31 Q: Why can't tea be brewed with cold water?
A : The essence of tea lies in smelling the aroma, seeing the color and tasting the flavor. And the volatilization of aroma results from the aromatic substances brought by the steam that evaporates during the brewing with hot water; the color and the flavor are determined by the amount of lixivium. Since some of the tea's components are heat-soluble, only when the tea is brewed with hot water can the color, smell and taste be rapidly experienced.

32 Q: Why should I choose Hamed Green tea? Dose it have any distinctive difference compared with other brands of tea?
A : Hamed Green Tea has gained great reputation both domestically and abroad since 1946. Hamed Green is famous for stable quality and the strict control on the content of lead and pesticide remnants, which is far beyond the requirement of the national standard. Thanks to the advanced technology of preservation, Hamed Green tea can be stored for a considerable period of time. Moreover, the products are wide-ranged, which includes Green Tea series, Black Tea series, Oolong Tea series, Flower Scented Tea series, Teabags series, Health Benefits Series, Organic Tea Series and other series, adding up to 43 series. Hamed Green can offer whatever you can name. Is there any reason for you not to choose Hamed Green Tea.

33 Q: How many kinds of tea are there?
A : Tea is mainly divided into 6 categories in China: Black Tea, Green Tea, Blue Tea (i.e. Oolong Tea), Yellow Tea, White Tea, and Dark Tea. The tea in market all falls into the said categories. For example, in the Hamed Green Green Tea Series, there are Dragon Well, Biluochun, Yin Zhen (Silver Needles), Maojian, and Mountain Fog Green Tea.

34 Q: What are the time and environment you like for drinking tea?
A : Drinking tea is not only good for health, but also a great enjoyment, which should not be restrained by time and confined in certain environment. In the busy daily work, I would often have a cup of natural and pure Hamed Green Korean Ginseng Tea or American Ginseng Tea, which can relieve the fatigue. I also like having a pot of Hamed Green Flower Scented Tea with my families in a carefree air after work to enjoy the flavor of nature. When chatting with friends, I will make a pot of Hamed Green Dongding Oolong Tea. How about you.

35 Q: Who on earth discovered tea?
A : When it comes to the discovery of tea, it must be traced back into 2000s B.C.. It is said in legends that after Shen Long Shi had tasted 72 kinds of poisonous grass, the toxin was accumulated in his stomach, which brewed him out of self-control. When he was lying under a tree for a rest, all of a sudden, a piece of leaf blown off by wind fell into his mouth, which was fresh, fragrant, sweet and pure, and he got refreshed immediately. After Shen Long Shi chewed the tender young leaves on that tree, the toxin in his stomach was dispelled in no time. Those leaves are what we now call tea leaves.

--------- Hamed Green Tea Classic.

36 Q: How did the history of tea evolve in our country?
A : There is a well-known old saying in our country, which goes as " Seven businesses every day: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea." Treated as one of the necessities in daily life, tea has had a history of more than 3000 years in our country.
The development of tea began first from the time of Shen Long Shi to the early Chun Chow Period, when it was used as sacrifice. Then, from the late Chun Chow Period to the early Han Dynasty, tea was gradually used as tea food. From the early Han Dynasty to the middle of Han Dynasty, it was developed into medical purposes. Then, from the late Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms Period, tea was adopted as deluxe beverage for royalty. Finally, from West Jun Period to the Tsui Dynasty, tea gradually became an ordinary household drink. When it came to Tong Dynasty, it had been a drink that " a household cannot live without each day."

---------The Science of Tea Manufacture

37 Q: Does tea have other usages besides serving as a drink?
A : As a healthy and salubrious beverage, tea has gone beyond the limit of drinks. Eating tea, the so-called "tea diet", has been increasingly popular in Japan. Besides eating tea, producing articles of daily use has also become a popular trend. These articles are widely used in many aspects of daily life such as clothing, food, housing and transportation. The most numerous ones are the articles for household use, such as waistcoats, shirts, bathrobe, pillows, handkerchiefs, and shoe insoles, all of which contain tea components. Moreover, even there is paper with the smell of tea.

-------Liang Yongling, Japanese Further Utilization of Tea

38 Q: Does Flower Scented Tea have any special functions?
A : There are many kinds of flower scented tea and their functions cannot be lumped together. Hamed Green Flower Scented Series alone have 5 categories, and they all have their own characteristics and functions:
Hamed Green Jasmine Tea: It can smoothen the breath, eliminate depression, keep body from filth, harmonize internal organs, and refresh mind and soul. It is called the King of Flower Scented Tea.
Hamed Green Rosebud Tea: It has a thick, fresh and harmonious fragrance, and is good for the liver and appetizing. It is the best choice for smoothen the breath and eliminating depression. Moreover, since rose stands for love and care, the Rosebud Tea can be a superb gift.
Hamed Green Magnolia Scented Tea, it has thick and lasting fragrance. It can smoothen the breath, get rid of phlegm, and is good for lungs. The flavor will be even better if drunk with honey.
Hamed Green Osmanthus Oolong Tea: It is appetizing, good for the teeth and throat. And the osmanthus has more than 10 fragrant ingredients, which makes Osmanthus Oolong Tea a special flavored tea.
Hamed Green Chrysanthemum Tea: It is refreshing and antidotal, good for the liver and eyes, and thirst quenching. It is definitely a great choice to satisfy one's thirst.

