Green Tea
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Never mind the Green Tea . You should be drinking Chaga Tea which has way more benefits than Green Tea . Just google chaga tea and you will find how good it is for you . The natives have been drinking this stuff for hundreds of years . It is only grown on birch trees . Here is a small video on chaga tea .
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The "best" is all relative to your own taste - I generally find that regular Japanese green tea tastes "greener" than green Chinese tea. "Gyokuro" tea, is considered amongst the best Japanese tea and the powdered form is used in Japanese tea ceremonies. I like Japanese Genmaicha which is a budget Japanese tea with toasted rice - available in bags but much better loose so that you get the floating rice bits. If you want to try something different - you could try some Chinese fermented green tea that's sold in bricks or pucks at many Chinese grocers. My ex-wife and I tried this for a while as it supposedly has health benefits (apparently good for lowering cholesterol). The pucks look and smell a little like something you'd step on in a cow pasture, and you need to break it apart to use (and this requires a hammer or meat pounder). But it's really good and seemed to make me pee a lot - so maybe there's something to the health stuff (not sure whether this was good or not - but definitely felt like it was clearing you out). And despite the smell, it tasted really good - it's green tea that's been fermented so has a slightly "darker" taste.
Editing to add picture of the Chinese fermented Green tea block. Look for this in a Chinese Grocery - usually packed in an individual box. It's called Puerh tea (pronounced "Poo-Air") which is appropriate because it looks and kind of smells like a cow patty.
Editing to add picture of the Chinese fermented Green tea block. Look for this in a Chinese Grocery - usually packed in an individual box. It's called Puerh tea (pronounced "Poo-Air") which is appropriate because it looks and kind of smells like a cow patty.
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Hi Chloe, how have you been?
If you want dried unprocessed green tea go to a Nations Food Store or a Yummy Market, there should be one in your area. Forgedabout the stuff in the tea baggs, that's only good for Sarah Palin types.
If you want dried unprocessed green tea go to a Nations Food Store or a Yummy Market, there should be one in your area. Forgedabout the stuff in the tea baggs, that's only good for Sarah Palin types.
Hit up the Asian markets. I used to work in Markham and would buy green tea from local Chinese grocers. Way better than the crappy Lipton or Tetley blends you see in chain grocery stores. Haven't really drunk much green tea the past few years I should get back on it. There are some medicinal properties to its regular consumption.
If you buy green tea to be healthy and the taste is not to your liking, try mixing it 50/50 with orange pekoe or Earl Grey tea. You can slowly increase mixture until you get use to the green tea.
The worrying aspect of Green Tea is the Pesticide Residue that is present in nearly all the commercial brands in Canada. The only one brand that does not have any such issues is Red Rose:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/pesticide-traces-in-some-tea-exceed-allowable-limits-1.2564624
This study was undertaken in 2014. So, I am not too sure whether these toxic substances have been addressed. These brands could now be free of the pesticides found — including endosulfan and monocrotophos, depending whether Health Canada has imposed strict regulations on the imports of the brands that contained these banned substances that were present above the safety thresholds.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/pesticide-traces-in-some-tea-exceed-allowable-limits-1.2564624
This study was undertaken in 2014. So, I am not too sure whether these toxic substances have been addressed. These brands could now be free of the pesticides found — including endosulfan and monocrotophos, depending whether Health Canada has imposed strict regulations on the imports of the brands that contained these banned substances that were present above the safety thresholds.
I drink green tea almost everyday for the past 6 months or so. I'm noticing that my belly is now smaller while running and eating home-cook meals almost everyday.
I have found that the Japanese green tea from Japan tastes better than the Chinese green tea. Also, hot water in the Japanese green tea looks actually green while in Chinese green tea looks more brown.
I have found that the Japanese green tea from Japan tastes better than the Chinese green tea. Also, hot water in the Japanese green tea looks actually green while in Chinese green tea looks more brown.
YES - matcha tea powder! Add in a whisk and you're goooood. All frothy and stuff.
Look for 'shade grown' on the box.
