Recent Posts Tagged With 'oolong'

• How Much Caffeine is in Tea?

  Posted on Tuesday August 12th, 2008 at 11:05 in green tea, black tea, white tea, caffeine, oolong, caffeine content, puerh, caffeine content of tea

  By William I. Lengeman III One of the side benefits of tea, for many drinkers, is that it contains caffeine. Consumed in moderation, caffeine is generally considered to be a safe way to get a little boost, although for people who are sensitive to thi...

• Types of Tea: Jasmine Tea

  Posted on Tuesday July 29th, 2008 at 10:51 in green tea, jasmine, tisane, oolong, earl grey, jasmine tea, flavored tea, jasmine flowers, epicatechins

  By William I. Lengeman III There may be more popular flavored teas on the market - Earl Grey comes to mind - but the light, pleasant aroma and flavor of jasmine tea makes it a favorite in this category. Though typically made with green tea and occasi...

• Twinings Weekly Blog Report: Tea Regions, 8th Edition - Argentina; 2008 Nok Ya Won Wild Hadong Ddok Cha; 1950's Shui Xian Oolong; A Look at 32 Tea Tables; Confusing Cup

  Posted on Thursday July 10th, 2008 at 14:20 in Argentina, Korea, black tea, teacup, oolong, yerba mate, wuyi, tea table, aged tea

  By William I. Lengeman III This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find highlights from the best tea blogs from tea lovers around the world. Tea Regions, 8th Edition - Argentina More on the worl...

• Twinings Weekly Blog Report: Anxi Oolongs; The Benefits of Tulsi Tea; Perspectives on Storing and Aging Pu'er Teas; Tea on the Train in China

  Posted on Friday June 27th, 2008 at 10:43 in herbal tea, tulsi, oolong, wuyi, puerh, anxi, pu'er

  By William I. Lengeman III This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs by tea lovers from around the world. Anxi Oolongs As noted in an overview here at the Twinings Tea Blog...

• Tea Blog Spotlight

  Posted on Saturday June 14th, 2008 at 13:31 in taiwan, oolong, pu er, gong fu, tea blog, puerh, korean tea, tea blogger

  By William I. Lengeman III With the increasing popularity of tea in recent years - particularly specialty tea - has come a corresponding increase in the number of tea bloggers who have set out to write about it. According to a list compiled by one te...

• Iced Tea Options are Limited Only by Imagination

  Posted on Tuesday June 3rd, 2008 at 10:45 in green tea, black tea, white tea, iced tea, oolong, sweet tea, puerh, tea punch, tea popsicles

  By William I. Lengeman III A recent article at the Twinings Tea Blog marked the onset of iced tea season, focusing mainly on the background, origins and history of this warm weather favorite. Which is all well and good but the best thing about iced t...

• Types of Tea: Yellow Tea

  Posted on Saturday May 31st, 2008 at 14:35 in green tea, black tea, white tea, oolong, yellow tea, jun shan yin zhen, puerh, meng ding huang ya, silver needle

  By William I. Lengeman III As mentioned previously in these pages, there are, for all intents and purposes, five major categories of tea manufactured from the Camellia sinensis plant. While black and green tea are probably the best-known and most pop...

• Twinings Weekly Blog Report: Water From Different Kettles; Oolong? Wulong? Wu Long? Wu-Long?; Subjectivity of Taste; Recycled Teapot; Building A CommuniTEA

  Posted on Thursday May 29th, 2008 at 19:27 in taste, tasting, teapot, oolong, teakettle, wu long, wulong, wu-long

  By William I. Lengeman III This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs by tea lovers from around the world. Water From Different Kettles An article at the Twinings Tea Blog a...

• Health Benefits of Tea: Oolong Tea and Weight Loss - A Closer Look

  Posted on Thursday May 22nd, 2008 at 10:46 in green tea, obesity, polyphenols, oolong, wulong, wu-long, wu-yi

  By William I. Lengeman III When assessing health claims made for various products - including tea - it's good to proceed with a degree of caution. There are many reliable studies documenting the health benefits of tea, but there are also marketers an...

