new tea drinker

Hi, Abby, and Welcome to the group!

You might want to ask health-related questions in misc.health.alternative as the r.f.d.t. charter says we're not to discuss tea as anything other than a beverage.

Welcome nonetheless, Abby. And discussions here range far and wide, sometimes with only tea only as a distant adjunct. Your questions about health characteristics of green and white tea are right on topic, as far as I'm con- cerned. I'll see if I can dig up some resources for you - the web is loaded with stuff about tea, so a google search will probably get you started.................p*

misc.health.alternative as

"nonetheless" ???

Hey, what's the deal? Your snipping my "Welcome to the group" and your "nonetheless" is as though I didn't welcome her. As for the rest of it, if she's primarily interested in tea as a health benefit, there's no reason she can't join the other group as well as this one since their interest is more in accordance with what she posted.

Abby: WELCOME TO THE GROUP!!!

I have read a fair bit of stuff on the health benefits of tea. I would be very surprised if there are any significant differences between the benefits of green and white; I would even be surprised if white has been studied very much in this regard. At this point, judging by what I have read, it seems that all real tea has health benefits, and that there are some differences (as well as some similarities) between black and green.

-- Randy (if replying by e-mail, remove SPAMFREE and DeLeTe from my address) Current book recommendation: BLUE LIKE JAZZ

it's just that when i read your post, it sounded much like you were informing her that she should look elsewhere for the info she wanted, which is absurd when there are threads about crocodile steaks going on. i thought her request for health info is spot on topic - she was asking a specific question about TEA, fer cryin' out loud. i just hope she hasn't been run off. the snip was not editorial, btw..................p*

actually, i have read that there _are_ specific differences between the tea types, oolongs having certain qualities that you don't get from greens, certain from white not in oolong, etc etc...............................p*

Okie-doke. Let's just chalk it up to a misunderstanding 'cause I did take your snip and "nonetheless" to be editorial.

The croc steaks had LS as the accompanying beverage, so that's definitely on, IMO. You know, I think you would have done better to point out the COOKING thread which isn't about tea as a beverage but as a recipe ingredient ;).

See, Abby? We're basically a nice group of people and we try to get along. Hang around, whydontcha? We only get testy on the first Tues. of even months when there's a new moon. Have you read our FAQ,

What are your favorite teas so far?

I agree, though I can't quote specifics. Some benefits overlap and some, IIRC, are more/better within a type.

Wouldn't it be easier to drink them all?

Hi Bluesea, Sorry! I wasn't aware of this. Will aim to follow rules in future. Abby

hello, Thanks for the welcome. :) I'm didn't mean to spawn an argument! I feel welcomed all the same. Thanks for taking interest in anwering my inquiry.

:)Abby

:) I am happy to be here. Thanks for the welcome. I'm off to check into the FAQ. My favorite tea so far is jasmine. Abby

Hi Abby -

at the risk of raising bluesea's ire, i must reiterate that your question was totally fine. anything to do with tea (and croc steaks) is open for discussion! ...........................p*

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I dunno 'bout that. I really thing the croc discussion would be better served at...

wreck.food.eat.croc

But that's just one person's opinion.

Michael Drinking a really nice mellow soft wood-camphory mature 1992 green Pu'erh disc from JingTeaHouse. I am quite pleased. It reminds me of my venerated Hong Cong back to China commemorative brick in its smoothness and its wood-camphor thing. And, it won't die. I've been with it all morning since quite early and I'm gonna give out long before it does. As good as teas somewhat older, IMO.

Music is Lonnie Johnson. They say Django Reinhardt is a great guitarist, and so he is, but Lonnie Johnson is still the king in my book. He's got it all.

Hello everybody, I'm also a new tea drinker. Frankly, I never liked tea before. But it changed a few months ago. I try new variant of tea that helps me clean up my kidney. It can also help those who have drugs addiction and other illness related to kidney, such as diabetic, hypertension, osteoporosis, etc. My friends and family have proved it. My mother just got out of hospital and the doctor still asked her to drink some drugs to cure her illnes. But she stoped taking chemical drugs and tried this tea. And she's much healthier now after throwing all those chemical trash. Interested ?

Well he's definitely got that wood-camphor thing.

Cheers Michael!

No, and I can see why even mentioning h**lth benefits might be a problem given that people trying to sell dubious products might be drawn to the group.

*Politely* suggesting to new posters who don't obviously look like snake tea sales people that they look at the FAQ and understand that spammers of dubious products are drawn by discussions of the h**lth benefits, not that the h**lth benefits aren't there.

Thanks p, I appreciate the kindness. I got a good chuckle about the croc steaks too. Abby

so, are you drinking loose-leaf tea, or bags? .......p*

Welcome to the world of tea!

I enjoy tea as a beverage so I don't follow the health benefits side that closely. My understanding is that white tea has the highest antioxidant because it has the least processing of all tea categories.

As a Chinese, I have heard different traditional beliefs about tea growing up. Black tea is believed to help digestion esp. grease; oolong is the most mild for the body to digest; green tea can "cool down" hot food and deep fried food. One more thing - Green tea is believed to be bad for stomach lining so I always have some food before drinking green tea.

For me, I drink whatever feels good to me at the time! :-)

Margaret