Lotus Tea (He Ye Cha)

It has been recognised as an effective way to treat the body for several centuries across Asia. It is known to affect directly the digestive and diuretic system. This legendary plant has also been associated with purity and serenity in Hinduism and Buddhism. The Lotus is a native from India and has spread through all the sub continent, South East Asia and China. It is mostly found in ponds and aquatic areas, with its distinctive exquisite blossom flower on the surface. Lotus tea benefits are very well known. For at least two thousand years it has been used by millions of people with very positive results and with absolutely no side effects and indeed all pure and natural.

In Nature Fresh Green Tea for Summer

Many shops across the UK and the US are now offering our superb Spring Green Tea, Bilo Chun. This unique sweet green tea is so tender, that the water used to brew the tea should never exceed 85 degrees centigrade. Do not treat it like cheaper teas or commercially produced tea bags on which you would pour boiling water. Use pure spring water, free from chlorine, to preserve its delicate taste, aroma and endless health properties. If you must boil the water, leave it too cool before pouring it onto the Spring Green Tea leaves. Boiling water drives off the subtle aromas and flavours leaving you with a bland, two-dimensional flavour lacking the nuances of this top quality tea.

Treat it with respect and handle with care to enjoy the pure fresh sweet taste to the maximum

During the summer drink Pure Green Teas from In Nature Teas. Our teas are delivered fresh every week to the UK to preserve the pure taste and natural health properties.

Buy top quality Spring Green Tea

Cho Yung Tea - Beware

Lately, we have been asked by many customers about a supposedly miracle tea named Cho Yung which apparently is good for losing weight. It is offered as a FREE Trial, with all sorts of claims as a secret Chinese slimming tea with hundreds of articles on the internet from the very same company. This practice is quite well known in China to scam the general public.

FACTS:

The company selling these "miracle teas" claim the teas to be Green Tea. As far as we know such tea, under this Chinese term, does not exist in the Green Tea category.

We highly recommend all our customers to be careful since this may be a massive deception carried out using the internet with the assistance of the less informed and unscrupulous companies.

The term Green Tea is fairly unregulated. We at In Nature strive to provide the most renowned Green teas available in the market namely the : Long Jing (Fresh Green), Mao Feng (Alpine Green) and Bilo Chun (Spring Green). These teas have attained the highest recognition from tea master and from the general public for thousands of years and have the proper certification from recognised bona-fide tea institutions worldwide.

For more information about Green Teas please visit www.innteas.com or contact us at sales@innteas.com .

Frozen Leaves ...

Beijing 22.03.10

 

 

GREEN TEA UP DATE : Fresh Green - Long Jin 

 

In the beginning of the 2010 spring harvest, one unexpected snow storm has frozen most of the tea trees in the Zheijian region, where the Fresh Green, Long Jin is planted. Therefore they will not be available for a few weeks. Green teas must be consumed fresh, so we ship them weekly. We will resume the shipments shortly.

 

Nevertheless you have now a great alternative of Green Teas from In Nature; the Spring Green, Bilo Chun from Jiansu or the Mountain Green, the exceptional fresh Mao Feng from Anhui. Pure  Green Teas with the same exceptional quality, taste and aroma, available only from In Nature.

 

For more details please contact your supplier or our sales department at: + 44 5588609 or sales@innteas.com. 

 

Alternatively, buy your green tea on line at www.innteas.com

 

 

 

Can You Afford to Ignore 5000 Years of Wisdom?

At school, we had a saying for those occasions where someone did something stupid and got into trouble ... "Confucious he say" followed by some related pearl of wisdom such as "not to drop water bombs when the headmaster is near". OK, it wasn't original and I think it had been picked up by one of the 'in-crowd' whilst watching one of the martial arts programmes on TV. We did not really appreciate who Confucious was or why it was appropriate to invoke him in these situations, it was just amusing and universal amongst our friendship group.

40 years down the line, a little more aware of the world, and the saying is now much more appreciated. Many pearls of wisdom have reached the 'West' from China, not least of all an increasing awareness of the role of natural products in the context of health and healing.

I first drank green tea in my 20s, but it was just bought from the local health shop as tea bags. It didn't taste any different to ordinary tea but it felt good to say "Actually, I drink green tea" - all rather pretentious (it was the 70s after all). It was not until much later in life that I came to realise that what I was drinking was the fannings (dust from processing tea) and no wonder there was little taste.

Next came Gunpowder green tea which seemed to have more flavour and I rather liked the rolled up pellets; it tasted perhaps slightly smoky and had more of an aroma that the health shop green tea.

Then I discovered real green tea. Gourmet quality green tea. That was an eye opener indeed, or rather a taste bud opener. The freshness, aroma and flavour of a quality green tea that hand picked and packed in China by small growers working organically and in a traditional way absolutely stunned me. I was hooked.

