"teeman" wrote:

I was a coffee drinker and was addicted to it. My doctor told me to stop.
Well, I asked him about drinking tea and he told me that it was not only
good but beneficial to the health. for the last 6 months, I have been
drinking tea and I kinda fallen in love with the drink. Can anyone suggest
me which are the best for health?

Many years ago the belief was that only green tea had significant health
benefits. In recent years it has been discovered that virtually any real
tea has health benefits, although there may be some variation in benefits
between the types (black, oolong, green, pu-erh). If you don't understand
what these types are, read the tea FAQ at http://pages.ripco.net/~c4ha2na9/tea/faq.html

I hear a lot about Darjeeling Tea. Is it
really good? Why is it so famous? Where can I buy a kg of Darjeeling tea?

Darjeeling is a style of black tea which comes from the Darjeeling
district of India. Sure, it's good, but so are many other styles of tea.
It depends on your taste. I personally am not a big fan of Darjeeling
teas but many people like them. I suppose part of the reason they are so
famous is that they are among the first teas to be widely drunk in the west.

Note that there are probably at least a hundred different Darjeelings,
and there will be significant variation in taste among them.

As a newbie, here is the place I would recommend you start buying
tea online: www.uptontea.com You can buy a kg of Darjeeling there,
but they also sell sample sizes that only make a few cups, so that you
can decide whether you like the tea or not. I believe they restrict the
number of samples you can buy during their busy period in December,
as providing samples is very labor intensive for only a small return.


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Randy
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