The Chinese tea
The story of tea began in ancient China over 5,000 years ago. According to legend, the Shen Nong, an early emperor was a skilled ruler, creative scientist and patron of the arts. His far-sighted edicts required, among other things, that all drinking water be boiled as a hygienic precaution. One summer day while visiting a distant region of his realm, he and the court stopped to rest. In accordance with his ruling, the servants began to boil water for the court to drink. Dried leaves from the near by bush fell into the boiling water, and a brown liquid was infused into the water. As a scientist, the Emperor was interested in the new liquid, drank some, and found it very refreshing. And so, according to legend, Chinese tea was created. (This myth maintains such a practical narrative, that many mythologists believe it may relate closely to the actual events, now lost in ancient history.)
The practice of tea drinking can be dated back to as early as the period of Three Kindoms (220-265 A.D). Though the teahouse appeared later in the history, the particular norms and customs accumulated and took shape over long periods of time. People pay special attention to the teapots, tea leaves and water. The carefully selected Chinese tea leaves and water are also indispensable. The tea leaves, picked before the solar term of Rain Water, are preferred, and then processed by hand. River water is never used, but water from spings or melted snow. When it snows in the winter, people in teahouses would shovel clean snow into huge water vats and store it for daily use. Drinking tea from this snow water can free people from heat rashes. No wonder the great poet Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty became a frequent visitor to teahouses when he was the regional chief in Hangzhou. And so many people form the habit of drinking tea day by day. It will certainly add a distinctive flavor to the scented tea, if you are seated in the traditional teahouse in such a picturesque place.
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A Cup of Oolong Tea
Oolong tea is claimed to have a lot of therapeutic properties for yourhealth, however, not all popular myths about the benefits of this tea arescientifically proven. There is a great interest of scientists and medicalresearchers to this popular herbal remedy, and below you can see a summary ofthe most recent scientific findings connected with the effects of oolong tea onpeople?s health.
?* The researches leaded by Dr. K.Yanagimoto from the University of Californiademonstrated that oolong tea is an excellent antioxidant that is why it canassist in fighting with such diseases as arthritis, cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer?sdisease, skin cancer and many other problems connected with aging. Oolong teacan increase antioxidant level in your body in a natural way.
?* There was a great deal ofstudies on the effects of oolong tea on fat burning and weight loss. Expertsfrom the University Of Tokushima School Of Medicine (Japan)proved that regular oolong tea consumption can stimulate fat burning process,and specialists from the Suntory Research Center in Japanfound that drinking oolong tea can help lowering the fattening effects of thecarbohydrates we receive with food.
* A research of the specialistsfrom the Department of Nutrition, University of Tokushima and the Suntory Research Centerresulted in finding scientific evidences that oolong tea can increase metabolicrate in men and energy metabolism in women
?* The researches which took placein Aichi Medical University proved that drinkingoolong tea can help in lowering our LDL (bad) cholesterol level, andpolyphenols, containing in oolong tea, have positive effects on our arteriesand must be considered a good support for the function of our cardiovascularsystem.
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