One of our finest Japanese sencha green teas, it is produced from shaded young buds, giving it a sweeter taste. It is extra steamed for a more full-bodied flavor and pan fired to provide a richer aroma.
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A small format 180 page soft cover "cheapie" book written by dietitian Nadine Taylor. This book has a reasonably extensive bibliography, and is written for the general reader. It explains in an easy to understand manner the various types of green tea and how to prepare them. One criticism of this book is that the description of the Chinese green tea categories is outdated. Nevertheless, a useful general introduction to green tea, the book even contains a chapter of green tea "recipes"!
Experience Therapy in a Cup. Enhance your life with the great versatility and healthful benefits of this tea of the ancients. From bath salts to ice cream, this traditional Asian beverage can be used in dozens of ways to relax the mind, strengthen the body, and soothe the soul. In The Book of Green Tea, you'll discover: How to blend, brew, and appreciate more than 120 varieties of green tea Up-to-date information on the health benefits of drinking green tea Recipes for cooking with green tea and making green tea bodycare products Rich green tea history, poetry, lore, and traditions from around the world.
Known as China's Fountain of Youth, green tea has been recognized as a powerful healer in preventing cancer and slowing the aging process. Since its first recorded use 4,000 years ago, people have been drinking green tea for its health-preserving and revitalizing power. Lester Mitscher and Victoria Dolby explore the beverage's health claims in The Green Tea Book. Using scientific research, The Green Tea Book examines each benefit, from the prevention of cancer and heart disease to simulating mental clarity and reducing cholesterol levels. Polyphenols, naturally occurring compounds found in green tea, supplement the body's antioxidant levels and are the primary mechanism by which green tea prevents the formation of cancer. In addition to the health benefits, Mitscher and Dolby present the history of green tea as well as guidelines for choosing, brewing, and storage. The Green Tea Book is the complete guide to green tea and will help you understand why it works and how you can use it for both its health-promoting qualities and its great taste. Mitscher and Dolby's main point is that scientific investigations, particularly during the past 10 to 15 years, support the healthful and medicinal value attributed to green tea. Studies specifically corroborating the book's arguments that green tea can help prevent certain types of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and dental caries appear among the 17 pages of references, many of them to topflight scientific and medical journals. That green tea helps mitigate the unpleasant effects of radiation.
The Book of Tea Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co; Illustrator
By: Kakuzo Okakura, et al
On the surface, this is a book about history - the history of tea, and art, and religion. But this is really a book about so much more - it compares the culture and way of thinking of the East and West, the past and the present. It makes the reader think about and reassess what is important in life, what is really beautiful, what is worth keeping or fighting for. What is dignity. This essay, which wends its way between the discovery of tea, flower arranging, architecture and Taoism along with other enticing subjects, is truly an enlightening and thrilling book, in a quiet and gentle way (is that possible?) Whether you are interested in East Asian culture, Tea, or would just like a compass to help you re-orientate your priorities, you will probably gain something from this ode to the importance and influence of Tea.
The Japanese Way Of Tea Publisher: U. of Hawaii Press
By: V. Dixon Morris (Translator), Sen, Soshitsu XV et
l I've found that an understanding of the tea ceremony led to a better understanding of so many Japanese cultural treasures that I now recommend this book to anyone wanting to know more about subjects ranging from gardening to ceramics. Interested in Raku pottery? Study the tea ceremony. Want to know more about Japanese gardens? Study the tea ceremony. A fan of Zen Buddhism? Learn the way of Tea. Want to know more about Japanese architecture? Learn about sukiya style by studying the tea ceremony. Are you interested in Japanese woodworking and joinery? Learn about Tea, you'll know more about what to hide, what to emphasize in your carpentry. This particular books is a very good starting point, don't be surprised if you read this and then become interested in 20 other subjects. You'll keep coming back to this one in order to understand all 20.
