Tea please!?

Question

What is the best tea out there for you?

Also does any one know anything about oolong tea?

Answer 1

http://www.celestialseasonings.com/produ...

I love Celestial Seasonings herbal and black teas. They're so yummy!!

But I have never heard of oolong tea.......

Answer 2

African Rooibos or White Tea both are high in anti-oxidants

The Health Benefits of Rooibos...

With its many positive attributes, Rooibos tea is a great choice of drink for health conscious people.

Rooibos tea contains no colors, additives or preservatives, making it a natural beverage. It contains no caffeine. According to studies conducted in South Africa and Japan Rooibos has been shown to aid in health problems such as insomnia, irritability, headaches, nervous tension, and hypertension.

Studies also show that this tea relieves anti- spasmodic agents, which can relieve stomach cramping and colic in infants.

In South Africa Rooibos has been used to treat allergies such as hay fever, asthma and eczema very effectively .

It is also used to treat irritated skin. Rooibos is brewed and placed directly on infected areas. Rooibos contains anti - oxidants which can help slow the aging process and boost the immune system.

Rooibos is a great thirst quencher and is an excellent beverage for active people, including children.

This tea contains no oxalic acid, making it a good beverage for people prone to kidney stones. Rooibos contains the minerals, copper, iron and potassium, calcium, fluoride, zinc, manganese, alpha- hydroxy ( for healthy skin ) and magnesium ( for the nervous system ) are also components of this tea. In South Africa pregnant women and nursing mothers drink Rooibos because it contains no caffeine

Most of the health benefits of white tea are due to the potency of EGCG. Some of the claims about the health benefits of EGCG include:

Neutralizes the harmful effects of UV radiation on the skin, reducing the risk of skin cancer

Reduces the risk of other cancers, including lung and breast cancers

Reduces the risk of stroke

Reduces the risk of heart diseases

Reduces the risk of diabetes

Slows down the aging process

Antioxidants scavenge for so called free radicals, chemicals that are created when the sunlight hits the leaves. Free radicals attack the cells, and may kill them, leading to disease and aging. The antioxidants in white tea prevent and limit the activity of free radicals.

Answer 3

I personally think this is the best tea...they ship it fresh in foil pouches...it's loose tea, though.  

http://www.culinaryteas.com/Oolong_Teas....

I also like Hobe teas:

http://www.amazon.com/Slim-Tea-Original-...

http://www.amazon.com/Slim-Tea-Jasmine-B...

Benefits of Oolong:

    * Diabetes - Oolong tea may be an effective adjunct to oral hypoglycemic agents in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

    * Eczema - Japanese researchers reported that patients with a form of eczema improved after drinking a liter of oolong tea daily.

    * Allergies - Two catechin derivatives (C-1 and C-2) with potent antiallergic activity were isolated from Taiwanese oolong tea.

    * Bacterial infections - Oolong tea polyphenols strongly inhibited the enzyme activities of some types of streptococci.

    * Cavities - Oolong tea polyphenolic compounds could be useful for controlling dental caries.

    * Obesity - Consumption of oolong tea stimulates both EE and fat oxidation in normal weight men.

    * Cancer - Oolong tea extract has a chemopreventive action against hepatocarcinogenesis.

http://www.learn-about-tea.com/green-tea...