Chinese diet tea (Slimming tea)

Pu-erh, "slimming tea" has the recent years has been tremendous popularity beyond China's borders. In China, tea has always been granted special abilities. Thus circulating that a large number of stories about how it has cured everything from hepatitis to cataracts and overweight with high blood pressure.

It was the rumors about its ability to combat obesity, which in a short time had sales to explode in many parts of Europe and America. Results of quality Chinese research showed that Pu-erh tea increase fat burning and reduces the body's ability to absorb fat. In 40% of the subjects led to weight loss. At the Hospital St. Antoine in Paris trends were confirmed. The experiment showed that three cups of Pu-erh a day for 30 days got fat in the blood to fall 13%.

Pu-erh is produced in Yunnan, located in the southwestern part of China, near the border with Vietnam, Laos and Burma. It is in every way unique. After harvest fermenteres the 3-5 times as long as black tea. Then it must be stored. In contrast to all other tea is Pu-erh slimming tea better the longer it is stored. Thus sold pu-erh, which is 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 years old. Most of tea stored in the stone houses that can keep a constant low temperature. But there are variations where it has been buried or stored in caves.

The flavor may remind you of Yunnan black tea, only much more powerful in both the strength as a fragrance. It is a "heavy" that is "set", with a rather special tastes. Become significantly better if brewed with lime leaf and lemon grass.