Astral Health » Green Tea http://astralhealth.com Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:10:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Poems and Proverbs About Tea http://astralhealth.com/poems-and-proverbs-about-tea/ http://astralhealth.com/poems-and-proverbs-about-tea/#comments Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:19:12 +0000 http://astralhealth.com/poems-and-proverbs-about-tea/ Proverbs and Poems about Tea

 
“Where there’s tea there’s hope.” 

- Sir Arthur Pinero

 
“Better to be deprived of food for three days, than tea for one.”

-Ancient Chinese Proverb

 
Tea, heavens delight, and nature’s truest wealth, that pleasing physic, and pledge of health; the statesman’s counselor, the Virgin’s love, The muse’s nectar, the drink of love.”

-A Poem Upon Tea, Peter Antoine Motteux 1712

 
“If you are cold, tea will warm you;

If you are too heated, it will cool you;

If you are depressed, it will cheer you;

If you are exhausted, it will calm you.”

-William Gladstone

 
“Enjoy life sip by sip not gulp by gulp.”

 
-The Minister of Leaves

 
Peace Be Still Sam

]]> http://astralhealth.com/poems-and-proverbs-about-tea/feed/ 0 The Best Water For Brewing Green Tea http://astralhealth.com/the-best-water-for-brewing-green-tea/ http://astralhealth.com/the-best-water-for-brewing-green-tea/#comments Sat, 05 Aug 2006 20:17:44 +0000 http://astralhealth.com/the-best-water-for-brewing-green-tea/ The choice of the right water is as important for a good cup of tea as the proportions and brewing time. The water should not have too much taste of its own, and should not be hard or high in limestone, chlorine or iron. Water with excessively high salt content or oxidized magnesium is also unsuitable. The best water comes from springs in high mountain valleys. If you don’t happen to have this to hand, you can buy spring water. Never use distilled water to brew a cup of green tea.

  

Peace Be Still Sam

]]> http://astralhealth.com/the-best-water-for-brewing-green-tea/feed/ 0 How To Make Green Iced Tea http://astralhealth.com/how-to-make-green-iced-tea/ http://astralhealth.com/how-to-make-green-iced-tea/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2006 20:16:18 +0000 http://astralhealth.com/how-to-make-green-iced-tea/ Sencha (Roasted Tea) makes the best tasting, refreshing green ice tea.

  

Put one tablespoon (per cup) of sencha in a glass teapot’s strainer and pour hot water (cooled down the same way you make hot tea) until the water covers the leaves. Add ice cubes to the pot. Pour 5/8 cup of cold water into the pot. When the ice cubes melt its ready to drink.

  

Another alternative that also works well if you don’t mind waiting for the tea to cold-brew, is to pour cold water over tea leaves in a pitcher and then to store it in the fridge over night. In the morning you will have cold green tea as the leaves diffuse into the water even at low temperatures.

Peace Be Still, Sam

]]> http://astralhealth.com/how-to-make-green-iced-tea/feed/ 0 How To Brew Sencha Green Tea http://astralhealth.com/how-to-brew-sencha-green-tea/ http://astralhealth.com/how-to-brew-sencha-green-tea/#comments Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:11:33 +0000 http://astralhealth.com/how-to-brew-sencha-green-tea/ This early harvested green tea prized for its high vitamin content, sweetness and superior flavor.  However, the flavor, color and quality of Sencha varies, depending not only on origin but also how late in the season it is harvested. Over three quarters of the tea produced in Japan is Sencha.

 
Pour hot water that has been heated to about 60 degrees into teacups (up to 8/10 per cup) and allow the water to cool.

Put tea leaves into the pot.

Pour hot water from the cups into the pot and allow the tea to steep.

Pour the same amount of tea into each cup.

 
For the second brew, pour into cups immediately after placing hot water in the teapot.

 
Peace Be Still Sam

]]> http://astralhealth.com/how-to-brew-sencha-green-tea/feed/ 0 How To Brew Chinese Tea http://astralhealth.com/how-to-brew-chinese-tea/ http://astralhealth.com/how-to-brew-chinese-tea/#comments Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:02:16 +0000 http://astralhealth.com/how-to-brew-chinese-tea/ Chinese teas are a little different than Japanese green teas in the way they are processed. After a short withering, they are fired in hot iron pans of up to 300°C with repeated agitation to prevent charring. The different rolling techniques used produce teas of different leaf form.

  

Pour hot water (about 70 degrees F) into teacups (up to 8/10 per cup) and allow the water to cool. Put tea leaves into the pot.

Pour hot water from the cups into the pot and allow the tea to steep.

Pour the same amount of tea into each cup.

  

For a second brew simply pour more hot water into the cup.