The Tea Ceremony Publisher: Kodansha International
By: Sen'O Tanaka, et al
I've found that an understanding of the tea ceremony led to a better understanding of so many Japanese cultural treasures that I now recommend this book to anyone wanting to know more about subjects ranging from gardening to ceramics. Interested in Raku pottery? Study the tea ceremony. Want to know more about Japanese gardens? Study the tea ceremony. A fan of Zen Buddhism? Learn the way of Tea. Want to know more about Japanese architecture? Learn about sukiya style by studying the tea ceremony. Are you interested in Japanese woodworking and joinery? Learn about Tea, you'll know more about what to hide, what to emphasize in your carpentry. This particular books is a very good starting point, don't be surprised if you read this and then become interested in 20 other subjects. You'll keep coming back to this one in order to understand all 20.
Dr. Gaynor's book is a bold breakthrough in the field of cancer prevention. His excellent book details at great length the individual foods and nutrients which may prevent cancer and individualizes for the major cancers. Dr. Gaynor practices what he preaches. As a highly respected New York Cancer doctor, he practices the cutting edge of conventional medicine with the very best or preventive medicine. A must on everyone's medical bookshelf.
If prevention is worth a pound of cure, this book is worth its weight in gold. Dr. Gaynor's book offers some of the best current potential for reducing the terrible price we pay for cancer. At last we have a roadmap, beautifully documented, by a nationally renowned oncologist, that details the increasing amount of evidence that proves that diet offers enormous potential in reducing as well as preventing cancer risk and in cutting cancer deaths. Although we still do not know how to prevent all cancers, this book clearly demonstrates that we know more than enough to dramatically reduce the high cancer incidence rates that we currently have and to curb the growing cancer rates around the world. With the publication of this book, there can be no doubt that nutrition in cancer prevention has come to age. Kudos to Dr. Gaynor and Jerry Hickey for this magnificent book.
This is less a book than an informative pamphlet. Look at the price and number of pages; this is a VERY slim volume on the health properties of green tea. If you want to have a reference book for yourself or for clients(perhaps you are a holistic health provider) then this book is excellent. For recipes, more in-depth information, however, this book is just too condensed. In short, the basics, a good reference, the facts, just the facts, ma'am.
Documented research reveals what Asian cultures have known for centuries: Green Tea, rich in antioxidants, increases metabolism and helps burn fat. Lose Weight With Green Tea provides all the information you need to incorporate Green Tea safely and sensibly into a successful weight control program.
Fight Colds and Flu, Lower Cholesterol, Beat Depression, Banish Fatigue, Enhance Memory, Lose Weight, And More! Teas are the gentle, natural, most beneficial way to absorb the healing properties of herbs--easily and inexpensively. A simple cup of tea not only has the power to soothe and relax but to deliver healing herbal agents to the bloodstream more quickly than capsules, tinctures, or infusions. Feeling tired? Rose hip tea will rev you up and beautify your skin. Need some help with your diet? Ginger tea will provide the boost you need and help aching joints too. Hot or iced, these pure and simple drinks offer delicious ways to stay healthy and revitalize you from the inside out. This unique guide offers: An A-Z listing of common ailments followed by the teas best used to treat them. Instructions on how to create your own medicinal kitchen. Advice on creating your own tea blends. Descriptions of the top 100 herbs and their secret healing properties And much, much more!
All About Green Tea Publisher: Avery Penguin Putnam
By: Victoria Dolby Toews, et al
Why is green tea one of the world's most healthful drinks? This indispensable new addition to the series that answers this and other frequently asked questions - FAQ's - about nutritional supplements. If you are a health provider (holistic or otherwise) this is a good reference for your patients. It is longer than the Udall Green Tea book and about the same price, which means you can buy it for your office at a small investment (if these books tend to "walk" away, you won't be out too many bucks.) Green tea is also recommended by many natural food experts to substitute for coffee in the diet, or for black tea. (Macrobiotic diets recommend kukicha, a form of green tea from the twigs of the tea bush; the Eat Right For Your Type diet of Dr. D'Adamo recommends green tea for those who are adversely affected by black tea.)For the deep history, ceremony and culinary aspects of tea, you'd be better off with a different volume. But for facts on the health-giving properties of green tea, this is a fine reference.
