Brewing Loose Leaf Tea : Brewing Green Tea
Posted by admin on Apr 19, 2010
Green tea is prepared in many different ways, and the process of steeping Green Tea varies as well. Learn how to brew green tea in this free video about brewing loose leaf tea.
Expert: Bret Wingert
Bio: Bret and Kerstin Wingert own Souvia Tea, which has two stores in Arizona. They operate their stores, teach proper tea brewing techniques, and offer tea tours all over the world.
Filmmaker: Bill Zervakos
Duration : 0:3:21
About Green Tea
Posted by admin on Apr 18, 2010
Green tea is bottled and sold by many different companies in the United States. It has become as common as Pepsi or Coke in vending machines and convenience stores. With the overwhelming market saturation, you may be wondering what is the best green tea you can drink.
Green tea is a type of tea made from the leaves of the Camellia Sinensis or tea plant. It originated in China about 4,000 years ago and has since spread to Japan, Thailand and many more Middle Eastern countries. The varieties differ not only from geographical location but from growing conditions as well. A significant change in the weather from one year to the next can influence the quality of the tea. Each tea derives its name from the province in which it is grown.
Along with weather is the manner in which the tea is manufactured. Tea is grown on estates and each estate will have a specific grade of tea for the year. Many large-scale productions will mix teas from different estates and thereby dilute the quality green tea. For this reason, it is best to choose a single estate green tea.
That being said it can be difficult to find these types of teas and when you do, they may be extremely expensive. Such as some of the following types:
1. One of the oldest and well-known teas is Pu-erh tea. Named for Puer County near Simmao Yunnan China. It is made from the broad leaf of the tea tree and comes in two forms raw or cooked. Unlike many other forms of Green Tea, Puerh can be used immediately or aged for many years. The fact that it has such a long shelf life makes this one of the best green teas, however it is difficult to find authentic Pu-erh tea and when you do it will be very expensive.
2. Sencha Tea is another popular variety of green tea; this is a popular everyday tea from Japan. Made from flat dark green leaves this fragrant tea is loaded with vitamin C and antioxidants. Drinkers of this type of tea find it to also be one on the best green teas on the market for taste and cost. However, because brewing can be difficult, too long, or hot and it is bitter, it is not the best green tea.
3. Myou-Kou is a Japanese variety of green tea that is thicker and has a much bolder taste.
Conclusion
Green tea has many health benefits, weight loss, digestion, lowered blood pressure, and cholesterol. The choosing the best green tea has more to do with personal preference than anything else. As you can see from the small sample of green teas above, there are many varieties and each one has a distinctive flavor.
Jason Lee
http://www.articlesbase.com/tea-articles/about-green-tea-720657.html
Why does green tea or anything with green tea in it make my tummy hurt badly?
Posted by admin on Apr 17, 2010
Green Tea drinks are so tasty to me,but after a couple of hours it tears my stomache apart completely! (especially the straight green tea) It hurts soooo bad that I want to cry almost lol, and it makes you run to the bathroom and have terribly sharp griping pains. Is this just me or is it the green tea?
Does this happen with a freshly-brewed cup of straight green tea? Or is it just bottled green tea?
The reason I ask is, many bottled green tea drinks use a concentrated tea extract (and not even that much of it) along with God knows what other chemicals, additives, and food derivatives. Like Arizona Green Tea, it tastes like honey water to me. So your body could be reacting to an additive, or to a chemical reaction with the various ingredients.
That said, if you get the same reaction from brewed green tea, or even black tea, then you know what did it! Black tea’s chemically very similar to green. And while I’ve never heard of a green tea allergy, I have heard of caffeine allergies. A doctor can test you for such things pretty easily, too.
Good luck! If you’re allergic & need a replacement for tea, you know where to find us. 
Ready Green Tea Eye Treatment
Posted by admin on Apr 11, 2010
Store: www.klpigmentshop.com
Note: I sometimes stare at the mirror behind my camera when I am not staring in the cam haha.
I know that tea bags underneath the eyes aren’t anything new, but I am tired of making bags of tea every time I need to soothe my eyes. Plus waiting for the water to cool and waiting for it to get cold in the fridge just takes too long.
I call these my ready green tea treatment! You’ll make a batch each Sunday and use them all week. No mess, no fuss, no problem and NO BAGS!
Stuff:
Dynasty 100% Green Tea: H.E.B
Cotton Pads: Walgreens
Plate: Wal-mar during V-day Season
Wrapping: Wal-Mart
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Disclaimer: I bought everything on my own, and I am not affiliated with anything. I was not paid for to make this video
Duration : 0:3:19