White Tea

When I click on this link it says "The story you requested is available only to registered users of OCRegister.com"... maybe you could c&p the story?

Regards Ralf

Many online tea retailers carry white tea. A couple that I have ordered from are

Blues

I didn't watch the show. How many types of white teas were featured? I ask, because there are several white teas which could easily pass for green teas, and vice-versa.

N.

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A tea leaf reading shows white is the new green White tea is said to eclipse even green tea's benefits, and it is showing up in beauty products By Jessie Milligan

The mythical fountain of youth is now filled with white tea. The pale, minimally processed Chinese tea is being pitched as the next great thing for drinking and as a cosmetics ingredient. It's even said to eclipse green tea's benefits.

Researchers are finding white tea has more disease-fighting antioxidants than green tea. The white elixir has joined green tea as a possible preventative for many troubles, from stopping certain cancers to wrinkles.

The understanding of white tea is in its infancy, but it comes with a pretty good résumé.

Black, green and white teas are plucked from the same Camellia sinensis plant. Mature leaves are used in black and green tea. White tea, however, comes from the tender first leaves and unopened buds picked only a few days a year in mountainous Chinese provinces. The hand-picked buds have a whitish down. The brewed tea itself is a pale amber with a very delicate taste. The flavor is so light that many companies combine it with flavorful additions such as mango.

The darker the tea, the more processing it has undergone. The more processing, the more antioxidants are lost.

In 2002, white tea started showing up in cosmetic products, joining an infusion of green tea lotions and bath products already on store shelves.

Origins, an Estée Lauder company, launched a white tea line called "A Perfect World" early last year, and it has evolved into one of its bestselling groups of skin-care and bath products, costing $20-$30. It also sells white tea for drinking. It's precious stuff, and sells for $18 for 1.5 ounces.

Ancient Chinese emperors drank it, says Origins marketing material: "The magic drink was prized for relieving fatigue, delighting the soul and enhancing immortality."

(The definition of "enhanced immortality" is hard to find; immortality is a pretty cool thing all on its own.)

Origins' research suggests that white tea has three times the antioxidants of green tea.

Avon is coming out with a white tea collection ($7.50-$9.50) that includes an exfoliant, a facial mask, a face mist and a serum, all featured in its new catalog.

Garden Botanika sells a white tea facial mask, a skin firming treatment, eye cream and more ($15-$25).

Bath & Body Works started a White Tea and Ginger line ($10-$15) around Christmas. Although these creams, lotions and bath products say on the front that they are "infused with real white tea," the list of ingredients on the back says it contains green tea, leaving the benefit of the proclaimed "infusion" unclear. The ingredients list for Bath & Body Works' white tea beverage describes the drink as a combination of green and white teas.

How well these antioxidants work in cosmetics is still being debated and studied.

Why smear tea on your skin? Why bathe in it? Black, green and white teas are full of antioxidants, which are touted as being able to neutralize the damaging effects of sunlight, pollution and other dermatological evildoers that cause wrinkles.

Self-proclaimed cosmetics cop Paula Begoun, author of The Beauty Bible (Beginning Press, $18.95), says antioxidant research has glossed over some important details.

"How much is needed? How much oxygen, sunlight or pollution can you really keep away from all skin cells, or even some skin cells?" she asks. "How fast do the antioxidants you apply to your skin get used up? Do they last 20 minutes, one hour, two hours, or more on the skin? At this time, no one knows the answers to any of these questions for sure."

Research is strongest on the health benefits of actually drinking the tea. Green tea has undergone about 10 years of research showing that it may prevent cancer, lower blood cholesterol and control high blood pressure, and that it may even prevent cavities and fight viruses. White tea has been included in research in recent years, most notably at the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University. In animal models in the institute study, white tea is staving off cancer of the colon, even more than green tea.

White tea does have caffeine, although research is mixed on whether it has lower or higher amounts than green.

White tea to drink (or perhaps bathe in, if you are extravagant) can be found at stores with extensive tea selections, including Central Market, and on the Internet at tea aficionado sites such as thefragrantleaf.com (from $7 to $19 for 2 ounces).

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I like white tea a lot. White tea has less caffeine than green tea and It is very easy to brew. Good & interesting info..

I'm wondering has anyone tried white tea iced? Any recommendations for which white teas are good iced? Thanks.

wilson

Yes. There are a couple of them -- Sou Mai (Sow Mee at Chinese supermarkets) is a good inexpensive one to start with.

I'm wondering has anyone tried white tea iced? Any recommendations for which white teas are good iced? Thanks.

wilson

Wilson:

You can always try ours: Inko's White Tea.

Drop me a line with your location. We're new and not everywhere but I do have an online gourmet retailer that sells our product (will not give out here because this is not a place for any sort of advertising).

Best,

Andy

snipped-for-privacy@aol.com (ASchamisso) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mb-m26.aol.com:

And your response is not advertising?? Heck, it's only been a matter of six days since the last time you mentioned your product here. Plus, Googling your articles in the archive of this group shows that, with a few exceptions, just about every article you've posted here has been about your product. The early articles were requests for help when you were starting your company. Now you are trying to use the group to build your brand. There was even the time you recommended Adagio as an online vendor to someone... Guess what? They are the online vendor that carries your product!

I hope he's not promoting a canned white tea. White tea as a cold drink is a fairly subtle thing.

Personally, some of the relatively cheaper oolongs (circa $7 to $9 a quarter pound) make the best ice teas, but I still make white tea to chill from time to time. I can't imagine anyone developing a strong market for canned ice teas, and why both buying bottled teas when it's so easy to make tea for chilling at home?

snipped-for-privacy@aol.com (ASchamisso) wrote in news:20030815165154.06745.00001796 @mb-m06.aol.com:

I doubt anyone would object if you posted articles about tea, without your introducing your products into the conversation.

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 17:04:33 -0500, Debbie Deutsch quoth:

Considering that he/she posted in *response* to an inquiry, with a relevant answer, and clearly stated their affiliation with the product, I'm not sure how it's such a faux pas? It is OK for somebody to babble on like a fanboy about "Impereal Tea Court" or Upton's, but not OK for somebody to simply mention their own product in the proper context? That seems harsh.

bkr

snipped-for-privacy@llama.pilz.kak (Beaker) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@grace.speakeasy.net:

I agree with your point in general. However in this case, the only two things this fellow ever did were

a) respond to questions about white tea by mentioning his product, and b) when he was setting up shop, ask for help with things like finding a contract brewer.

In other words, all take, no give. Searching the archive, I couldn't find a single example of his helping someone where that help did not consist solely of advertising his business, directly or indirectly (by suggesting people do business with a website that sells his products).

If there were even a few examples of the fellow simply being helpful (i.e. without linkage to his business), I would be in complete agreement with you.

Debbie

We tolerate the Johns/Janes but not the Pimps. I think the next time someone mentions a website we should confiscate tea kettles and cups.

Jim