Sep 25th, '09, 10:55
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by oldmanteapot » Sep 25th, '09, 10:55
beecrofter wrote:I have what would be considered a cast iron stomache which has even tolerated chemotherapy with minimal complaint but when it comes to young sheng in quantity it is a bit sour on the belly. One thing that helps is to brew young sheng with cooler water instead of a full boil.
I hope you're much better now after treatment.
Yes, it's better to brew young sheng with slightly cooler water than at full boil. It happens to me too when I have too much sheng, let alone young sheng!
Cheers!
Sep 25th, '09, 15:43
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by arghblech » Sep 25th, '09, 15:43
odarwin wrote:i say skip the young sheng and try cloud's precious aged and fine aged raw tea... save your tummy...
they are around 10 years and 5 years old respectively...
Links? I might like to try these too.
Edit: nm. I found it.
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by aKnightWhoSaysNi » Sep 25th, '09, 22:21
Zanaspus wrote:odarwin wrote:i say skip the young sheng and try cloud's precious aged and fine aged raw tea... save your tummy...
they are around 10 years and 5 years old respectively...
It's funny. I always read about young sheng upsetting the stomach, but I have an extremely delicate GI tract, and it never adversely affects me. More lightly oxidized ball oolongs on the other hand...
We are all different indeed! Nothing settles my stomach like a nice lightly oxidized oolong. On
extremely rare occasion; sencha can make my belly the slightest bit unsettled.
Sep 26th, '09, 19:16
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by Maitre_Tea » Sep 26th, '09, 19:16
I've heard the same thing about lightly oxidized oolongs, especially high mountain varieties, have the tendency to upset people's stomachs. I remember MarshalN blogging about this, and some of my friends express the same sentiment.
I believe in just consuming enough of a tea that your body just has to deal with it...what doesn't kill you can only make you stronger. My grandmother used to be a regular tea drinker whose sleep was affected by its consumption, by after laying off the leaf (on doctor's orders) for about a year, she can't even have a sip without having a sleepless night.
I shudder to think that someday my tolerance to caffeine will disappear. Luckily, a childhood of sweets and an education built on coffee has perhaps made me immune it its affects.
