... and eating kefir, yoghurt, kombucha, tea, cheese, etc for millennia with no... in arteries. But oxalate in tea can still cause harm, notably ... the few studies in which tea was associated with cancer (see ..., seems to refer to unfermented tea ["congou"] but, because it also calls it black tea, could also mean fermented.). But lots of ... to be the biggest culprits. Real tea doesn't appear in ...

...love to call this off-topic, but it does happen in tea manufacture sometimes. I think a Kombucha discussion is on topic. ...I wrote that. Probably I should have been more specific, but my impulse was to write "real tea", which sounded kind of haughty, so I just wrote "tea". What I was really thinking of was post-fermented teas: Pu'ers, Lu'Ans, and all the other less famous ones. ...

...out this is actually from a real camelia sinensis (sp?) bush. I will.... I would not describe the tea I received from royalpuer.com as...thing like this before. A new tea industry has just launch and not...and their baby just by drinking tea daily during meals. You know that... our experience in drinking the tea. So for you to experience ... enjoy the benefit of the tea for better health and lifestyle....

... the first modern commercial computer was developed by the Lyons tea shops? Note well, it was developed not just *for*.... I'm always amazed at the strong link between tea drinkers and computers/science. I know that when I read ... up a conversation with me and it came to tea and he was super knowledgeable of real teas and was waiting tables due to having trouble finding a computer job. It's ...

... like one might brew a green tea in China, and I find it ...I think this is really good, whether tea or not. And despite the strange appearance of the tea buds, which are similar to the pictures ... out this is actually from a real camelia sinensis (sp?) bush. I will ... bad. I would not describe the tea I received from royalpuer.com as ... who may be considering giving this tea a try. I'm pretty happy ...

...Hi, I have brewed and tasted the tea and I have my serious doubts. It does not taste and smell like tea at all - has almost no taste and has ... the cake looks to be of pure buds (tea-rügy) like this one http://cgi.ebay....-White-Bud-Pu-erh-Tea_W0QQitemZ350011272827QQihZ022QQcategoryZ38181QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem The very young tea leaves are probably less powerful then more grown ...

... resemblance of the wet leaves is striking, so it is almost certainly the same tea. Lewis, I would also describe the taste of this tea as nasty and weird. Quite the opposite of what the reviewers say at the Royal Puer...poster was saying. Please note that I'm not saying it isn't tea, just that it's ... weird. /Lew --- Lew Perin ...

....com/Ya-Bao.asp I agree on the resemblance. And when I had a chance to taste Yabaocha a while ago, I found it kind of nasty in a way that made me doubt it really was Camellia sinensis, which is what the original poster was saying. Please note that I'm not saying it isn't tea, just that it's ... weird. /Lew --- Lew Perin / perin@acm.org http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

...the helpful folks at rec.food.drink.tea. I have received a nice gift from...it from a small vendor of Chinese teas, for quite a high price admittedly. ... puerh cake made of the finest tea buds. My sister wrote the name of the tea on the wrapping as she heard it from ... I have brewed and tasted the tea and I have my serious doubts.... does not taste and smell like tea at all - has almost no taste ...

...mainly involves just jasmine green tea and even of that he...and not really centered around real tea per-se. Is this...Are the flavored/fruit/herbal teas more prevalent in every day...I do know most Korean teas tend to be greens (Nok...a range of the Korean tea spectrum? Finally, what vendors are...and well stocked in these teas? I have seen a few...sites with Korean tea sections but they almost seem to be...