Hmmm, it seems there’s more to Green Tea than meets the “tongue”…
Concentrated chemicals derived from green tea dramatically boosted production of a group of key detoxification enzymes in people with low levels of these beneficial proteins, according to researchers at Arizona Cancer Center.
These findings, published in the August issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, suggest that a green tea concentrate might help some people strengthen their metabolic defense against toxins capable of causing cancer.
[Source: Biosingularity]
I’m not much of a tea person, although my wife loves the stuff, and I have a friend who worships it; I only occasionally drink it. But from now on, I think I’ll be working more of it into my drinking habits; some green tea, with mint and pine nuts is always great.
Green tea capsules are widely available, MMM and great for people like thee and me who hate the taste of green tea but desires its benefits.
I don’t really hate the taste; I just don’t feel like it quite often.
And is there anything that they haven’t made into capsules yet? lol
I’m a green tea lover myself. I acquired the taste for it (ironically, it doesn’t taste anything as sweet as Coke or what) when I was in Hong Kong and was forced to drink tea in the company of Hong Kong natives.
I have come to enjoy drinking green tea by buying teabags sold locally. There’s a difference between Chinese green tea and Japanese green tea. Maybe because I’ve become used to Chinese green tea. But Japanese green tea (Senchia) brings a feeling of ‘sleepiness’. My sleep is deep. I don’t know.
I read somewhere, because I was a coffee addict (and so a caffeine addict) that the caffeine content of teas are much lower than that of coffee. There’s a bottled refreshing green tea sold in local supermarket in my country and it taste good and it comes with different flavor… maybe that could help for those are not green tea lover.
It has been a long time my friend. Even though I haven’t been leaving you any comments, that doesn’t mean I stopped reading your blog. I still do that almost daily, or whenever I am online.
Saying “I like Green Tea” or “I don’t like Green Tea” or even “I drink Green Tea” is like saying the same about Music.
Unfortunately, good tea cannot be bought from supermarkets or in cheap bags. To enjoy it, you need to sit quietly, prepare it carefully, and savor it with whom you care for.