White Teas, Please... a hit!

Since our White Teas, Please gift bundle was such a success, we're extending it for this week. If you like white teas, you've got to take advantage of this deal. (We're not usually so generous!) It's listed at 40% off retail values, essentially giving a 2 for 1 deal. Check it out....
And read our previous blog post to learn the latest facts in white tea research linked to weight loss and fat metabolism.

White Tea and Weight Loss - Get the Skinny!

If reducing that abdominal paunch is one of your goals for this upcoming bikini season, you might seriously consider adding white tea to your diet. Concern over increases in obesity-related diseases prompted research into the effects of white tea extract on the human body. The findings, published last month in Nutrition & Metabolism, found that white tea extract effectively inhibits adipogenesis (the production of fat) AND stimulates lipolysis (the destruction of fats). Even Dr. Oz, Oprah's wellness guru, recommended recently that "you should drink about four cups of green or white tea a day", which propelled "white tea" to the highest-searched tea term on the Internet overnight! Ahh, the power of Oprah... All this twitter around white tea and weight loss has prompted us to do some more digging to bring you a summary of the facts.

TRUTH or MYTH:

• Simply adding white tea to your diet will help you lose weight - MYTH

• White tea will assist your body in inhibiting the production of fat cells - TRUTH

• White tea provides a boost to exercise-induced weight loss, further stimulating the destruction of fat through exercise - TRUTH

• The caffeine in white tea helps you burn fat by speeding up your metabolism - MYTH

• White tea often contains the least amount of caffeine of all teas. It's the polyphenol antioxidant EGCG that helps inhibit fat cell production - TRUTH

• White tea is a natural appetite suppressant - TRUTH - And of course, "the weight loss will be even better if the tea is unsweetened and if it's replacing caloric beverages such as soda," suggests Shawn Talbott, author and producer of Killer at Large, a documentary exploring the causes of and the solutions of the American obesity epidemic.

So go ahead and make white tea your new BFF!

Forget the great taste & cancer-fighting effects - It'll make you skinny!!

Last Friday Marie Claire was buzzing about white tea, for it's slimming effects. Although I find it slightly depressing that women's mags focus so much energy on being thin, any way you look at it, white tea is a great healthy beverage choice. They posted the following article online May 1st:


White Tea Could Make You Slim

New research has revealed that white tea, which has a high concentration of antioxidants, increases metabolism and boosts slimming. Compounds in the tea prevent the formation of new fat cells and help burn off old ones.

It is claimed white tea, which is made from the buds and first leaves of the Camellia Sinensis plant may carry even more health benefits than the more popular green and black teas which are made from the same plant.

Nutritionist Marc Winnefield of German skincare firm Beiersdorf AG which carried out the research said: "In the industrialised countries, the rising incidence of obesity-associated disorders including cardiovascular diseases and diabetes constitutes a growing problem.

"We have shown that white tea may be an ideal natural source of slimming substances."

Here are links to our hand-picked, loose leaf, white teas:

Organic Monkey-Picked White: 100% organic & fair trade certified, single-estate, white tea

Snowflakes: white tea tips that resemble the well-known silver needle tea

Meditative Mind: white tea blended with green tea jasmine pearls & rosebuds