[MD] Tea

[Dallas Van Winkle]

It's all about the Maccha... Mmmm, I love that stuff. I need to switch back
and shed this coffee habit  :)

On 2/5/07, Heather Perella <spiritualadirondack at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hey x and Case,
>
>      I believe it was you in a discussion with Case,
> I'm not really sure though, some posts ago that stated
> that green tea is a diuretic so you drink white tea.
> All tea has caffeine and caffeine is the diuretic
> part.  The only difference I have found, since tea has
> become more and more a hobby of mine, between white
> and green tea is not the oxidation process, but the
> kinds of leaves picked and the shading of tea to rid
> the green color, thus, instead of green it is white
> tea.  The kinds of leaves picked in white are the
> youngest whereas green tea is picking of the usual
> age.
>      As to the oxidation process not being different,
> this refers to white and green teas [all tea (of the
> green, oolong, black oxidation range) is of the same
> species] not being oxidized, thus, avoiding the
> increase in caffeine that accompanies oxidation of tea
> leaves.  With this in mind, on the usual oxidation
> range, green is unoxidized, oolong (apparently
> pronounced and more correctly spelled wu-long) medium
> oxidation, and black tea is very high oxidation (thus,
> higher than green and oolong in caffeine amount).
> Since green tea doesn't increase in caffeine due to
> increase oxidation, then the amount of a calming
> chemical (can't remember the name) and the amount of
> caffeine is equal, thus, green tea is known for its'
> meditative qualities.  Green tea awakens and calms at
> the same time, unlike coffee that has large amounts of
> caffeine and no calming chemical.  (I still drink
> coffee, though not as much as I used to.  I'm just
> pointing something out, not advocating against
> coffee.)
>      I'm interested in how white is less diuretic than
> green tea according to what somebody said for I could
> not find this to be true in my research.
>
> thanks.
>
>
> again the night is dipping below zero degrees F,
> SA
>
> P.S.  For those living where Eastern Hemlock (also
> known as Canadian Hemlock) grows, it has 5 times the
> amount of Vitamin C than lemons.  White pine has
> Vitamin C, too, as well as Vitamin A.  This had me
> think about how Amerindians in this region during the
> winter (I'm not an expert on food sources in this
> region, but I'm making an educated guess that during
> the summer more plants would be growing for the
> potential of eating more Vitamin C) would have
> supplemented their diet with this tea to avoid what
> many Europeans died of when they first walked around
> here:  scurvy.  By the way, other Vitamin C
> deficiencies include slow wound healing, and immune
> system rundowns.
>
>
>
>
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