Peony White Needle Tea Loose Leaf - 1 lb Start Price USD 168.50 Current Price USD 168.50 Time Left 10 days 21 hours 52 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, November 19, 2008 End Time Sunday, January 18, 2009 Location westfield, MA See more about 'Peony White Needle Tea Loose Leaf - 1 lb' Description yegorhinh store  Peony White Needle Tea Loose Leaf - 1 lbDescription:A white tea from the Chongqing Province of China. It has a delicate lingering fragrance and a fresh mellow sweet taste devoid of astringency or grassy flavor.The production of white tea is very different to green tea. Firstly the leaves come from a special varietal tea bush called Narcissus or chaicha bushes. Secondly the leaves are not steamed or pan-fired as is the case in green tea. These leaves are dried and withered in the sun. If mechanical drying is required the leaves are baked (not fired) at temperatures less that 40’C. Thirdly only special ‘two leaves and a bud’ are selected. These leaves must show a very light green almost gray white color and be covered with velvet peach fuzz down. The ideal is a leaf or two being wrapped around a newly developing shoot. These shoots are plucked and segregated from the rest of the leaf being plucked. These leaves are then naturally withered and the painstaking process on final manual selection occurs..Peony White Needle Tea is the top grade available and very rare - hence its high cost. You will see two intact grayish white leaves that surround a silver bud. The two leaves and a bud that adhere to the stem in a uniform manner are covered with a silvery white down. These are the rules for picking Peony White Tea:- Only picked between March 15 and April 10.- Not picked on days that may be raining- Not picked if the dew has not dried or if there is frost on the ground- No purple buds allowed and the stems must not be too long or too short.- Leaves damaged by wind, handling, insects or partially open are rejected and put into a lower grade.The western cosmetic industry has recently discovered the benefits of white tea. In addition to its anticancer properties, tea has a calming and detoxifying effect on the skin. White tea is especially potent in that it is has three times as many antioxidant polyphenols as green or black tea and has been shown to be 100% more effective in mopping up free radicals that cause skin to sag. Some of the world’s top cosmetic companies are becoming very interested in white tea for skin creams and the result is that high grade white tea is becoming even more rare than before.How Tea Is Good For You Tea is healthier than water "Drinking tea is actually better for you than drinking water. Water is essentially replacing fluid. Tea replaces fluids and contains antioxidants, so it's got two things going for it," said Dr. Carrie Ruxton, nutrition team leader. In a recent study by The European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Dr. Ruxton and her team from King's College, London, found that tea is healthier for your body than plain water. Tea not only re-hydrates the body, but it also contains disease-fighting antioxidants. Because of these antioxidants, drinking tea may offer protection against heart disease, stroke and many types of cancer including: lung, mouth, breast, pancreas, colorectal, esophageal, bladder and skin. Tea does a body good Dr. Ruxton’s research found that consuming four cups of tea a day allows maximum health benefits. Even three cups a day reduces risk of heart attack by 11 percent. Drinking tea helps boost the immune system and strengthen teeth and bones. It also aids in blocking LDL (bad) cholesterol and increasing HDL (good) cholesterol, which improves artery function. The essential oils in tea leaves help digestion, and green tea is even thought to aid in weight loss. Some may worry that the caffeine in tea may cause dehydration, but Dr. Ruxton assures consumers that is not the case. In fact, caffeine has many positive functions like relieving headaches, improving mood and helping concentration. It is also considered an age old remedy for asthma symptoms. "Many people wrongly think that drinking tea will make you lose fluid and become more thirsty, but this is a myth. Studies on caffeine have found very high doses dehydrate... but even if you had a really, really strong cup of tea or coffee, which is quite hard to make, you would still have a net gain of fluid. Tea is in fact re-hydrating, not dehydrating," said Dr. Ruxton. Tea keeps the mind young Another new study shows that green tea may protect an aging brain. Green tea is very popular in Asia and has long been deemed as a soothing health tonic. Japan has a lower rate of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia than the U.S. and other Western countries, and it could be attributed to the high levels of green tea consumption. Researchers from The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that seniors in Japan who drank one or more cups of green tea a day were half as likely to show cognitive and memory problems as those who drank less. The more tea the subjects drank, the lower their chances of having mental difficulties. Members of green tea-drinking cultures usually consume three cups a day. Green tea contains the potent compound EGCG, which seems to inhibit the production of beta-amyloid, a toxic protein that clogs the brains of Alzheimer’s victims. Other studies show that EGCG may prevent heart disease, certain cancers, bacterial infections and the spread of HIV. All teas are healthy Although EGCG is present in all teas that come from the Camellia sinensis plant (black, oolong and green), green tea contains the highest levels of EGCG after processing. In her study Dr. Ruxton and her team found that black tea had healthy effects on the body as well. "We found some research showing that black and green tea contained similar amounts of antioxidants, but different types. This can be expected as they come from the same plant, but go through different processing," said Dr. Ruxton. All teas contain health-promoting substances for the heart, body and mind. Drinking tea is a great way to relax and a good natural source of antioxidants. A daily serving of tea (three cups) contains eight times the antioxidants of one apple. Enjoy a soothing and delicious drink that is good for you. A few cups a day will keep the doctor away! On Nov-08-08 at 11:54:15 PST, seller added the following information: Place a Bid!