Tea Blog

In 2009, the American Institute of Cancer Research reported that more than one hundred thousand cases of cancer are associated with excess body fats. According to the report, patients with excess body fats suffer from endometrial, esophageal, pancreatic, kidney, gall bladder, colorectal and breast cancers. According to Dr. Laurence N. Kolonel, Deputy Director of Cancer Research Institute in Hawaii, excess body fat increases the amount of hormones in the body, such as estrogen, which disrupts the how the body process insulin. Both estrogen and insulin imbalance are linked to an increased risk in cancer. In order to lower your risk from suffering cancer, you need to curb your excess body fat by increasing your daily physical activity, eating fresh fruits and vegetables, and drinking oolong green tea. Medical research proves that the polyphenol present in oolong tea is effective in increasing your metabolism, and helps break down the excess fats in the body. People who drink oolong green tea regularly are able to maintain a healthy weight.

Oolong Green Tea – Cheaper Way to Stay Healthy

Medical bills are expensive, and nobody wants to get sick. Every person wants to stay healthy and enjoy life. One of the things you can do to avoid suffering from chronic diseases such as cancer or diabetes is to drink oolong green tea every day. Based on numerous research, this tea has been proven to provide different health benefits, and many people confirm that their life and total being improved when they start drinking oolong tea regularly. According to them, drinking oolong green tea is a cheaper way to stay healthy.

A previously unknown supplier who appears to be solid and reputable sent me the biggest box of tea samples EVER. I can’t believe it. Huge.
It will take months to go through them all. So far the three or four I have tried have been very, very good. A fantastic ti quan yin and a really good mao jian among them.

Well, finally did it. Released the promised oolongs finally. It is always so much more work than you’d imagine, Photos, labels, descriptions (long and short), pricing, last minute changes, awaiting shipments…

It_was_worth_the_wait. I always do this thing where I second guess a purchase or decision, so I go back to the grindstone, recupping said tea (I did it this year with the Golden Lily (a popular oolong that varies widely in quality). Suffice to say that after an evening of recupping and talking myself out of doing it with a few others, I realized we had totally scored again this year. A little luck, some great and deepening friendships, contacts, and connections, and an unwavering focus on quality and sustainability.

So, now I need to post some photos of a tasting session and tasting notes! Also, I need to give props to my friends Brett in Seattle who manages Tea Cup. He turned me on to a solid Ali Shan that was the first of the teas we got this year. It is almost gone, and a few others are disappearing rapidly, but I expect to have some well into the year. We got near whole crops of a few select ones from tiny farms. Totally sweet.

I’ll be scheduling a tasting on my meetup page zhi tea tasting group for mid-September. it is still 100 degrees here every day and no one is here or wants to do anything.

So now I will go and fill my gaiwan with some of my new favorite, a gui fei oolong we have dubbed royal courtesan. it is to die for. Maybe I’ll feature that in the next posting.

Check them out here…

Been sampling, cupping, and inspecting literally scores of oolongs from all over Taiwan. Thanks to some good friends who are foragers and adventurers (you definitely know who you are) and some diligence on our part (and some luck) we have access to some of the best and rare oolongs in the world. Hence, it is freaking hard to choose which to list on the site and sell from the store. It can be a daunting task to pick the few that can represent. Did I just say represent? I guess I did.

So I have learned the art of spitting. Much like wine tasting, you can only taste teas for so long before you get a MASSIVE caffeine dose. So you gotta spit.

I am still a bit unsure about this year’s crop relative to last on some counts, specifically on complexity and depth, from one farm anyway. Not sure about the causes yet. That said, some of the new ones are stellar. Expect them up on the site in the next few weeks. I have picked five fantastic ones with two more to come.

Currently savoring a Da Hong Pao or ‘Big Red Robe’ dark oolong from the Wuyi mountains in China. Incredible, it is last year’s batch I overlooked somehow. Great flavor variations; spicy, nutty, slightly grape-like and really satisfying. I hope to get some of this year’s. Stay tuned.