. Cha is tea in Japanese and most Japanese teas end with cha; matcha, genmaicha, hoijicha, bancha and so on (except the most supreme of all Japanese green tea, Gyokuro means precious dew and does not need to be identified as a mere tea)
The history of tea in Japan started in the 8th century when Emperor Shomu heard of this medicinal plant used by the Chinese Buddhist monks for mental alertness and the Emperor invited 100 Chinese Buddhist monks to his palace to try tea. Although tea was China’s most precious export, as an offering the monks brought seeds of the tea plant and not too long after tea was planted and cultivated successfully in Japan.
Tea ‘healthier’ drink than water
Posted by Admin in Tea Health Benefits on May 27th, 2007
The News – International – Pakistan
LONDON: Drinking three or more cups of tea a day is as good for you as drinking plenty of water and may even have extra health benefits, say researchers. The work in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition dispels the common belief that tea dehydrates.
Tea not only rehydrates as well as water does, but it can also protect against heart disease and some cancers, UK nutritionists found. Experts believe flavonoids are the key ingredient in tea that promote health.
These polyphenol antioxidants are found in many foods and plants, including tea leaves, and have been shown to help prevent cell damage. Public health nutritionist Dr Carrie Ruxton, and colleagues at Kings College London, looked at published studies on the health effects of tea consumption.
Green tea popularity on the rise with celebrities
Posted by Admin in General Tea News, Tea Health Benefits on May 25th, 2007
By Green Tea Man
The popularity of green tea is steadily increasing thanks to many high profile stars in Hollywood.
Celebrities are now using green tea to jumpstart their weight loss plans. Green tea is now becoming the beverage of choice and replacing inferior beverages like coffee and black tea. The green tea weight loss comes from the boost in metabolism found in green tea.
As an added bonus, green tea is known to heal skin. This rejuvenation of skin leads to less wrinkles all over the body.
Green Tea May Offer Protection From Bladder Inflammation
Posted by Admin in Tea Health Benefits on May 25th, 2007
Washington Post – Washington, DC, USA
(HealthDay News) – Green tea may help protect against bladder inflammation, a new study says.
“We discovered that catechins found in green tea protected both normal and cancerous bladder cells from inflammation when we exposed the cells to hydrogen peroxide,” Dr. Michael B. Chancellor, professor of urology and gynecology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, said in a prepared statement.
“Although further studies are needed, the results indicate herbal supplements from green tea could be a treatment option for various bladder conditions that are caused by injury or inflammation,” he said.
Tea Tasting – Lapsang Souchong
Posted by Admin in General Tea News on May 25th, 2007
The symbol to the right is Chá, the Chinese symbol for Tea.
My latest taste test to report on is the Lapsang Souchong that we purchased from Acquired Tastes Tea Company. I did the tasting as this is a tea that Mrs. EB doesn’t even like to smell.
Tea type & form: Black Tea; leaves are fresh picked and withered to remove moisture then twisted and rolled. After the leaves are oxidized, they are cured over smoking pine log fires.
White Tea
Posted by Admin in General Tea News, Tea Health Benefits on May 25th, 2007
Katolen Yardley Holistic Health
By Katolen
The least processed of all teas, the flavor of white tea is the closest to fresh, pure tea leaves. The leaves undergo two steps during processing. First, the leaves are withered and then they are immediately baked in the sun. Like black and green teas, white tea contains numerous antioxidant compounds called polyphenols (flavonoids and catechins specifically).
Catechins provide protective antioxidant action against harmful free radicals in the body. Research shows that these free radicals are involved in heart disease, some kinds of cancer and increase the risk of strokes. Due to its high antioxidant components, drinking white tea may potentially help to protect against cardiovascular disease, supports immune system function, may help to lower elevated cholesterol levels, promotes strength and integrity of blood vessels and helps to promote healthy teeth and bones.
In addition, white tea is a source of nutrients containing magnesium, managanese, potassium, calcium, and the vitamins C and K all in trace amounts.
What Sort of Tea Was Thrown into Boston Harbor?
Posted by Admin in General Tea News, Tea Culture / Ceremony on May 25th, 2007
By J. L. Bell
The Boston Post-Boy of 16 Nov 1767 offered this verse for caffeinated young ladies concerned about the new Townshend duties on, among other, less consequential things, imported tea:
Throw aside your Bohea and your Green Hyson Tea,
And all good things with a new fashion duty;
Procure a good store of the choice Labradore,
For there’ll soon be enough here to suit ye.
Labrador was an herbal tea made from a plant found growing in Canada. (Loyalist judge Peter Oliver later claimed that “it brought on Disorders of Health; & among the rest a Vertigo, as fatal as that which they had brought upon theirselves with Respect to Liberty.”)
But Labrador isn’t the topic of this posting. I’m wondering about what type of tea Americans drank at the time of the Boston Tea Party? Were Bohea and Hyson the most popular kinds, as that verse implied, or were those names simply a lot easier to fit into a rhyme than “Lapsang Souchong”? A 16 Sept 1736 Boston News-Letter advertisement listed several types—Bohea, Congou, Pekoe, green, and fine imperial—with green and Bohea the cheapest and Pekoe the most expensive. (For more about some of those varieties, see TeaMuse’s article on “Teas of Yore.”)
Book: Building 21st-century tea houses
Posted by Admin in General Tea News on May 25th, 2007
The Daily Yomiuri – Osaka, Japan
By Julian Satterthwaite / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer
The Contemporary Tea House: Japan’s Top Architects Redefine a Tradition
By Arata Isozaki, Tadao Ando, Terunobu Fujimori
Kodansha International, 134 pp, 4,410 yen
How do you update something as heavily circumscribed by tradition as the Japanese tea house? Any change is liable to be met with howls of protest. Anyone who tinkers with the basic elements is likely to be derided. It’s a brave man–and tea house builders always have been men–who takes on such a task.
The question is the subject of The Contemporary Tea House, by Japanese architects Arata Isozaki, Tadao Ando, Terunobu Fujimori and others who (strangely) don’t get a credit on the cover. And a quick glance at the book would suggest that they have answered the question by ignoring it.
Jairam Ramesh to revive tea gardens in North Bengal
Posted by Admin in Tea Industry News on May 24th, 2007
NewKerala.com – Ernakulam, Kerala, India
Siliguri: Union Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh will visit West Bengal today with a view to revive the tea gardens in North Bengal.
His order was to immediately open up five out of the 14 tea gardens which were closed down a long time ago. Although five gardens have been ordered to be opened, the fate of the remaining nine is still unknown.
Out of the closed tea gardens, Surendranagar tea garden is going to be opened today. Samsing and Bamondanga tea gardens have been ordered to be opened on June 29 while Kalchini and Rainatang will be opened on July 15.
The lease of three tea gardens — Ramjhora, Kathalguri and Dheklapara had been cancelled by the West Bengal Government. However, the Central Government had taken steps to eradicate the existing problem in North Bengal, official sources said.
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