Improve Your Health And Wellbeing With Wu Long Tea: Benefits Of Drinking Wu Long Tea

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Improve Your Health And Wellbeing With Wu Long Tea: Benefits Of Drinking Wu Long

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The Wu long (also referred to as oolong) family of teas is

characterized by a partial oxidation process that is controllable

by varying degrees of heat. Wu long tea has the benefits and

taste of both Green Tea and the fully oxidized Black Tea.

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Improve Your Health And Wellbeing With Wu Long Tea: Benefits Of Drinking Wu Long

Tea

Copyright © 2007 Jon M. Stout

Golden Moon Tea

http://www.GoldenMoonTea.com

What is Wu long Tea?

The Wu long (also referred to as oolong) family of teas is

characterized by a partial oxidation process that is controllable

by varying degrees of heat. Wu long tea has the benefits and

taste of both Green Tea and the fully oxidized Black Tea.

Although a number of countries now produce Wu long tea, China is

the largest and best known producer.

Since one of the characteristics of Wu long tea is partial

oxidation, Wu long teas offer a wide variety of flavors depending

on the degree of oxidation. Oxidation is the key element in the

definition of tea since all teas come from the Camellia Sinensis

plant.

Wu Long Tea is a semi-oxidized tea, occupying the middle ground

between Green and Black teas. Combining the best qualities of

Green tea and Black tea, Wu Long Tea is not only as clear and

fragrant as Green Tea, but also as fresh and strong as Black Tea.

If you drink Wu Long Tea, the natural aroma may linger in your

mouth and make your throat comfortable.

Wu Long Tea is helpful in anti aging, bringing high blood

pressure down, improving the immune system, and controlling

cholesterol. Wu Long Tea can help you digest food, refresh

yourself and return to sobriety. It is also helpful in prolonging

your lifespan.

Chinese Wu long Teas also differ somewhat from other teas as

regards the Chinese manufacturing process. Whole leaf Wu longs

are often partially manufactured in private homes before final

finishing and blending in larger factories. Although

consolidation of the industry has resulted in concentration of

the business in larger firms a cottage industry still exists in

the Chinese production of Wu long Tea.

In China, high quality Wu long Tea came from three traditional

tea producing areas: Northern Guangdong (The Phoenix line),

Southern Fujian (the Teguanyian line) and Western Fujian (the

Wuyi line). Taiwan and India are also producers of fine Wu long

tea.

Fine Wu long teas are very popular with tea drinkers and

connoisseurs all over the world for their broad spectrum of taste

offerings and for their ease of infusion. In the tea producer

areas of China and in Hong Kong and Taiwan (all places where tea

drinkers take the tea ceremony seriously) Wu long sets the

standard for a quality tea experience.

Benefits of Drinking Wu Long tea

* Benefit Good taste

The bottom line for any tea drinker is the taste of the tea and

the feeling of wellness and serenity drinking the tea provides.

Wu long Tea is provides a smooth subtle taste that encourages the

serene feeling of wellness that quality tea provides.

Wu long Tea has an additional advantage in that it has a broad

spectrum of oxidation and this provides a variety of tastes that

the tea drinker can enjoy. Some Wu longs fare lighter in flavor

based upon only slight oxidation and some are more robust

depending upon greater amounts of oxidation.

When you combine the quality of Wu long Tea with taste variety

the benefit is a tea that appeals to a large number of tea

drinkers.

* Benefit of a Sense of Well Being

Tea provides one benefit to drinkers that no other beverage can

produce.

That feeling is a sense of well being and serenity that is

naturally produced. Compared to coffee or soft drinks that

contain significant levels of caffeine, sugars and other chemical

substances, tea creates a drink that calms and soothes the

drinker. Tea is ideal to start and end a busy day.

It is an interesting fact that most of the best spas in the

country rely on tea as the chosen beverage.

* Benefit of Weight Loss

Due to a combination of light caffeine , anti-oxidants and

polyphenols, Wu long Tea Increases energy expenditure by 10% and

it accelerates metabolism required to loose weight. Wu long Tea

also regulates blood sugar levels for diabetics. The tea burns

2.5 times more calories than Green Tea and is ideal for weight

loss.

Drinking Wu long Tea reduces plaque in the arteries, lowers

cholesterol and produces slimming effects. It also stimulates fat

reduction because the polyphenols in Wu-Long tea is effective in

controlling body fat. It activates the enzyme that is responsible

for dissolving triglyceride.

Wu long tea eliminates the fattening effects of carbohydrates:

Eating too many carbohydrates causes weight gain by increasing

insulin levels. Wu long Tea can suppress lipid metabolism which

has the effect of suppressing fatty accumulation and body weight

increases.

* Benefit of Improved Health

Health-promoting compounds such as polyphenols and catechins are

present in all types of tea, but hand picked Wu long Tea is the

best source. This means that the tea drinker can maintain a

healthy lifestyle with every cup.

Free radicals are damaging substances in your body. Wu Long Tea

contains high amounts of anti-oxidants that reduce effect of free

radicals and helps reverse signs of aging.

Wu long Tea also helps strengthen your Immune system. Wu-Long Tea

drinkers were found to have a stronger immune system and a

significantly lower risk for infections such as the common cold.

* Benefits of Quality

High quality Wu long Teas generally contain only the highest

quality pluckings from such tea growing areas like the high

mountain grown tea leaves grown in the famous Wuyi mountain range

in China. The benefits to the tea drinker are good health and the

feeling of well being only quality tea affords.

Loose leaf Wu long Tea is processed by the " orthodox " method – no

fannings, dust, broken leaves or twigs often found in bagged tea

are ever included in loose leaf Wu long Teas.

Some quality tea suppliers cup every imported shipment. Tea

drinkers benefit from these suppliers because they are guaranteed

consistency.

* Benefit of Value

Value is created by high quality at a good price. Understanding

the cost per cup of loose leaf tea is important because loose

leaf tea competes favorably in price with bagged tea.

When compared to tea bags the value of loose leaf tea is readily

apparent. Bags use broken tea leaves, fannings and dust because

they infuse quicker but sacrifice quality. In terms of cost, a

significant portion of the tea bag product is involved in bagging

the tea and providing packaging for the bagged product.

With loose leaf tea one gets the high quality of plucked leaves

without the costs associated with bagging.

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Jon M. Stout is Chairman of the Golden Moon

Tea Company. For more information about tea,

(http://www.goldenmoontea.com/greentea)

green tea (http://www.goldenmoontea.com/blacktea)

and black tea go to http://www.goldenmoontea.com