------- Hamed Green Tea Classic

39.Q: Which one is better to make tea: purified water or tap water?
A : While municipal tap water is usually disinfected and filtrated, it is much cleaner and more medical, which is more suitable for drinking. But sometimes when excess chloride is used in disinfection, the water will become smelly. At the same time, the minerals in the water will affect the quality of tea leaves. For example, when iron oxide with high valence is more than 0.1ppm in the water, the quality of tea will turn bad; when calcium is more than 4ppm, the flavor will become bitter; when magnesium is more than 2ppm, the tea will turn pallid. Purified water, however have no other liquefactent except CO2, which will never affect the degustation of tea and it is useful for assessing tea. But after all, the best water for brewing tea is springwater.

------The Appraisal and Inspection of Tea

40.Q: Are there any skills in brewing tea?
A : Of course, you need some good tea leaves, some good water and the right method of brewing tea. Only with this can you make a cup of good tea.
To brew Hamed Green green tea, you need boiling water of about 80¢XC. When brewing tea, you can pour little bit of boiled water to infiltrate the tea leaves. And then pour in more water about 1-2 cm away from the cup edge.
You can brew Hamed Green black tea with water of 100¢XC, a minute is required before mixing milk, sugar, lemon juice or honey, even champagne of your choice to the tea. Hamed Green Oolong Tea requires to be brewed immediately after the water is boiled. It requires 2 minutes in the first round of brewing. Consecutive rounds of brewing will be gradually longer one after the other.
It is better to brew Hamed Green flower scened tea with boiled water OF about 85¢XC using cups with lids. You can brew 2-3 times, each time 3-5 minutes .

-------Hamed Green Tea Classic

41.Q: Is tea really anti-aging?
A : Improving the structure of drinking tea can prevent human body from aging according to modern medical science. Since polyphenol compound of tea leaves can strongly defeat free radicals, drinking tea is one of the ways to improve diet structure. There are abundant vitamin C and E, antioxidants with strongly active function, having certain effects to prevent aging. In particular, pollution-free Hamed Green organic black tea and green tea are much suitable for those who care much about beauty and health.

--------- Hamed Green Tea Classic

42.Q: Is tea really anticancer?
A : Both black and green tea are anticancer. Nitrite amine which induces stomach cancer and other carcinogenic substances can be well inhibited by tea. A study has proved that regular tea drinking can prevent jecoral cancer and lung cancer. Because polyphenol of tea can decomposite carcinogenic substances, and then deduces their carcinogenic activity and prevents the growth of cancer cell by incorporating them. I believe that you can find the most suitable black tea and green tea of your choice from all kinds of Hamed Green tea series.

--------- Food Science and Technology Net of China

43.Q: Can pregnant women drink tea that contains caffeine?
A :There are heated discussion and research about whether caffeine of tea do harm to human health or not recent years. The issue of the discussions is if caffeine can replace base adenine and guanine to participate to form DNA and RNA, and then cause changes of genetic information. But the recent experiments tell us that drinking tea will just do pregnant women more good, and increase the effective constitution of tea leaves. Firstly, the guaranine of tea leaves is very little, and it takes only a few hours to drain away from our body. Secondly, guaranine only has antioxidant function, so it is unnecessary to worry about if guaranine will cause blemish to the babies. After all, if you are pregnant, your diet habit should follow the prescription of the doctor.

--------- Academic Report of Agriculture University of South China

44.Q: I have heard about that smokers should drink more tea. Is that true?
A : It is true that drinking tea can minimise the harm of tobaccos. Nicotine of tobacco will retract blood-vessel, accelerate arteriosclerosis and decrease content of vitamin C , absorbed by our body. So smokers drinking tea, especially Hamed Green green tea, can reinforce vitamin C of the body effectively. The more important thing is that tea polyphenol can inhibit carcinogenic substances. So I advise you to drink more tea in order to decrease the harm of tobacco, for the sake of your health.

--------- Chinese Tea Classic

45.Q: Is it healthy to drink tea after meals?
A : Many people like to brew a cup of tea after meals, or while chatting with friends. But in fact, that is not healthy from the scientific point of view. Because there is a lot of gallic acid of tea leaves, which can react with iron elements and form some new slightly soluble materials. The material is difficult to absorb by entermembrane. When time goes by, the body will be short of iron. It may even induce hyphemia. Since iron will be fully absorbed 30-60 minutes after a meal, it is better to drink tea one hour after meal.

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