Drink My Tea

[Besimudo]

In the past decade, the popularity of green tea has increased ten fold – in the west – owing to both the scientific studies elucidating its health benefits and the widely marketed health boons of drinking green tea. These health benefits, however, have been documented in China as early as the Han dynasty and in Japan since the 9th century. The first detailed works on tea are found in the Ch'a Ching, written by the Chinese author Lu Yu in 780 A.D (I think). It details the preparation and the development of tea, as well as a historical summary of tea and famous early tea plantations. The work features illustrations of tea making utensils and historians suppose that the book inspired the Buddhist priests in the creation of the Japanese tea ceremony. In Japan, Kakuzo Okakura posited in The Book of Tea, that ‘Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage’, based on early manuscript recorded uses of green tea in China as both panacea and food preservative.

Anyhow,

Cheers

[Martyr]

In other words:

Green Tea is a great way to exploit westerner yuppie health freaks.
Cha Ching!

[Dr Aum]

This is why I drink tea (almost always green) at least ten times a day. I'm absolutely addicted to the stuff. It flows through my veins.

And for once, I'm not being sarcastic.

[Avarice-ness]

Although that was highly informational I don't like green tea.

[Dr Aum]

Although that was highly informational I don't like green tea.

You make me very sad, Ava.

Fortuntately, my tears are also composed of tea, so if you'd like to give it another try and see if you've somehow started liking it, please feel free to lick my face.

[Martyr]

PopEye over here...

[Avarice-ness]

Although that was highly informational I don't like green tea.

You make me very sad, Ava.

Fortuntately, my tears are also composed of tea, so if you'd like to give it another try and see if you've somehow started liking it, please feel free to lick my face.

When I feel the time is right, I shall drain you of your bodily fluids.

[Besimudo]

Martyr,

I think you need some green tea too calm down a bit ... but don't drink too much. Oh, I get it, your a pragmatist - good point, we don't want King George to raise the taxes.


Dr Aum,

The Japanese had a saying "He is full of tea" to refer to the drunken like state that green tea produces.

The amino acid theanine is responsible for this state. Theanine is also in mushrooms (in great amounts) which might help explain the trance like truant teenagers. Or is that just strychnine.

[Christmas]

WILL DRINKING GREEN TEA MADE YOU GREEN LIKE HIM?

[Martyr]

we don't want King George to raise the taxes.
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DAMN RIGHT!

[Dr Aum]

When I feel the time is right, I shall drain you of your bodily fluids.

[DarkLadyNyara]

Green tea is good, though my current favorite tea is pomegranate white tea.

In other words:

Green Tea is a great way to exploit westerner yuppie health freaks.
Cha Ching!

Martyr wins.

[Big D]

I drink plenty of green tea, or sometimes Moroccan-style mint tea, which uses a mix of mint and green tea leaves.

It's especially helpful at times like now, the height of airborne allergen season. Medication only goes so far in controlling my chronic hayfever, and green tea provides that little extra boost.

[Meat Puppet]

Whenever I am ill, my grandma gets me some of <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/liamd/healtheries_chai_tea.jpg">this</a> stuff (and honey) to drink. I prefer Lipton’s cheaper (and grammatically correct) Chai; however, my grandma gets her tea from obscure health food shops which don’t stock major brands, and I only ever need tea when I’m sick.

[Jojee]

The bottled green tea in China is the <i>best thing ever</i> ^_^;



Except not this brand, I couldn't find a picture with the brand that I liked best. xD