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Ya-Ya’s Tea-Board

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Archive for the 'Tea & Health' Category


Tea & Health: a digest of tea in the news

I have just realized that it’s been a long time since my last tea digest and I think it is time to keep you informed about the latest research findings on tea.
The news are all overwhelmingly positive for tea drinkers like yourself. Reading through a deluge of new research publications, one thing becomes instantly clear: […]

White Tea - purity & health in a cup

Although white tea (bai cha, bai = white cha = tea) is possibly the oldest form of tea consumed today, it is one of the least known teas in the West.
Interestingly enough, many people have experienced white tea - although most likely unknowing and not as a drink. But more about that later.
With this article […]

Weight loss with oolong (or wu-long) tea - miracle drug or marketing hoax?

We’ve recently received multiple questions about wu-long tea in regards to advertised slimming properties, so I’ve decided to shed some light onto the subject.
(People are often confused by the terminology used in advertisements for “wu-long slimming teas”. These advertisements seem to always use the more exotic sounding word wu-long, but both terms, oolong (generally used […]