Then, as I started to look into it in more detail, I realised that not only was the flavour something else but it held so much more goodness. It contains antioxidant chemicals which can help your body combat the onset of cancer or heart disease for example. There are many other health benefits too because green tea is essentially unprocessed. Exactly as nature 'intended'.

Confucious probably would have had something to say about the stupidity that was drinking green tea from tea bags and feeling smug about it ... "Confucious he say not to drink tea bag tea when there is loose green tea available".

A Storm in a Teacup

Proverb from The Song Dynasty (1127-1279)


When a peasant asked the Master what to do with the eminent bad harvest, he replied "Drink Tea"


When a wealthy tradesman asked the Master what to do with his failing business, he replied "Drink Tea"


When the Emperor was trapped by enemy troops, he also asked advice from the Master who replied "Drink Tea"

Perhaps, next time you have a Storm in your Teacup, try this ancient tradition, in practice by one fifth of the world’s population for the past five thousand years.

The Chinese believe that bitterness will not last long, if we attain the proper tranquillity to see through a problem. This ancient tradition has been developed for centuries through the cultivation of the mind, body and spirit.

It is suggested that if we drink Tea, we can attain a mental and physical stage to pursue the proper clarity and peace of mind, which is the philosophy behind the tea drinking ceremony. So drinking a variety of high grade teas can reduce stress. Not so much from a physiological point of view but just by taking the time out of your busy life to enjoy the flavours and aromas of the tea drinking process.

A Season to Drink Teas

There is a right season to each activity in life, and this is the master rule of Nature that no living creature can escape. Teas are no different and in many ways, we can learn from this simple reflection of this natural principle of the universe. In the Tea Culture, some traditions have developed as far as the many relations to the numerous crops quality, health benefits, taste, and the actual properties from the different Teas. All these elements can produce a different effect in our lives that can be quite revealing depending on which Teas one drink at one specific time.

For example, Black teas or Red teas, are considered "warm" teas , Green is considered "cool" and this is again following one old classification in Chinese medicine about hot foods and cold foods properties.

In the summer months, the body needs to cool off, so Green teas and Oolong are highly recommended to compensate the heat. Green teas not only have many cooling properties , as well as polyphenols that are great to protect the body in months when our energy, qy, is drained therefore lowering our immunities to the various virus and illnesses.

In the winter months, is the opposite cycle and the body needs heat; Black Tea and Puehr Tea are recommended again for all their medicinal and warmth properties. In the case of Puerh, there is also the added benefit that it helps to break down fat from the usual "winter foods" that are heavier and fattening. It also has the ability to assist the liver in breaking down substances that may clog the blood vessels, and therefore reducing the cholesterol level and blood pressure.

So green, oolong, black and puerh teas should be drunk at different times of the year.

Women during their monthly menstrual cycle should drink flower tea, which helps the body to regain its balance and internal flow of fluids that will provide them with a higher relief from all the discomforts and pain.

Teas are grown in different regions, in different soils and at different times. There is no such a thing as the best tea. It is up to us to try out different selections and to discover which ones are the best for our individual taste and metabolism. For example, green teas have hundreds of types like fresh Long Jin, the great Mao Feng, Bi Lo Chun, all with very unique and specific properties that we can enjoy. Oolong likewise comes in many varieties; the famous Jie Guan Yin, the very sweet Nai Xiang and the Jin Xuan with its fresh aroma and palate.

Therefore, every individual must follow the natural course of each season, and consume the tea that is deemed right for that specific time and of course geographical place. Nature knows best and it does produce all that we need around us, and at the right season.

Just look around you, and seek this natural connection. Pure Teas are indeed a great start.

How Much Tea?

There has been much written about the anti cancer etc properties of teas, plus the usual associated studies. Just drinking a cup of Green or oolong tea every now and then cannot possibly have much of a benefit, I think that the key is to take these teas regularly.

The consensus seems to be that 4 or 5 cups per day could be a beneficial level to drink. That sounds about right to me, kind of similar to the 5-a-day fruit and veg requirement.

It is very much a grey area though and will depend on the individual's body, how strong the tea is, whether you have a second brew from the leaves ...

The people that just rely on teas for their anti-oxidants are deluding themselves, I believe that if you have a balanced diet that includes these healthy Cinese teas then that is the way forward.

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Oolong Tea

Oolong tea is reputed to be a slimming tea but does it really work? There are many who have carried out research into this but generally speaking the samples are very small and the variables are perhaps not controlled as accurately as they should be.

As with all reasearch involving people, each person can react differently to a particular treatment, remedy etc. So there are people out there who swear by coffee to keep them awake. I find it has no effect so in my opinion, it is all in the mind. If you expect it to work then if you are suggestible, as the majority of people are, then it will work i.e. the placebo effect.

I have seen forums in which the slimming effects of Oolong tea are debated, some claim that it has helped them shed a lot of weight and for each one of these there are those who claim it has not. So you need to make your own mind up. If it works for you then great, if not, just enjoy the taste!