I was curious how many people here drink tea and the reason for it. Do you find that it improves your health or performance? What kind of tea do you drink? Do you use tea bags or the loose leaves? How do you brew it? Do you have any medical information to prove the effects of tea?
Here I just some questions I have about tea. I’ve been drinking green tea lately and I soon want to try white tea.
“It is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt”
I drink tea regularly, because I enjoy the flavor. Loose tea is my favorite(especially fresh loose tea, YUM), but bagged tea will do.
Sometimes in the morning before class I will sip on some strong black tea if I am really tired.
I have also read somewhere(I forget where so dont ask 
) that green teas up metabolism slightly for short periods of time. I am not sure about this.
I have also heard that some teas(once again, I dont remember where I heard this) can prevent certain proteins from being absorbed.
There have been some topics on this board about teas fairly recently. Maybe you should search those out.
Oolong Tea (chinese green tea) is excellent. It has the highest concentration of antioxidants of any tea, plus there is that metabolism boosting thing that Herring was talking about. Plus it has this other AWESOME property.
You know how when you eat chocolate the 1st bite is always the nicest, then the rest just coats your mouth? Well if you take a sip of oolong between pieces it completely refreshes your palate and it all tastes just as good as the 1st bite!!! This makes it the king of all teas.
Plus since it's drunk without milk or sugar it's less fatty :)
“Pain is merely weakness leaving the body”
Tea
Green tea and black tea are made from the same leaves except that black tea is fermented. Green is better for you.
We grow some herbs and make our own tea fresh from them, various mints etc. Comfrey tea is excellent for the bones. It’s often called “knitbone”. Healthfood stores should carry it, it’s cheapest to grow your own if you can find it. (And have a place to do it, although you can do it in a 1 gal. pot.) 
“Box a fighter and fight a boxer”. Bruce Lee
“Oolong Tea (chinese green tea) is excellent”
You mean what is called green tea at stores is not real chinese green tea?Also, for winter, you should drink -Liver,kidney,mind tea, (this is all one tea)
“Oolong Tea (chinese green tea) is excellent”
You mean what is called green tea at stores is not real chinese green tea?
I’m not sure. I’ll have to find out. Don’t hold your breath waiting though. I’m opening a bottle of bourbon tonight & I may not be coherent for a few days 
“Pain is merely weakness leaving the body”
Yay
I drink prepeared by our sifu. plus green tea when ever I can. Try green tea ice cream, its testy.
Green tea ice cream!
This stuff is awesome! There is a small japanese restaurant here in Pittsburgh that sells it. AMAZING! They also see red bean ice cream. It sounds gross, but it tastes like berry ice cream with more protein.
Cant argue with that, hehe.
Green tea
Hello!
I recommend the Drgon Well Tea /Long Jing Cha (it`s really good and the high quality green tea).
NB!Always check the “best before” and/or the fab.date.
Green tea for good health.
Green tea catechins have been shown to prevent cancer in the following ways:
1.They help to neutralize dietary carcinogens such as nitrosamine and aflatoxin.
2.They interfere with the binding of cancer-causing agents to cellular DNA, thereby protecting cells against mutations that can eventually cause cancer.
3.They protect against free-radical DNA damage that causes some cancers.
4.They inhibit bacterial-induced DNA mutations that also can lead to certain cancers.
5.They work with enzymes and other antioxidants in the intestine, liver and lungs to prevent the activation of certain carcinogens before they damage DNA.
6.They protect against the effects of ionizing radiation and ultraviolet radiation
too much green tea is bad for you apparently. My sister is a doctor and er, she er, said so. I drink loads of it you see.
I said “it can’t be, chinese people drink it all the time”, and she replied “yes, and they have the highest rate of stomach cancer in the world” :mad:
Altho apparently 1-2 cups a day is fine, don’t go mad tho.
This is all according to her 
All i wanted was some RICE CAKES! Now? WE MUST BATTLE.
Green tea
The study, published in the May edition of the peer-reviewed International Journal of Cancer, supported previous research showing green-tea drinkers have lower risk of stomach cancer — in this case, 48 percent — than nondrinkers. In addition, researchers found as frequency and duration of tea drinking increased, the risk of both chronic gastritis and stomach cancer decreased.
Chronic gastritis is a common inflammatory disease that causes precancerous lesions of the stomach. The progression from chronic gastritis to stomach cancer is slow. Green tea contains antioxidants that researchers believe may inhibit the development of chronic gastritis and halt the progression of stomach cancer.
“This is the first time that green tea drinking was found to protect against chronic gastritis,” said principal investigator and lead author Dr. Zuo-Feng Zhang, a professor of epidemiology in the UCLA School of Public Health. “The study suggests that using green tea to treat chronic gastritis and as a preventive therapy in high-risk populations would reduce the incidence of stomach cancer in the long term.”
The research team in Japan, followed 26,000 men and women for 8 years and reported that there was no health benefit among those who drank large or small amounts of green tea.
:)Let`s enjoy some Tea
P.S.
The research team in Japan…
(from New England Journal of Medicine)
NB!They did research only about stomach cancer!
“Oolong Tea (chinese green tea) is excellent”
Oolong Tea (wulong cha), wich means “black dragon”, is semi-fermented tea (when Black Tea is complety fermented and Green Tea is unfermented tea.
Best Oolong teas: Ti Kuan Yin (Tieguanyin), Shui Hsien (Shuixian),Min-Nan Oolong, White Tip Oolong, Nantou wulong cha.
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Black tea certainly interferes with the body’s ability to absorb iron, although I’m not exactly sure why. Old folks with tea-related anaemia turn up all the time in the hospital where I’m studying, although generally you have to have a low iron intake too.
As for the stimulant effect of green tea, I found some time ago that drinking a strong cup before bed gave me nightmares. I’ve since been told to drink it much more dilute (I was using as much as I would black tea, and apparently only a few leaves are necessary) but I still keep away from it in the evenings.
I just posted a topic on the TCM board about buddhist tea (I think its called tai mu tea) which is composed of single green tea leaves hand-rolled with single jasmine leaves. I think that’s all there is to it, but it seems to have some odd effects. I’m just really interested in hearing anything anyone might know about the properties of this tea, so I wanted to direct you to that thread
Tai Mu Long Zhu (known as: Buddhas Tears)
Tai Mu Long Zhu, Dragon Eyes (literally: Pearls of the Dragon from the Mountain of Tai Mu).
Very fine and enjoyable tea!
P.S. This tea is good for multiple infusions!
Just add new hot water (170-180F / 75-85C)to the pot and increase the steeping time.
For example: