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    Types of Tea: Black, Green, White, Oolong, Yellow, Pu-erh and Herbal Tea
    Types of Tea: Black, Green, White, Oolong, Yellow, Pu-erh and Herbal Tea
    Types of Tea: Black, Green, White, Oolong, Yellow, Pu-erh and Herbal Tea
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    Types of Tea: Black, Green, White, Oolong, Yellow, Pu-erh and Herbal Tea

    By Jhon St.paul

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    Do you want to be healthier? A book for tea enthusiast, connoisseur, dietitian, nutritionist or anyone who wants to live a healthier lifestyle. Types of tea explores health benefits of various teas, origins and flavours. Reading this book will provide an understanding of teas that are suitable for health and wellbeing or appropriate tea to order when you're dining out. Learn more about the health benefits of various tea; tea suitable for morning, afternoon or after a heavy meal, summer, spring, autumn or winter. Nutritionist will also find this book very useful as many teas discussed in this book can be part of a planned diet. Cooling teas are good for summer heat, clearing excess dampness, and aiding digestion of heavy foods whereas warming teas like jasmine are ideal for cold naturedness, cold weather, weak digestion or bloating. Learn about teas that are superfood or natural leaf sweeteners like stevia etc. Whether you just want to be healthier by learning about the best tea for weight loss or laxative tea or kava tea or passion flower tea or become a tea sommelier, this book is your perfect read!Please note, this is the coloured version of this book.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXinXii
    Release dateSep 5, 2020
    ISBN9783962468002
    Types of Tea: Black, Green, White, Oolong, Yellow, Pu-erh and Herbal Tea

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    Types of Tea - Jhon St.paul

    Types of Tea

    Black, Green, White, Oolong, Yellow, Pu-erh and Herbal Tea

    Explore Health Benefits, Flavours and Origins

    Read this book for a deeper understanding about tea to live a healthier lifestyle.

    A book for individuals, dietitian or nutritionist.

    Tea drinking starter kit:

    Kettle

    Cast iron teapot

    Infuser or infuser built-in teapot

    Mug or clear teacup

    Loose leaves tea (always better than teabags as the quality is reduced in teabags. Starting with loose leaves will help you to understand tea quality)

    Types of Tea

    Black, Green, White, Oolong, Yellow, Pu-erh and Herbal Tea

    D. Jhon St. Paul

    Sylph Publishing

    2020

    © 2020 by Jhon St. Paul

    All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal.

    First Printing: 2020

    ISBN: ISBN: 978-3-96246-800-2

    Verlag GD Publishing Ltd. & Co KG, Berlin

    E-Book Distribution: XinXii

    www.xinxii.com

    Second Edition

    Sylph Publishing

    Walden Parade, Walden Road

    Chislehurst, BR7 5DW

    www.sylphpublishing.com

    Ordering Information

    Special discounts are available on quantity purchases by corporations, associations, educators, and others. For details, contact the publisher at the above listed address.

    Photo credit: Morima Tea, Son Hoa Nguyen

    Printed in England

    Table of Contents

    Chapter 1

    Let's Get Started

    Green Tea

    Black Tea or Hong Cha

    White Tea or Bai Cha

    Oolong Tea or Wulong Cha

    Pu-erh Tea

    Yellow Tea or Huang Ya or Huangcha

    Korean Hwangcha Tea

    Fermented Tea

    Chapter 2

    Herbal Tea or Tisanes

    Natural Sweeteners

    Aphrodisiac Herbal Tea

    Other Teas

    Tea Flavourant

    Tea Recipes

    Teaware

    Tea Vocabulary

    Dedicated to Calla-Mai

    Chapter 1

    Let's Get Started

    A book for tea enthusiasts and connoisseur, this book explores the health benefits of each tea, origin and flavours. Discovering teas can be a delicious journey so explore and find your tea calling. Tea ranges from rich and bold black to light and fruity, so much fun to discover. Reading this book will give you and understanding of teas that are suitable for health and wellbeing or appropriate tea to order when you're dining out. Learn more about the health benefits of various teas; tea suitable for morning, afternoon or after a heavy meal, tea for summer, spring, autumn or winter or aphrodisiac tea. Let’s travel the world exploring teas and go on a taste adventure. Nutritionist will also find this book very useful as many teas discussed in this book can be part of a planned diet. Learn about cooling teas which are good for summer heat, clearing excess dampness, and aiding digestion of heavy foods and warming teas like jasmine, which are ideal for cold weather, weak digestion or bloating. Learn about teas that are superfood or natural leaf sweeteners like stevia, monk fruit etc. Whether you just want to live a healthier lifestyle or become a tea sommelier this book is the perfect read!

    Tea bags are made from broken or bruised tea leaves, which lose their aroma and oils because they are damaged. This undoubtedly compromises the quality of the tea when compared to loose leaves. Teabags releases tannins when brewed, so that gives it more of a bitter taste than loose leaves. Loose leaves have a fuller flavour because leaves are allowed to open and breathe, releasing flavours and aromas. The loose leaves preserve its freshness, giving you a better-quality tea all round.

    The main types of tea are:

    Green Tea

    Yellow Tea

    Black Tea

    Pu-erh

    White

    Oolong

    Herbal Tea is an honourable tea since it does not actually come from the camellia sinensisplant that makes tea but follows the same tea making procedures.

    This book also explores other teas that are not categorised by the grouping shown, for example, fermented tea, edible tea, compressed, wild tea and so on.

    Tea Varieties Processing Procedure

    All teas are made from the camellia sinensis plant. The different tea types come from how the tea is processed.

    Green Tea

    Primarily consumed in Korea, Japan and China but has become popular worldwide in recent years due to its many health benefits including weight loss and high levels of antioxidants. Green tea leaves from the camellia sinensis is used either fresh or withered, lightly heated or steamed. Light, fresh, grassy. Green tea is not oxidised.

    Types of Green Tea

    Senca: Popular Japanese green tea, which is savoury, grassy and slightly bitter with hints of melon/summer fruit and pine

    Gyokuro or Jade Dew Tea: Fuller taste, savoury flavour similar to seaweed or soup stock from Japan.

    Houjicha Green Tea: A unique Japanese tea that is produced by roasting senca or bancha over charcoal. The brew is a reddish-brown with caramel and charcoal aroma. Suitable for children due to low caffeine content. Houjicha makes a refreshing green tea during the summer.

    Matcha: A finely grounded Tenca, matcha is a strong tea which is full bodied. The taste is astringent, grassy vegetal initially which matures into a smooth lingering sweetness. Matcha is rich nutritions. It is whisked into hot water rather than steeped. It’s a Japanese tea with many health benefits.

    Health and Therapeutic Benefits: Catechins reduce the risk of atherosclerosis, has antibacterial and antiviral properties and reduces blood cholesterol levels. It contains a derivative of catechin called EGCG, which is a strong antioxidant. This organic compound has strong. anti-tumour activity and is an antioxidant 100 times stronger than vitamin C; it provides a calming and relaxing effect, improves memory and concentration, increases energy levels and enhances endurance, it helps to burn excess calories, perfect detoxifier, strengthens the immune system and reduces bad

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