For the reader with a scientific bent, this 160 page hardback contains a wealth of information gleaned from extensive studies by Japanese scientists. Not for the general reader, this book is nevertheless an important contribution to our knowledge of the chemical interactions between the human body and the compounds found in green tea. Being a Japanese production, the green tea referred to in particular studies is Japanese green tea, however the results are applicable to all green teas. Includes some color plates, among them a cross-section of a rats tooth showing the beneficial effects of green tea in inhibiting tooth decay! The book was published in 1997 and includes such fascinating topics as Chapter 5 "Cancer Chemoprevention by Green Tea Polyphenols", and Chapter 13 "Green Tea Extract as a Remedy for Diarrhea in Farm Raised Calves" - in other words, everything you always wanted to know about green tea but were afraid to ask!
Why is green tea one of the world's most healthful drinks? This indispensable new addition to the series that answers this and other frequently asked questions - FAQ's - about nutritional supplements. If you are a health provider (holistic or otherwise) this is a good reference for your patients. It is longer than the Udall Green Tea book and about the same price, which means you can buy it for your office at a small investment (if these books tend to "walk" away, you won't be out too many bucks). Green tea is also recommended by many natural food experts to substitute for coffee in the diet, or for black tea. (Macrobiotic diets recommend kukicha, a form of green tea from the twigs of the tea bush; the Eat Right For Your Type diet of Dr. D'Adamo recommends green tea for those who are adversely affected by black tea.)For the deep history, ceremony and culinary aspects of tea, you'd be better off with a different volume. But for facts on the health-giving properties of green tea, this is a fine reference.
Twenty scientific papers trace the results of studies conducted over the past two decades by Hara, now a vice president of Tokyo Food Techno Co. Ltd., and other researchers. The book deals primarily with the health benefits of tea polyphenols--in particular, tea catechins, which are the major component of fresh tea leaves and the element that gives green tea its pungency. Papers review the biosynthesis and fermentation processes in green and black teas, analyze effective methods for extracting tea polyphenols, and investigate the cancer-fighting and other beneficial properties of tea.
If you like green tea and wonder how to use it in cooking, then this is the book for you! Containing around 50 different recipes, most of the dishes are quick & easy to prepare, with the added bonus of being delicious! Green tea has long been a feature in regional Chinese cuisine, and this book makes some of the many recipes more widely accessible.
The authors take tea from the teapot to the soup pot, frying pan and mixing bowl to create dozens of elegant and easy to prepare dishes. They introduce you to a whole new world of flavors as they creatively blend the spicy, smoky, herbal and fruity tastes of tea into your favorite traditional and contemporary meals. Recipes include green tea dumplings, candied ginger and green tea bread and much more.
Tea is becoming as popular as coffee. A newly found appreciation of fine tea has led to a proliferation of tearooms and tea shops from coast to coast. So Mathew Tekulsky has now done for tea lovers what his nationwide best-seller, Making Your Own Gourmet Coffee Drinks, has done for coffee drinkers -- provided an array of recipes that is sure to please any palate. In Making Your Own Gourmet Tea Drinks, he offers more than 100 heart-warming recipes that include such tasty delights as Raspberry Tea. Apricot Iced Tea, Strawberry Tea Shake, Lemon Iced Tea, Cinnamon-Cranberry Iced Tea, Rum-Cider Tea, Grand Marnier Tea, Cocoa-Mint Tea Shake, and Iced Creme de Menthe Tea. The introduction briefly describes the origin of tea, defines the various types of tea (black, green, scented, flavored, herb, and iced), and discusses the different ways of making tea, tea equipment, and methods of storing tea.