• Types of Tea: Collectors and Connoisseurs Covet China's Puerh Tea

  Posted on Tuesday May 20th, 2008 at 10:53 in green tea, black tea, white tea, pu-erh, oolong, pu erh, pu-er, puerh, pu'er, pu'erh

  By William I. Lengeman III As noted in these pages previously, there are essentially five major types of tea derived from the Camellia sinensis plant - black, green, white, oolong and puerh. In the West, black tea is reasonably well known and green h...

• Twinings Weekly Blog Report: Different Aging for Different Oolongs; Iced Phoenix Oolong Tea; Dragonwell Match Up; Pu-erh Tea: An Introduction

  Posted on Wednesday May 14th, 2008 at 20:11 in green tea, pu-erh, iced tea, chinese tea, oolong, dragonwell, dan cong, puerh

  By William I. Lengeman III This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs by tea lovers from around the world. Different Aging for Different Oolongs While not every tea will nec...

• Oolong: Chinese and Taiwanese Teas are Among the World's Most Prized

  Posted on Sunday May 11th, 2008 at 13:31 in green tea, black tea, oolong, wuyi, puerh, wu long, wulong, ti kuan yin, iron goddess of mercy

  By William I. Lengeman III Most tea experts and enthusiasts will probably agree that there are essentially five main categories of tea, all of which come from the same plant - Camellia sinensis. They are black, green, white, puerh and oolong, also so...

• All In This Tea Takes Viewers Inside the World of Chinese Tea

  Posted on Sunday May 4th, 2008 at 14:03 in oolong, james norwood pratt, puerh, all in this tea, david lee hoffman, gina leibrecht, les blank, garlic is as good as ten mothers, tea arts institute

  By William I. Lengeman III There's something about the taste of a truly fine tea that can inspire passion in the person tasting it. In some cases that passion can become so intense that it borders on obsession. If you need proof of this notion look n...

• Twinings Weekly Blog Report: ZEN Green Tea Liqueur; Tea Embraces Earth Day; Do Try This at Home; Jasmine Tea Without the Jasmine

  Posted on Friday April 25th, 2008 at 11:05 in alcohol, spirits, green tea, Earth Day, liqueur, oolong, jasmine tea, flavored tea, blended tea

  By William I. Lengeman III This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs by tea lovers from around the world. ZEN Green Tea Liqueur A recent article here at the Twinings Tea Bl...

• Cha Dao Blog Examines the Joys, Bewilderments, and Mysteries of Tea

  Posted on Sunday April 20th, 2008 at 14:06 in caffeine, tasting, tasting notes, cha, oolong, tea blog, puerh, cha dao

  By William I. Lengeman III For some insight into the ambitions of the Cha Dao blog contributors, you could start with their own description of the site, Dedicated to discussion and appreciation of teas, especially those from Pacific Asia. Not a mono...

• Twinings Weekly Blog Report: Green Tea Meets Absolut Vodka; Would You Call This a Tisane?; The Long Awaited Chocolate Review; A Lesson From Aged Oolongs

  Posted on Friday April 18th, 2008 at 10:53 in Chocolate, spirits, vodka, absolut, herbal tea, tisane, oolong, camellia sinensis

  By William I. Lengeman III This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs by tea lovers from around the world. Green Tea Meets Absolut Vodka Are green tea and Absolut vodka a go...

• Twinings Weekly Blog Report: I Want to Be a Matcha Man; Oolong Tea Posts at Tea Obsession; Boiling Point, Full-Leaf Tea Production on the Rise

  Posted on Saturday March 15th, 2008 at 18:56 in green tea, matcha, oolong, tea ceremony, orthodox tea, full-leaf tea

  By William I. Lengeman III This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs from tea lovers from around the world. I Want to Be a Matcha Man Matcha is a powdered Japanese green t...

