Topic: Asia

Green tea lowers cholesterol risk, but only a little

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Drinking green tea appears to cut "bad" cholesterol while leaving levels of good cholesterol unchanged, and encouraging people to drink more of the beverage could have significant health effects, according to a study.The finding may explain why ...

Green tea lowers cholesterol, but only a little

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drinking green tea seems to cut "bad" cholesterol, according to a fresh look at the medical evidence.The finding may help explain why green tea has been linked to a lower risk of heart disease, the leading killer ...

Black tea challenged by other varieties

Exotic and organic teas are wooing tea drinkers and challenging traditional black tea's dominance as never before, tea industry experts say, as a tea factory in Dubai bids to become the world's largest.The shift in global tea-drinking trends is felt at the ...
Growers of India's famed Assam tea say climate change has altered taste of brewTea growers in northeastern India say climate change has hurt the country's tea crop, leading not just to a drop in production but also subtly altering the flavor of ...

How to Detoxify with Tea

It has long been considered an aid to good health. A popular detox tea made popular by celebrities such as Beyonce Knowles is the lemon detox tea. The lemon detox tea is meant to cleanse the body of toxins stored in fat ...
Be transported into another world at the Chinese Garden of Friendship in Darling Harbour of Sydney. It was built to celebrate Australia's 1988 Bicentenary with Sydney's sister city in China, Guangzhou. That city is known as the "flower city" and the capital ...
Read on to find out about a unique area of Taiwan known as Mao Kong! For tea drinking lovers, scenery lovers, and hiking lovers alike, I highly recommend an excursion to Mao Kong. I had found out about Mao Kong from some ...

Blooming Teas

Most teas are imported from a province in China known as the Yunnan region. While blooming or flowering teas are rather expensive comparatively to traditional American teas varieties, they are long-lasting and can often be replenished several times without becoming bitter like ...
Today I got my first taste of Japanese green tea . If one were to ask what single thing best summed up Japanese culture that one activity that the traveler could not possibly miss on a trip to Japan I would answer ...

How to Make Matcha Tea

Matcha, a green tea favored in Japan , comes in a powder form that you mix with hot, but not boiling, water. Matcha consists of ground tea leaves, so you should only buy what looks to be a fine, green powder. Store ...
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