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CLTann · 03-21-2007, 05:00 PM

I am sure in So. Calif. you have some contacts with Chinese. Ask them to get you the type of green tea coming from China. Most likely, the tea will be in the dried leaf form. Grab a pinch of the tea and pour near boiling water to a tea cup. Wait about 5 to 10 minutes to allow the tea leaf to settle down at the bottom. Drink the tea above the leaf. You can re-extract the tea another time with near boiling water. As to how much is a pinch, you will soon tell by the strength of the tea taste and make adjustment the next time.

Better yet, ask your friend to show you how to brew the green tea. The store brands are mostly non-authentic. This is how my contact with a Sloan Ketterling onc, who is a strong advocate of green tea drinking.

03-21-2007, 05:00 PM	#3
CLTann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 476	I am sure in So. Calif. you have some contacts with Chinese. Ask them to get you the type of green tea coming from China. Most likely, the tea will be in the dried leaf form. Grab a pinch of the tea and pour near boiling water to a tea cup. Wait about 5 to 10 minutes to allow the tea leaf to settle down at the bottom. Drink the tea above the leaf. You can re-extract the tea another time with near boiling water. As to how much is a pinch, you will soon tell by the strength of the tea taste and make adjustment the next time. Better yet, ask your friend to show you how to brew the green tea. The store brands are mostly non-authentic. This is how my contact with a Sloan Ketterling onc, who is a strong advocate of green tea drinking. __________________ Ann Stage 1 dx Sept 05 ER/PR positive HER2 +++ Grade 3 Invasive carcinoma 1 cm, no node involvement Mastec Sept 05 Annual scans all negative, Oct 06 Postmenopause. Arimidex only since Sept 06, bone or muscle ache after 3 month Off Arimidex, change to Femara 1/12-07, ache stopped Sept 07 all tests negative, pass 2 year mark Feb 08 continue doing well. Sep 09 four year NED still on Femara.