• Twinings Weekly Blog Report: Roast Tea Over Fire; The Modern History of Tea Time; Tea Regions, 5th Edition - Taiwan; Caffeine and Tea: Myth and Reality

  Posted on Saturday February 23rd, 2008 at 13:44 in taiwan, green tea, black tea, white tea, caffeine, afternoon tea, tea time, bubble tea, oolong, formosa

  This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs from tea lovers from around the world. Roast Tea Over Fire Imen, at Tea Obsession, offers detailed step-by-step instructions (with...

• Studies Indicate That Tea Might Play a Role in Weight Loss

  Posted on Friday February 22nd, 2008 at 17:39 in diet, Fat, green tea, green tea extract, calories, oolong, gte, catechins

  By William I. Lengeman III With all of the extravagant claims for weight loss products and schemes - whether they have to do with tea or not - a good rule of thumb is buyer beware. With that in mind, however, there is evidence that indicates that tea...

• Black Tea - Lapsang Souchong: Fujian China's Distinctively Smoky Black Tea

  Posted on Wednesday February 13th, 2008 at 09:28 in tea, black tea, fujian, oolong, bohea, lapsang souchong, smoky tea, wuyi

  By William I. Lengeman III China is probably best known for its wide variety of excellent green teas. But all the tea in China is certainly not green and one of the most distinctive of the black teas produced there is a flavored variety known as Laps...

• Earl Grey's Legacy Includes One of the World's Most Beloved Flavored Teas

  Posted on Tuesday February 5th, 2008 at 23:45 in tea, green tea, black tea, white tea, oolong, earl grey, bergamot, london fog, flavored tea, lady grey

  By William I. Lengeman III No one knows exactly when human beings began to drink tea, but it's probably a safe bet that not long after that they began to flavor it with assorted herbs, flowers, fruits and spices. Nowadays, flavored teas make up a sub...

• Twinings Weekly Blog Report: Tasting Waters; Monteaism; Book Review - Tea: The Drink That Changed the World; How Much Caffeine is in Tea?

  Posted on Saturday February 2nd, 2008 at 16:07 in tea, green tea, black tea, caffeine, oolong

  This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs from tea lovers from around the world. Tasting Waters Never underestimate the importance of water quality when it comes to brewing...

• Twinings Weekly Blog Report: Does Green Turn You Off?, Blending Tea, The Prolific History of Tea Blending, Tea Regions, 4th Edition - Uji, Japan

  Posted on Monday January 28th, 2008 at 23:23 in green tea, black tea, assam, pu-erh, chai, matcha, oolong, earl grey, twinings, blending tea

  This is a selection of recent popular blog articles from the Twinings Tea Blog, where you will find the best tea blogs from tea lovers around the world. Does Green Turn You Off? While many people claim to dislike green tea, as this post at The Infu...

• T Ching Blog Takes on Tea With a Roster of More Than 40 Contributors

  Posted on Saturday January 26th, 2008 at 15:32 in tea, caffeine, tastings, oolong, tea association of the usa, tea health, tea events, james norwood pratt, elizabeth knight

  by William I. Lengeman III According to T Ching's slogan, the blog looks at tea, design and life, though most of the content seems to be related to the former. T Ching, which was launched in August 2006, is the creation of Michelle Rabin and Sandy M....

• Karolinska Institute Researchers - Drinking Tea Reduces Risk Of Developing Ovarian Cancer

  Posted on Monday January 14th, 2008 at 16:33 in green tea, black tea, white tea, heart health, cancer prevention, ovarian cancer, ldl, oolong, karolinska institute, benefits of tea

  By Rebecca Gasca Karolinska Institute researchers for a Swedish found that women who consume more than 2 cups of green tea per day (heavy green tea drinkers) were 46% less likely of developing ovarian cancer than those who drank none at all. Researc...