Monday, May 16, 2011

Tea Time, have a cuppa! - A Relaxing Drink

I love to try out different types of tea. Drinking tea is a good way to relax. Apart from that, tea contain antioxidant, protect your bones, clear our blood vessels from clots, protect against cancer (polyphenols) and increases your metabolism. The photo above shows the small collections of tea that I have.

Basically there are three types of tea; Black (fermented), Green(not fermented) and Oolong semi-fermented).
Black tea go through four steps process; Withering (fermentation), Rolling, Fermentation and Firing.
Green tea go through these 3 processes; Panfiring, Rolling and Firing.
Oolong tea go through only 2 processes; Withering (brief fermentation) and Firing (to stop fermentation)

 Although I drink tea almost everynight, I can still sleep well! Caffeine has no effect on me! LOL!

16 comments:

Hayley said...

Chinese tea is a good drink to wash away the fats (according to most people)... My favourite is green tea!

suituapui said...

Me, kopi-o man. Drink tea, very busy...go toilet all the time.

Alice Law said...

I'm a big fan of Chinese tea too! My late grandpa used to travel to China quite frequent and he bought me quite amount collection of good quality Tie GuanYin(Fu Jian), and Long Jin when he travel to Hang Zhou... missed him so much!

It always nice to meet another friend who favour tea, nice to know you!

lena said...

looking at these chinese tea here reminds me of thise long time ancient chiense poets. So do you know how to recite a chinese poem or two?

Reanaclaire said...

oh, i cannot drink any tea one.. sure stay up whole night even though eyes tired..

[SK] said...

i actually prefer green tea to red tea, but then have to make sure i don't have any after noon, or else i will get sleepless for the whole night, haha~~ :D

wenn said...

i just collect tea but hardly drink them..

Sarah Naveen said...

Though i know its good, i never drink tea..recently with my cold i have started using green tea.,.

Christine said...

interesting to know you are a tea lover! Very healthy.

Somewhere in Singapore said...

I only drink tea when i feel bloated

yvonne said...

Wait! You call that "small collection"? I only have pu-er tea in my drawer.... Don't know pu-er falls under black tea or oolong tea. Kekeke....

Yannie said...

I love tea, but I don't dare to take it now, I will get insomnia if taking tea after 1pm.

Small Kucing said...

For me, morning Kopi and through the day is chinese tea

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

Would love the tea that Incredible Hulk drinks ~~may turn me green and mad..kakaka.

Anonymous said...

i love tea, esp green tea..and coffee too ;)
everyday must drink if not sure tidur at office,hahaha :)

Aunty Liew said...

my hubby is a big fan of Tea and Coffee.He either drink tea or coffee every night after dinner.