Friday, March 23, 2007

Chinese Green tea

Chinese Green Tea Discovered Thousand Years Ago!
Chinese people have been drinking green tea to promote good health for at least 5,000 years. The one popular legend about Chinese Green Tea had been told that Chinese green tea was accidentally discovered by Emperior Shen Nung. While his preparing hot water, a leaf from nearby plant fell into the pot imparting a strong fragrance. He sipped and found it had a delightful and refreshing flavor.
Chinese Green Tea is the most popular beverage and that is what is meant, when one is talking about 'tea'. Middle Kingdom states that 'luh cha' (lu cha), or Chinese green tea is so named because of the tint of the infusion, as opposed to the color of the leaves.
In recent years as a healthy source discovery that Chinese green tea is a rich source of antioxidants, many people in traditional black tea markets have also started to drink Chinese green tea either straight or as part of some green tea blends.

Overview: Archeological evidence suggests that tea leaves steeped in boiling water were consumed as many as 500,000 years ago. Botanical evidence indicates that India and China were among the first ...
http://www.greenteaworkshop.com/
www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsHerbs/GreenTeach.html

5 comments:

Ketchup.J said...

这里布置得真不赖:D

Valerie said...

This is great info to know.

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Anonymous said...

even starbucks are into green tea.
http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/starbucks-green-tea-coffee-kyoto-matcha-latte/

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