Tea Pill

It takes a scientist to compress instant tea powder into a capsule?

People have been taking green tea pills for years though, it saves them from having to gulp down the wretched green tea they tried to drink medicinally. The green tea pills are probably just bottom-of-the-barrel quality matcha.

Eric Jorgensen turns to us and speaks:

Hey Eric. I think the difference is that these are meant to taste like a cup of tea, ala "2001".

Ian

Like i said, it takes scientists to compress instant tea powder into a tablet?

I've got a tin of green tea flavored mints in my desk at work.

capsule?

bottom-of-the-barrel

Not just any scientist, a tea scientist. In fact, an Indian tea scientist!

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That's just uncalled for and unkind. (I think.)

Michael

You can find more information on Tea Pills at

While in India, I learned that scientists, or at least politicians, there have been experimenting with pills compounded of substances less palatable than cheap tea:

Or, at least, *I* find those substances less palatable...

/Lew

Um, no unkindness intended... it's just the thought of a tea scientist. Are there tea colleges? Would there be a different course of study for Indian tea?

I'm easily amused, does that make me insensitive?

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Lew,

Decades ago, during my own sojourns through the subcontinent, scientists had not yet developed a pill for the substance whose URL you point us to. Other more direct delivery systems obtained. I will not describe these as we are undoubtedly in mixed and sensitive company. There is nothing new under the sun.

Michael

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No, my friend. 'Twas a joke, alas. I thought you were being sarcastic and facetious, at least I had hoped you were being.

I'm sorry to have to report that there are indeed tea colleges and courses of study for the agriculture and production of tea in various places, among them Japan, India, and China. (I'm not positive about India, but I've read some pretty sophisticated papers from India on tea production, so I guess so.)

Michael

Michael

scientist.

Maybe, a little. ;-)

Well, how about that then; tea colleges, and Indian, Chinese and Japanese tea colleges! Please, excuse my mistakes, they enable me to learn.

-elgoog

"Mistakes are the portals of discovery." -- James Joyce

elgoog ( snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com) wrote on 28 Mar 2005 10:13:42 -0800:

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No, my friend. 'Twas a joke, alas. I thought you were being sarcastic

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facetious, at least I had hoped you were being.

• Maybe, a little. ;-)

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I'm sorry to have to report that there are indeed tea colleges and

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of study for the agriculture and production of tea in various places,

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them Japan, India, and China. (I'm not positive about India, but I've

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some pretty sophisticated papers from India on tea production, so I

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so.)

• Well, how about that then; tea colleges, and Indian, Chinese and

• Japanese tea colleges! Please, excuse my mistakes, they enable me to

• learn.

• -elgoog

there is nothing to learn here. local research centers always support local industry anywhere in the world. each of the three major tea regions in india---assam, darjeeling and the nilgiris---have their own research centers. the tea pill must be their most exotic product. these places generally do research on production processes and equipment.

-- saurav

Sorry if I offended you. I certainly didn't mean to. BTW, Joyce is my number one favorite author. Some say FW is a big mistake, but I think not. On the topic at hand, I was trying to say that it is better to experience the tea than to learn about it in an academic environment. But, I'm steeped myself somewhat in academics, and I respect education. I'm just playing with words, not necessarily appropriately. Sorry, again.

Michael

sarcastic

Please, no apologies! I wasn't offended in the slightest. I was having fun with the verbal word play, that is all.

Certainly, anyone with half a brain who sits down to ponder the question would realize that the tea industry, like any other large agrarian industry, would have researchers dedicated to their product.

This ng, like my tea, is something to be savored and enjoyed. For me, popping a pill would me removing the ritual from tea preparation, which I find beneficial and enjoyable in itself. Having tea calms the intellect, soothes the soul and leads one to a nearly meditative state, not only because of the properties of the tea; but, because of the anticipation and the quiet, yet purposeful steps in preparation. It's as if we are preparing our body and soul for the tea, and we would be unworthy if we simply popped a pill.

Now, I sound like some kind of a nut tea worshipper. I'm just trying to express that I enjoy the entire experience.

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Yup.

M >

capsule?

bottom-of-the-barrel

Wretched green tea? Hey! I like the taste of my green tea. Maybe they haven't tried Celestial Seasonings Green Tea?

As a matter of fact, I'm sitting here enjoying my cup right now. Doesn't taste too wretched to me. :)

-Stacey snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com

Didn't say all green tea was wretched, I implied that many people suffer through awful tea in ignorance, 'for their health'.

You can make wretched green tea out of quality leaves, all you have to do is use boiling water and steep for 3-5 minutes, just like the box says.