Frequently Asked Wu-Long Tea Questions

Answers to Your Weight Loss Tea Questions

Question: What Is Wu-Long Tea?
Question: How is Wu-Long Tea Produced?
Question: Why is Wu-Long Tea Good for Health?
Question: How Does Wu-Long Tea Burn Fat?
Question: Is Wu-Long Tea Safe?
Question: I Just Found Out I'm Pregnant. Can I Still Drink Wu-Long Tea?
Question: Is Premium Wu-Long Available in Teabags?
Question: Can I Drink Premium Wu-Long Tea Over Ice Instead of Hot?
Question: What Are the Ingredients in Wu-Long Tea?
Question: How Do You Recommend I Use Wu-Long Tea?
Question: How Do I Make Wu-Long Tea?
Question: What's the Difference Between Your Wu-Long Tea and Others I See Advertised?

Question: What Is Wu-Long Tea?
Answer: Wu-Long is a rare Chinese tea in between authentic green tea and black tea in tea oxidation. Although Wu-Long's taste is closer to green tea than black tea, it does not have the bitter, grassy taste of an authentic green tea. Indeed, Wu-Long has a one-of-a-kind flavor...one that never gets old.

The term "Wu-Long" means "black dragon" in Chinese; the oolong tea history began with thousand-year-old legends, which describe the origin of this rather peculiar name. In one legend, the owner of a tea estate was frightened away from his drying tea leaves by the appearance of a black snake; when he cautiously returned days later, the leaves had been oxidized by the sun and resulted in a delightful, delicious drink.

Question: How is Wu-Long Tea Produced?
Answer: The cultivation of nutritious Wu-Long tea requires skill and outstanding craftsmanship.

• Step One: The Wu-Long tea leaves are harvested on the morning of a bright, clear day. They are picked in units consisting of one bud and three leaves and then nourished by the sun.
• Step Two: The tea leaves are dried indoors to promote tea fermentation. The most crucial step in the production of Wu-Long tea is knowing when to stop fermentation. As Wu-Long tea is fermented to some extent, it is called semi-fermented tea. Great skill is required to identify the best time to stop the fermentation, which is when the leaves are 30% red and 70% green.
• Step Three: The tea leaves are rubbed repeatedly to generate ideal flavor, aroma and texture.
• Step Four: The tea leaves are dried using charcoal.
• Final Step: A tea master grades the quality according to the flavor and characteristics of each batch.

Question: Why is Wu-Long Tea Good for Health?
Answer: Teas contain a number of ingredients that have an influence on the human body. The quantities and percentages of these ingredients differ widely depending on the extent of fermentation. Green tea contains a wealth of one ingredient called "catechin," while Wu-Long tea contains a large quantity of tea polyphenols. According to research¹, it has become clear that polyphenol is the ingredient that generates the delicious flavor unique to Wu-Long tea and can help to promote beauty, a health body, energy and well-being*.

Question: How Does Wu-Long Tea Burn Fat?
Answer: In China, tea has historically been used as a medicine. Many studies ^{1, 2, 3} have been carried out up to the present day about the effects of tea, including its natural weight loss benefits, which is common knowledge in China. A Chinese classical pharmaceutical book called the Bencao Shiyi (The Compendium of Materia Medica) states, "Drinking tea for a long time will make one live long and stay in good shape without becoming too fat and too heavy."

Why does weight gain occur? Among other food items taken into your body through meals every day, sugar and fat are synthesized into triglyceride in the liver and the small intestine, which are then carried in the bloodstream and distributed throughout various tissues in the body. Triglyceride fat is the level of fat contained in the human body and is used as a source of energy for life support and physical activities. Excess amounts of triglyceride will be deposited within fat cells, which results in weight gain.

A study by International Journal of Obesity² found polyphenol, which is the main tea antioxidant contained within Wu-Long tea, is effective in controlling body fat. Specifically, it activates the enzyme that is responsible for dissolving triglyceride. Regular intake of this kind of tea can contribute to enhancing the function of fat metabolism and to controlling obesity.

Studies were conducted to verify the effect of this kind of tea on the prevention of body fatness. In one study, lab animals were divided into three groups: One was a control group that was given normal feed and water; another was given high-calorie feed containing extra fat and water; while the third group was given the same kind of high-calorie feed but with this kind of tea as a drink. All the animals weighed the same before the experiments but weighed differently six weeks later according to their groups. The two groups of high-calorie-fed animals gained more weight than the control group with the normal feed, and no weight difference was observed between the two groups of high-calorie-fed animals.

But when the fat cells of the two groups of animals were compared, the quantity of the visceral fat and that of the subcutaneous fat of the group of animals that were given Wu-Long tea was smaller than that of the other group. It was also proven that even when animals were given fatty food, if they were also given this kind of tea, they were prevented from becoming obese without any effect on their growth.

In another clinical test, 75 overweight individuals between 22 and 68 years of age were asked to consume a drink made by infusing two packs of this kind of tea in water, once in the morning and once in the afternoon for six weeks. They were also asked to refrain from receiving any dietary treatment or taking any exercise.

Echography sensors were placed at a spot 3 cm to the right of the naval of each of the subjects to measure the thickness of their subcutaneous fat. Compared with readings before the test, the thickness of subcutaneous fat decreased by about 4 mm on average after completion of the study.

In another study published in the August 2003 edition of the Journal of Medical Investigation, scientists from Japan's University of Tokushima School of Medicine³ found that people who drank two cups a day of this kind of tea experienced 2.5 times greater calorie-burning results than those who drank the same amount of authentic Japanese green tea.

Question: Is Wu-Long Tea Safe?
Answer: Wu-Long tea has been used for hundreds of years and is cited in scientific research to be beneficial to human health.

Keep in mind, premium Wu-Long does contain some caffeine, so if you are pregnant, nursing, diabetic, currently taking any medications, or if you are sensitive to the effects of caffeine, we do encourage you to get the green light from your doctor first before using premium Wu-Long.

Question: I Just Found Out I'm Pregnant. Can I Still Drink Wu-Long Tea?
Answer: While Wu-Long is all natural and nourishing, we do encourage you to talk with your healthcare professional before using Wu-Long, as he or she may have specific nutritional recommendations for you.

Question: Is Premium Wu-Long Available in Teabags?
Answer: Yes, Wu-Long is available in high-quality teabags as well as premium loose-leaf form. Both forms carry identical health benefits.

Question: Can I Drink Premium Wu-Long Tea Over Ice Instead of Hot?
Answer: Absolutely! Premium Wu-Long makes for a delicious, nourishing cup of iced tea. The tea carries the same health and fat-fighting benefits hot or cold, so feel free to drink premium Wu-Long either way. Some people add honey and/or a no-calorie sweetener to their tea, which is also very delicious and nutritious.

Question: What Are the Ingredients in Wu-Long Tea?
Answer: There is only one ingredient: 100% pure, premium Wu-Long tea leaves. There are no additives or preservatives. Indeed, Wu-Long is as all-natural as it is nourishing.