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Lauded for its medicinal and healthful properties and low caffeine, green tea is said to help prevent cancer, maintain a healthy blood cholesterol, control high blood pressure and more. This inspiring new cookbook introduces ideas for incorporating green tea into a modern lifestyle.
Including more than one dozen recipes for drinks and desserts, a guide to the healing properties of green tea describes how it acts as a stronger antioxidant than certain vitamins, inhibits blood clots better than aspirin, and more. Original.
Considered the superhero among teas, matcha is renowned for its natural antioxidant qualities--and The Book of Matcha is your go-to guide for learning about this amazing green powder. Written by the owners of the internationally acclaimed tea company teapigs, it covers the history of this super-tea, discusses its health benefits and culinary uses, and features more than 40 inspiring recipes.
Where does tea come from? With DK's The Tea Book, learn where in the world tea is cultivated and how to drink each variety at its best, with steeping notes and step-by-step recipes. Visit tea plantations from India to Kenya, recreate a Japanese tea ceremony, discover the benefits of green tea, or learn how to make the increasingly popular Chai tea. Exploring the spectrum of herbal, plant, and fruit infusions, as well as tea leaves, this is a comprehensive guide for all tea lovers.
Starting with the notion that some traditions—like drinking green tea for health and mental acuity—embody timeless wisdom for living, Toshimi A. Kayaki offers dozens of wise old Japanese ways for improving how you look and feel while respecting nature and the environment. Carry your own pair of chopsticks, wear five-toe socks, eat salty plums, use rice water as floor wax, do “eco-laundry,” and always set aside 10 percent for savings . . . you get the idea. By leading a “green tea life,” you’ll help yourself and the planet. Toshimi A. Kayaki, born and raised in Japan, now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and has published twenty-two books on women’s and cross-cultural issues.
Green tea (Thea sinensis), a time-honored drink in Japan for more than 1,000 years, is used medicinally and as refreshment after meals. Recent studies suggest a correlation between the natural antioxidants found in green tea and overall good health. This exciting new text explores the many useful properties of green tea that have been scientifically investigated. These include:
A comprehensive overview of the inherent properties, chemical and biochemical functions, actions for lowering the risks of cardiovascular and infectious diseases and cancers, and underlying mechanisms of tea polyphenols. It reveals the bioantimutagenic potency of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg) found in green tea.
The material for this book has accumulated over twelve years of active practice in Japan's rite of tea of which the author has received full instructorship; two years of full-time employment at a traditional tea vendor in the heart of Uji, during which he studied for and passed the examination of the Nihoncha Instructor Association and received certification as accredited instructor; regular meetings with, and tea farm visits at the properties of skilled artisan tea manufacturers, encounters that have provided much insight in subjects as the struggles of tea farmers, the reality behind the manufacturing of tea, and the workings of the industry as a whole. In addition, for the past four years, the author has devoted his life to discovering the essence of tea through curating a special selection of tea, repeatedly talking to and interviewing tea manufacturers, gathering insider information about the industry, etc. in order to truthfully and openly make this information available internationally. The discoveries made, and the information gathered during such interactions is what constitutes the foundation for the material presented in this book, and it is with the wish to objectively portray what Japanese tea at its core and in essence is that this book has been brought to life.
Green Tea Mania is a must have book for trivia lovers and fans of green tea. This is author Kei Nishada's second book on green tea. Green Tea Mania delivers an array of delightful pictures and facts to help paint a picture on not only the health properties of this magical leaf, but also its history and cultivation. Did you know that Black Tea, Oolong Tea, and Green Tea come from the same plant or that their labels really just describe where the leaf was left off in the fermentation process? Learn about the unusual uses for Green tea such as "Green Tea Beer" or cake. Find out how to get more of the antioxidant Catechin out of tea by adding one simple ingredient. These facts and more are all contained inside this beautiful guide to GreenTea. This book is a must-have for the health conscious or Green Tea enthusiast.
