It's all about the Maccha... Mmmm, I love that stuff. I need to switch back and shed this coffee habit :)
On 2/5/07, Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey x and Case, > > I believe it was you in a discussion with Case, > I'm not really sure though, some posts ago that stated > that green tea is a diuretic so you drink white tea. > All tea has caffeine and caffeine is the diuretic > part. The only difference I have found, since tea has > become more and more a hobby of mine, between white > and green tea is not the oxidation process, but the > kinds of leaves picked and the shading of tea to rid > the green color, thus, instead of green it is white > tea. The kinds of leaves picked in white are the > youngest whereas green tea is picking of the usual > age. > As to the oxidation process not being different, > this refers to white and green teas [all tea (of the > green, oolong, black oxidation range) is of the same > species] not being oxidized, thus, avoiding the > increase in caffeine that accompanies oxidation of tea > leaves. With this in mind, on the usual oxidation > range, green is unoxidized, oolong (apparently > pronounced and more correctly spelled wu-long) medium > oxidation, and black tea is very high oxidation (thus, > higher than green and oolong in caffeine amount). > Since green tea doesn't increase in caffeine due to > increase oxidation, then the amount of a calming > chemical (can't remember the name) and the amount of > caffeine is equal, thus, green tea is known for its' > meditative qualities. Green tea awakens and calms at > the same time, unlike coffee that has large amounts of > caffeine and no calming chemical. (I still drink > coffee, though not as much as I used to. I'm just > pointing something out, not advocating against > coffee.) > I'm interested in how white is less diuretic than > green tea according to what somebody said for I could > not find this to be true in my research. > > thanks. > > > again the night is dipping below zero degrees F, > SA > > P.S. For those living where Eastern Hemlock (also > known as Canadian Hemlock) grows, it has 5 times the > amount of Vitamin C than lemons. White pine has > Vitamin C, too, as well as Vitamin A. This had me > think about how Amerindians in this region during the > winter (I'm not an expert on food sources in this > region, but I'm making an educated guess that during > the summer more plants would be growing for the > potential of eating more Vitamin C) would have > supplemented their diet with this tea to avoid what > many Europeans died of when they first walked around > here: scurvy. By the way, other Vitamin C > deficiencies include slow wound healing, and immune > system rundowns. > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Need Mail bonding? > Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091 > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
