tea

I drink a fair amount of tea - about two cups a day for several years now. I'll brew a cup for breakfast and, in the evenings when there is nothing interesting on TV (that is, nearly every night) I'll brew a cup and read a book. I almost exclusively drink Twining's Earl Grey. I buy great huge...

I decaffeinated my tea by pourring a small amount of hot water then I wait 20 seconds and throw away this water which is supposed to contain much of the caffeine dissolved. This liquid is brownish for regular tea. That is fine for regular tea. But when I do the same procedure with green tea...

I've got websites saying "helps prevent cancer" cutting down on free radicals (I'm lost there) and it helps with antioxidant anti aging whootenanny. So what's the deal with green tea? Oh yeah, I was looking through pub med but the big words made my head hurt... Sites I refer to: The...

On an e-list I belong to, somebody has just posted the claim that Tea Tree oil is so good against infection that in Australia, hospitals inject it intavenaenously (sp?) into people with infections and use it against MRSA. Any comments from Australians? Or anyone?

Green tea chemical offers cancer hope A CHEMICAL extracted from green tea could provide the starting point for a new family of anti-cancer drugs, scientists said yesterday. Laboratory experiments showed that the polyphenol EGCG taken from green tea leaves inhibits the growth of cancer cells...

Green tea could help protect against the damage caused by heart attacks and strokes, researchers suggest. A chemical found in the tea, which has been drunk for over 4,000 years, has been shown to reduce the amount of cell death which follows such trauma. Cell death leads to tissue death and...

Chamomile tea drinkers have "higher levels of a substance called glycine" which is a neurotransmitter in the spinal cord. It contains hipurate which can cause rashes, blood in urine, lower back pain, nausea and vomiting. It also contains sedatives and anti-inflamatories. "Chamomile tea can...

I have been drinking more tea recently, and there are some things I have noticed. I wonder if anyone has any ideas on what I'm wondering about. I noticed that if I use tap water, the tea bag usually floats on top of the water for a while, but if I use distilled water, it sinks instantly. Are...

Blowed if I know where to put this now, so it's going here. We had a big discussion about tea around here a while back, and now there is some new research from the Royal Society of Chemistry into the matter, no doubt inspired by our discussion: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3016342.stm

Does anybody know anything about the effects of tannins on health? I have heard so much about the health beneftis of green, and particularly white, tea. But, doesnt tea, as with wine, have a lot of tannins? So whats teh scoop, is the tannin in such tea bad for you? Are there some types of...

I used to wierd out folks at work by taking my teacup, filling it with hot water from the "hot" water dispenser (about 180), then putting it in the microwave, and heating it until it just started to bubble. Then I'd take it out (quite superheated) and toss in some loose tea, and have it start...