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Green Tea

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I have always preferred coffee to tea and have never been much of a fan of it, especially not to the point of buying books about it. The interested was spiced up by my reading of books about antioxidants, which often mention green tea as a powerful antioxidant. Lester Packer's "Antioxidant Miracle" in particular fully pushed green tea as an excellent substance to combine with other antioxidant elements, but many other studies have now proven its benefits too.

After trying it I thought it was very pleasant as an alternative to coffee in cold winter days. For some reason, I was still curious about it and took a look at the books. Few reviews were available, and it was hard to pick one, but I bought Nadine Taylor's "Green Tea". 0 reviews available, little info. Risky buy. :-)

I wasn't impressed when I saw it. This is a little book, 179 pages of cheap paper, and no photos, just text. Much to my surprise, it turned out to be quite a surprisingly competent book, Tea as an interesting subject? Now that I didn't expect.

This book will dedicate most of its pages to establishing the position of Green Tea as a healthy drink, mentioning all the aspects of how it can help your body (and mind, some say). It describes its history and some curious events, how to identify different kinds of green tea, where to buy it (Useful mostly to US readers). It will go as far as describing in detail the Japanese and Chinese tea ceremonies and giving you ideas for recipes. You also get a decent Glossary.

The Japanese have been drinking green tea for centuries and their cancer rate is among the lowest in the world, today, scientists are showing that moderate amounts of green tea can be enough to make a difference. This author in particular backs up her claims mentioning many studies and links to the proper documents in the 10-page Bibliography. I found most of it very consistent with my previous reading about Green Tea as a powerful agent against free radical damage.

So basically, the simple but pleasant cover and the cheap paper hide a very interesting title. If you like Green Tea, are confused about anything about it (like what kinds to get and what is the difference between brands) or want a quick look at its antioxidant properties (for a more technical approach you will have to look elsewhere) then this guide will probably give you everything you need to know about it, and probably more.

I had enough and I don't think I'll ever want to know more about tea, but I'll never say that reading about it can't be enjoyable. :-)

Compact and complete title. Recommended.

This is a nice general book about green tea with some history, recipes and medical benefits of consuming it.

This book is not long-winded, but cover quite a lot of information.

This all-text book is one I keep coming back to because it's positive and sunshiny and we all need more of that. It's theraputic to get a cup of tea and sit down with this book for a few minutes. It feeds the fantasy of the fountain of youth, and the ale of good health. You really feel that what you are doing at that moment is really good for you.

I use this book as a primary refernce tool in my life. THe information here is historical and informative. Green Tea is a life saving, life enhancing and life giving drink that goes un noticed buy many. This book shows both the value and need for this "Magic" elixer!

I lived in the land of crunchie granola (California, lol!) for years, so I had heard of the benefits of drinking Green Tea, complete with its antioxidant properties. Indeed, when my late husband was battling cancer, while we did not expect it to "cure" him, to counter the dreadful side-effects to his immune system of the chemotherapy he underwent, he started to drink Green Tea.

This little mass-market paperback volume from Kensington publishers really looks almost like nothing. It resembles those inexpensive little booklets you purchase at the grocery store next to the magazines at the check out counter. So you might be thinking it has only 1 or 2 good little ideas and might not even really be worth your time. In this case, do not judge a book by its cover. Dr. Taylor's book on Green Tea is extensive.

Since reading it, I now have both regular (natural Green Tea has stimulating caffeine properties) and decafe versions in my household and sip this heart-warming beverage several times a week. I have not given up my beloved coffee, however, I have added the health inducing Green Tea beverage.

Wow, this book answered all of my questions about Green Tea and then some. I honestly can't think of a question I might have about Green Tea that isn't answered in this little, entertaining book.

I love this book too, and one major reason, is that it kind of goes back to the golden age of paperback books, when you could buy little paperback books on every kind of topic imaginable. Combine this with the fitness boom of the '70s and '80s when one could find books on such topics as yoga or running with relative availability, this book fits very much into that mode...and I like a good author and the author is very enthusiastic with her subject. Sure, there are good books nowadays with slick or rice paper and fantastic graphics but this book is surely topnotch reading and magnificent in it's simplicity.

Ok, so I'm not a green tea drinker, quite frankly i'm not a tea drinker at all. But, recently it seems that green tea has become more popular. As we all know there are tons of teas out on the market but this book does a great job in explaining the differences between teas. It goes further to explain which have more antioxidents etc...great recipes are also included in the book.