i just drink monkey tea

You meant those we can order from Chinese kopitiam?

any type of tea to be precise...

I think ok to drink cold tea for such a hot weather these days... I tried google, but cannot find disadvantages / harm from drinking cold tea.

The benefit of cold water brewing is tea can last for a whole day and the taste is refreshing with a natural sweetness. Thanks to the cold water extraction, the level of caffeine in tea is very low. You would not suffer from sleepless nights. Even kids can enjoy this tea.
Source

Cold Tea Vs Hot Tea Health Benefits How Long Can You Keep or Steep?
http://www.amazing-green-tea.com/cold-tea.html#

*info above is on green tea... not sure about other tea.

Tea that is cold is Ok to drink but don't add ice to it.

>>>The benefit of cold water brewing is tea can last for a whole day and the taste is refreshing with a natural sweetness. Thanks to the cold water extraction, the level of caffeine in tea is very low. You would not suffer from sleepless nights. Even kids can enjoy this tea.

Like not accurate. Had the cold green tea after dinner about 9pm. It was very good. But me and wife couldn't sleep. Haha.

but normally after i drink tea, i cound'nt sleep at night.. even though caffein is lower but still enough to kill me..

Just got this forwarded email.

humm.. well, maybe no cold tea after during n after food. lolx.

but again, ppl like me that have issues wiht my lungs cant really take cold tea or any cold drinks to be precise (although i still do it sometimes, n suffer from the effects later..)

i can drink any green tea n still sleep. *oink oink*

Was digging for more info on purple clay...

http://vnet.vn/Business/?v=2&b=5757&ProductID=25051

What is Purple clay
Purple Clay can only be found in China, and almost all of that comes from Yixing, Jiangsu Province. A unique mineral resource of China, Purple Clay is deeply hidden in hillside strata. Its mineral compositions include Mica, Kaolin, Quartz and Iron. Scientific researches indicate that purple clay does not contain any elements harmful for human body and is a kind of purely natural soft clay, without environmental pollution.

Application of Purple Clay
Nowadays, Purple Clay is widely used in two main field, one is for tea brewing and the second is for cooking. So it is widely used in tea ware, teapot, tea mug, cooking pot, heating plate, rice cooker, slow cooker, soup pots, etc etc.

Purple clay tea ware( teapot and tea mug) as superior to all other types of teapots for brewing tea. Because the teapot will retains the porous nature after firing, which is excellent at absorbing the flavor and aroma of the tea. After long term use, the teapot will enhances the taste, color and aroma of the tea. Legend has it that if a purple clay teapot has been used for a long time, one can simply pour hot water into the teapot to brew a cup of tea.
Purple Clay cooking tools are widely used in daily cooking now, because of its perfect performance on transferring heat equally, anti-acid and anti-alkali, will not destroy the structure of food’s nutrition and will not have the chemical reaction between food and material of inner pot, so it can preserve the original tastes and nutrition of the food.

Scientific research of Purple Clay
From scientific research, purple clay does not contain lead, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, and other toxic materials which do harm to human healthy, whereas the research proves that purple clay contains SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, MgO, CaO… these minerals are so good for healthy, such as control high blood pressure, limit complications of congestive heart failure,prevent diabetes complications and ease muscle cramps, aches and pains etc.
Purple Clay has also been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to be safe for use, and possess a high standard of quality.

The purple clay nowadays are not pure but rather mix with other clay since China already disallow the digging. That is why old purple clay teapot are highly desirable among tea drinker.

A good purple clay will have shiny glow if continuous using it and taking care of it.

Ya, nowadays a lot of not pure things. Have to be more careful when it is coming from China.

I was drinking my Pu-erh (free when buying my mug) and the coloring is quite brownish. Entah don't know got put coloring or not.

That is why I am sourcing around for premium tea or trusted vendor...

Could it be recycled or fake Puerh?

Ripe Puer is dark in colour. It is normal. If there are colouring, by the 3rd brew, the water probably turns white.

Fake tea does not means it is not using tea leaves. Puer tea is from Yunnna province. Fake one could be mix with tea from nearby Laos or Myanmar as price is cheaper there. For famous brand, there are always chance you can get fake if you do not know how to spot them.

is the cigaratte tea make from nikotin ? look like a subsitute of cigrate

are we talkin bout chinese tea or wat?
id sure like to try those cigarreteas

Drinking hot tea in cold weather is so enjoyable

From what I was told, most of the better/best/investment grade Pu-erh tea leaves were bought by two parties in Penang. The have been hogging the tea leaves for many years. They initially went around Malaysia and China to accumulate Pu-erh leaves (the better grade ones) when ppl still dont really keen on Pu-erh. Then a year or two later, one taiwanese doctor wrote in article that Pu-erh is good for the heart, and ppl started to rush to buy Pu-erh. They made millions from the tea by selling them back to China. One guy bought a house just to stock his Pu-erh tea.. Most of the Pu-erh sold in the market now are not the very expensive grade.
According to Pu-erh sellers in China, Penang is the place to go if you want good grade Pu-erh.

This post has been edited by newbie99: Jun 7 2010, 12:25 PM

There are much speculation and price of Puer tea reach its peak around 2006 and by 2007, the bubble burst and now price is back at where they are once before 2006.

Grading on puer tea is fairly complicated as it depends on the type of tree, estate, plucking season and blending. Besides this, famous tea factory such as Dayi will command higher price. As for me, I always look for tea leaves from arbor tree or tea cake with popular formula such as 7542.

Price of puer tea will appreciate as time goes by as it will taste better with aging. So, it is not a surprise to know many people kept for future appreciation. I even know some rich businessman have a shipping container stuff with tea

I love tea .Must drink at least a cup of tea everyday.
Green tea,sencha,
English breakfast tea and darjeeling tea are the best