LEPPET-SO (PICKLED TEA)

Leppet-so is made from decomposed tea leaves. To decompose the tea, fresh tealeaves are kneaded for about 10 minutes o extract their natural juices. The damp leaves are then stored in a cement pit that has been lined with bamboo. The tea is pressed down, covered by planks, and allowed to decay for 2-3 weeks or more. After the fermentation period, the wet leaves are removed from the pit. They turn dark immediately upon exposure to the air.

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New scientific research suggest that drinking tea may lower an individual’s risk of developing dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. This data and other new research, which suggests that drinking tea may improve and maintain brain health and function and even help us think more clearly were recently presented at the fourth International Scientific Symposium on Tea and Human health in Washington, D.C. The Symposium is the form for leading global scientists to gather and share their latest research findings. “This new data adds to the growing evidence which shows that diet influences the likelihood and risk of an individual experiencing cognitive decline or dementia, including Alzheimer’s Disease, with aging,’ said Canadian tea and health expert Dr. Carol Greenwood.

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“The use of sunscreens to cover up the best that you can from the sun, the use of hats during the day, and try to avoid the sun during the hours of ten in the morning to two in the afternoon when the sun intensity is the greatest outdoors – that in combination with drinking tea –I think that it would be useful,” according to dermatologist Dr. Bryan Chen. “Teas have long been known to contain antioxidants in them, and also chemicals called polyfenals.

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Tea has long been tied to a lower risk of stomach, colon and breast cancer, although the connection is not proven. Now lab studies find that black tea chemicals actually may stop cancer growth. Rutgers University researchers showed that a compound in black tea called TF-2 caused colorectal cancer cells to “commit suicide”; normal cells were unaffected.

Is it true that GREEN TEA helps reduce cholesterol levels ?

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Drinking black tea helps prevent deadly clogging of arteries and reverses poor arterial functioning that can trigger heart attacks and strokes. In arecent test, Joseph Vita, M.D., of the Boston University School of Medicine, had heart patients drink either plain water or four cups of black tea daily. In a month, impaired blood vessel functioning (a risk factor for heart attack and strokes) improved about 50% in the black tea drinkers.

Numerous studies have trumpeted the cardiovascular benefits of green tea, the beverage of choice in much of the Far East. But elsewhere in the world, particularly in Europe and the Middle East, black tea reigns supreme, and fewer studies have examined its heart-healthy properties.

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Raw – This describes liquor produced from insufficiently fermented leaf.
Smokey – This is a defect of tea liquor caused by a faulty direct heater or leakage in the pipes of an indirect heater.
Soft – This describes liquor lacking in briskness and brightness. This is caused by bacterial action and over-fermentation.
Stalky – This denotes tea with a high concentration of stalks.
Stewed – This is a defect that develops during faulty frying procedures. When the exhaust temperature is kept low and fermentation exceeds the required period, the leaf gets ‘stewed’.
Strength – A desirable characteristic of Assam tea denoting adequate ‘substance’ in the liquor.
Tippy – Tea that contains large number of tips is termed tippy.
Twist – This indicates the style of the leaf created during rolling.
Wiry – This describes the well-twisted, thin orange pekoe grade.
Woody – This describes liquor from tea manufactured late in the autumn.