]]> http://astralhealth.com/how-to-brew-chinese-tea/feed/ 0 How To Brew Japanese Bud Tea http://astralhealth.com/how-to-brew-japanese-bud-tea/ http://astralhealth.com/how-to-brew-japanese-bud-tea/#comments Sat, 29 Jul 2006 20:09:13 +0000 http://astralhealth.com/how-to-brew-japanese-bud-tea/ This is a clear, soft yellow tea made from buds and leaves from early crops. It is often served in sushi restaurants in Japan. It is also called Mencha

  

Pour water heated to about 70 degrees into teacups.

Put tea leaves into the pot.

Pour hot water from the cups into the pot and allow the tea to steep. Pour the same amount of tea into each cup.

  

For the second brew, pour into cups immediately after placing hot water in the pot.

  

Peace Be Still Sam

]]> http://astralhealth.com/how-to-brew-japanese-bud-tea/feed/ 0 Green Tea For Insomnia http://astralhealth.com/green-tea-for-insomnia/ http://astralhealth.com/green-tea-for-insomnia/#comments Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:52:46 +0000 http://astralhealth.com/green-tea-for-insomnia/ Green tea is known for its ability to relax and soothe the nerves. The substance in green tea that is responsible for this calming effect is an amino acid called Theanine. Theanine is natural muscle relaxant and it has been used for centuries to promote good sleeping habits.


If you intend to use green tea for relaxation or insomnia, then keep in mind that ordinary green tea contains caffeine.  You can buy green tea that has been decaffeinated or you can choose green tea that has been harvested later in the growing season (in late summer or autumn). The later in the year the green tea type is harvested the less caffeine it contains so the key is to buy the late harvested stuff.


Peace Be Still Sam

]]> http://astralhealth.com/green-tea-for-insomnia/feed/ 0 How To Brew Genmaicha Tea http://astralhealth.com/how-to-brew-genmaicha-tea/ http://astralhealth.com/how-to-brew-genmaicha-tea/#comments Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:53:31 +0000 http://astralhealth.com/how-to-brew-genmaicha-tea/ The flavor of Genmaicha is a blend of green tea and roasted rice flavors. The roasted aroma of genmai in tea have the effect of lightening the bitterness of the lower grade sencha that is used in this type of tea. Genmaicha can be drunk late into the evening without disturbing sleep.

  

To brew Genmaicha for five people:

  

Place tea leaves in a pot.

Pour boiling water into pot and allow tea to steep for about thirty seconds

Pour the same amount of tea in each cup.

  

For the second brew, pour into cups immediately after placing boiling water in pot.

  

Peace Be Still Sam

]]> http://astralhealth.com/how-to-brew-genmaicha-tea/feed/ 0 How Green Tea Protects Your Brain http://astralhealth.com/how-green-tea-protects-your-brain/ http://astralhealth.com/how-green-tea-protects-your-brain/#comments Sun, 23 Jul 2006 19:46:00 +0000 http://astralhealth.com/how-green-tea-protects-your-brain/ Green tea is among a handful of substances that has the power to reduce nitric oxide production and thus keep your brain in better shape

 
Green tea has been shown to protect the brain from oxidative stress which means that free radicals aren’t destroying your brain cells as fast as they normally would.. Green tea in general, as well as its phenolic components catechin and epigallocatechin gallate, have been found to be effective reducing a person’s vulnerability to contracting an age related brain disease including problems and diseases related to memory.

 
The catchetins and flavenoisds  in green teaprevent cell death by oxidation and also protect the cells from their own by product – nitric oxide. Nitric oxide plays an important role as a neurotransmitter involved in memory formation, but excess levels lead to neural death and neurodegenerative disorders.

 
 
Peace Be Still Sam

]]> http://astralhealth.com/how-green-tea-protects-your-brain/feed/ 0 The Anti Aging Property of Green Tea http://astralhealth.com/the-anti-aging-property-of-green-tea/ http://astralhealth.com/the-anti-aging-property-of-green-tea/#comments Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:44:14 +0000 http://astralhealth.com/the-anti-aging-property-of-green-tea/ Decades of research have also shown that green tea inhibits the development of cell colonies that can lead to sagging skin, age spots, diseases and cancers.  Consuming tea seems to discourage your body from growing things that it shouldn’t.

 
When it comes to anti-aging Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is the most powerful of these catechins. EGCG functions as an antioxidant that is about 25-100 times more potent than vitamins C and E so it stops free radical damage to your cells quicker than almost any substance known to man

 
Theoretically, the high antioxidant activity of green tea makes it beneficial for protecting the body from oxidative damage due to free radicals.  If you know anything about aging you know that it is free radicals that break down skin cells and cause wrinkling and sagging skin.

 
Peace Be Still Sam

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