Has anyone hear ed about oolong tea ?

Question

Has anyone hear ed about oolong tea ?

Answer 1

Yeah!  I heared about it.  I actually drank it!  When I was in Japan on Okinawa and be all hot and sweaty from running and swimming and chasing the girls, I'd buy a big bottle a chug it all down on the spot.  I've since become aware that the people watching me were spectating and commenting on the habits of American comsumptionism.  BTW I don't drink sugar drinks like that.  That's gross.

Answer 2

When assessing health claims made for various products - including tea - it's good to proceed with a degree of caution. There are many reliable studies documenting the health benefits of tea, but there are also marketers and merchants who tend to exaggerate these benefits to sell their products.

One type of tea this seems to be particularly applicable to is oolong, which is sometimes marketed under such names as wu-long, wulong, and wu-yi, among others. Weight loss claims are quite common for oolong, which often results in it being touted as an "amazing weight loss health tea," a "slimming tea" and so on.

While it's likely that many of these claims are somewhat "creative" they're also not without some basis in fact. For an overview of potential links between weight loss and various types of tea refer to this article here at the Twinings Tea Blog. For an overview of similar claims for green tea refer to this article from the T Ching blog.

Some of the most recent research specific to oolong tea and weight loss was conducted at the University of California, Davis. Researchers there found that rats that ate a diet that included oolong tea extract gained less weight than rats that were not given the extract. At about the same time Chinese researchers released the results of a study claiming that the polyphenols in tea, and in oolong in particular, could be an aid in weight loss.

A previous study on the effects of oolong tea on Japanese women found that it increased energy expenditure at a rate greater than that of green tea, a finding that researchers attributed to the polymerized polyphenols in oolong tea. An earlier study by Japanese researchers on mice concluded, "oolong tea may be an effective crude drug for the treatment of obesity and fatty lover caused by a high-fat diet."

For additional information on the connection between oolong tea and weight loss, look here and here.

Answer 3

It's great, better hot than iced.

Answer 4

It is as common as the day is long.  Its the typical stuff in Lipton tea bags, and other brand name teas which do not specify the leaf.

Answer 5

its very good and extremely popular in china...it has a very smooth slightly sweet taste to it and is very good drank by itself