Squidoo Article About Longjing Tea

Here's my first Squidoo article about Chinese longjing tea! I will keep adding new info about this most popular green tea from China. Leave a comment if you believe I have missed any interesting facts!

Soon I will post a video about green tea processing showing a farmer using his bare hands to pan-fire tea leaves.

Also I am just back from a visit to the Hangzhou tea museum and I will be posting pics soon!

Lose Weight with Green Tea

It is proven that green tea consumption can help lose weight. However, there is absolutely no guarantee for positive results. The article below summarises the main benefits and explains the mechanism behind green tea for weight loss. Also, it shares some secrets to successfully help you lose weight with drinking green tea.

Green tea weight loss information

Pu Erh Tea in Unique Chocolate Bar Shape: A Pu Erh Tea Collector's Dream

In China, earthy Pu Erh teas have been used to lose weight and aid digestion for more than 1,700 years. It’s one of those rarities that true tea collectors go mad for. Teasenz just launched a Pu Erh tea that is pressed in a chocolate bar shape. See below how amazing this Pu Erh tea looks:

This attractive shape makes it even more worthwhile to collect or buy as a gift for a dear friend. You can checkout this product here.

How to brew this Pu Erh tea?
Just brew one block in boiled water for 3 minutes during the first brew. After the first brew you can reduce the brewing time as the leaves have become loose.

What are the health benefits of this Pu Erh tea?
Even though most health guru's have praised the weight loss benefits of green tea and oolong teas, they have underrated the weight loss benefits of Pu Erh tea. According to Chinese, Pu Erh tea is the most effective tea for losing weight.

An Overview of Green Tea Benefits

Tea, a beverage that is consumed about 3.000.000 tons a year certainly deserved the attention of scientific researchers all over the world. Some people like to drink tea for the a fresh, slightly bitter, and astringent flavour. Others mainly drink it for the benefits of tea to their health. Among all tea types the health benefit of green teas have been investigated the most frequently. Teasenz, an online tea store, has summarized and published the latest health benefits of green tea research on their website. The major green tea benefits that scientist investigate are:

1. Cardiovascular diseases (or also called heart disease) prevention
2. Improve high cholesterol levels (related to the first)
3. Prevention of cancer
4. Improve skin condition
5. Lower risk of Parkinson disease
6. protect damage of DNA
7. Oral health prevention
8. Improve fat metabolism

Have you discovered other green tea benefits? Than make sure to share that with by commenting below. For an overview of other tea information provided by Teasenz, read more.

Teapots, tea infusers and tea mug infusers from China

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