OOOooooooh-ing and Ahhhhhh-ing Over OoooooLooooooong Tea!

Hi Tea-heads.
Lately, I've discovered the joy of experimenting with different types of fucking teas.
It's a ...jolt to the tastebuds, to put it lightly.
A dear friend and tea-activist Karmen "Whisper-Starfish" (sic) gave me a Chinese-themed birthday gift basket for my 28th birthday last year.
It included various sodas, foods, noodles and teas from the Chinese market.
This week, since coffee with cream is now out of the question for my newly Vegan-ass, I decided to whip out the assorted tea-tins and give 'em a try...
Today - I enjoyed a steaming hot cup of Oolong tea as a mid-afternoon pick-me-up at work, while I frantically wrote radio commercials for ritzy Ottawa Street clothing boutiques.
I decided to do a little research, since I know there's a lot of punch that's packed into a cup of ANY kind of loose-leaf chinese tea.
It is said that oolong tea (pronounced WU-Long) first began to be produced at Mt. Wu Yi Shan in Fujian Province at the end of the Ming Dynasty about 400 years ago.
In order to enjoy the flavor and rich aroma unique to oolong tea, an art of drinking it delicately was developed.
This so-called "art" involves preparing and drinking oolong tea by using a tiny teapot and a tiny teacup.
*giggle*
Chinese people are just SO CUTE!
Kidding.
Anywya, Chinese people have adopted this style for generations and they still use it to this very day...
That was bascially all it said about the "art" of making Oolong Tea, except a mention that it is "difficult" to make using loose leaves, which would explain my experience today.
I used the average pinch of tea leaves (but they were actually more like dried mulch and sticks) in my cup and poured boiling water over them.
I let it steep until it turned a pleasant-looking shade of light brown...
(FYI - I could REALLY use a tea-leaf strainer!)
Anyway...it kinda tasted...well...the way it would taste if you tried to make tea using dried mulch and sticks from your very own backyard.
It had a pungent taste, with a small dog-food accent and a subtle yet unapologetic hint of squirrel piss.
But, I squinted and sucked her back anyway.
Ya see, Ooolong Tea is rich in antioxidants called polyphenols.
And ANYOne who is ANYONE would know that Polyphenol in oolong tea is effective in controlling obesity.
I'm sure you knew that though, so it was most likely unnecessary that I even published that little tid-bid.
Basically, these special antioxidants activate the enzyme that is responsible for dissolving triglyceride.
Triglyceride - in a nutshell, is what makes us store fat.
Continuous drinking of Oolong tea enhances our body's function of fat metabolism and helps us burn that shit off faster than we can say "DEAL-A-MEAL!"
Hopefully.
Anyway, that alone kinda sorta sold me on Oolong tea. I might try it again next week.
Tomorrow, I am gonig to tackle a different kind of "fucking tea".

I also learned that there is now "canned" Oolong tea available, which I am guessing is like the pre-mixed, manufactured "Lipton's" type version of Oolong.
It's supposed to be DELICIOUS though...and while I do agree that Oolong offers some FANTASTIC benefits - I can't QUITE agree that what I had today was delicious.

Unless of course, you're accustomed to drinking liquified tree poop.

Bye for now,

Dan