Question from Newbie

"Wu Long Tea?

Anybody try this before, does it raise blood pressure?"

"Oolong tea" is a way of treating tea leaves. All tea comes from the
same plant and the differences in kind depends on how it is treated
after picking. Oolong is between green tea and black tea in terms of
the oxidation to the leaves that is applied. In many regards the answer
to your question is the same for all teas, its good for you, tastes
good, and is low in caffiene compared to coffie. In general research
shows long term tea use lowering blood pressure.

Quoted message said:

"Wu Long Tea?

Anybody try this before, does it raise blood pressure?"

"Oolong tea" is a way of treating tea leaves. All tea comes from the
same plant and the differences in kind depends on how it is treated
after picking. Oolong is between green tea and black tea in terms of
the oxidation to the leaves that is applied. In many regards the answer
to your question is the same for all teas, its good for you, tastes
good, and is low in caffiene compared to coffie. In general research
shows long term tea use lowering blood pressure.

Of course, then there's this study:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18023833/

Which implies that chocolate and not tea lowers blood pressure. Bring on
the Scharffen Berger!

--
Bob in CT

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

"Wu Long Tea?

Anybody try this before, does it raise blood pressure?"

"Oolong tea" is a way of treating tea leaves. All tea comes from the
same plant and the differences in kind depends on how it is treated
after picking. Oolong is between green tea and black tea in terms of
the oxidation to the leaves that is applied. In many regards the answer
to your question is the same for all teas, its good for you, tastes
good, and is low in caffiene compared to coffie. In general research
shows long term tea use lowering blood pressure.

Of course, then there's this study:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18023833/

Which implies that chocolate and not tea lowers blood pressure. Bring on
the Scharffen Berger!

--
Bob in CT

Is there any decent suger free chocolate?
I've tried coaco and spenda but it turned out ucky.
A lot of the sugar free stuff in the stores has a bad lacitive affect.
I'm new to all this stuff, i guess you could figure that out on your own,
but thanks a lot for the input.
~Sog

*****Sog said:

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

"Wu Long Tea?

Anybody try this before, does it raise blood pressure?"

"Oolong tea" is a way of treating tea leaves. All tea comes from the
same plant and the differences in kind depends on how it is treated
after picking. Oolong is between green tea and black tea in terms of
the oxidation to the leaves that is applied. In many regards the
answer
to your question is the same for all teas, its good for you, tastes
good, and is low in caffiene compared to coffie. In general research
shows long term tea use lowering blood pressure.

Of course, then there's this study:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18023833/

Which implies that chocolate and not tea lowers blood pressure. Bring
on
the Scharffen Berger!

--
Bob in CT

Is there any decent suger free chocolate?
I've tried coaco and spenda but it turned out ucky.
A lot of the sugar free stuff in the stores has a bad lacitive affect.
I'm new to all this stuff, i guess you could figure that out on your own,
but thanks a lot for the input.
~Sog

What I do is buy small bars of real, dark (usually 70%+) chocolate and eat
those. Naturally, given my weakness for chocolate, it's better to buy one
bar than 10, or I'll eat 3 per night! I can't handle the sugar free stuff.

--
Bob in CT

Unsweetened cocoa powder, plus carbless liquid sucralose, plus (raw egg or
coconut milk or heavy cream) makes a nice chocolate paste. Think of it as
cake frosting.

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

"Wu Long Tea?

Anybody try this before, does it raise blood pressure?"

"Oolong tea" is a way of treating tea leaves. All tea comes from the
same plant and the differences in kind depends on how it is treated
after picking. Oolong is between green tea and black tea in terms of
the oxidation to the leaves that is applied. In many regards the answer
to your question is the same for all teas, its good for you, tastes
good, and is low in caffiene compared to coffie. In general research
shows long term tea use lowering blood pressure.

Of course, then there's this study:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18023833/

Which implies that chocolate and not tea lowers blood pressure. Bring on
the Scharffen Berger!

--
Bob in CT

Is there any decent suger free chocolate?
I've tried coaco and spenda but it turned out ucky.
A lot of the sugar free stuff in the stores has a bad lacitive affect.
I'm new to all this stuff, i guess you could figure that out on your own,
but thanks a lot for the input.
~Sog

I have a massive thing of dutch-processed cocoa powder. (I couldn't find
it locally, so I purchased it online, not realizing how massive it was.)
This doesn't sound like a bad use for the cocoa powder, but what do you
put it on? Angel food cake? ;-)

Cubit said:

Unsweetened cocoa powder, plus carbless liquid sucralose, plus (raw egg
or
coconut milk or heavy cream) makes a nice chocolate paste. Think of it
as
cake frosting.

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On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:55:38 -0400, <[email hidden]> wrote:

> "Wu Long Tea?
>
> Anybody try this before, does it raise blood pressure?"
>
> "Oolong tea" is a way of treating tea leaves. All tea comes from the
> same plant and the differences in kind depends on how it is treated
> after picking. Oolong is between green tea and black tea in terms of
> the oxidation to the leaves that is applied. In many regards the
> answer
> to your question is the same for all teas, its good for you, tastes
> good, and is low in caffiene compared to coffie. In general research
> shows long term tea use lowering blood pressure.

Of course, then there's this study:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18023833/

Which implies that chocolate and not tea lowers blood pressure. Bring
on
the Scharffen Berger!

--
Bob in CT

Is there any decent suger free chocolate?
I've tried coaco and spenda but it turned out ucky.
A lot of the sugar free stuff in the stores has a bad lacitive affect.
I'm new to all this stuff, i guess you could figure that out on your
own,
but thanks a lot for the input.
~Sog

--
Bob in CT

Pat said:

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I have a massive thing of dutch-processed cocoa powder. (I couldn't
find
it locally, so I purchased it online, not realizing how massive it was.)
This doesn't sound like a bad use for the cocoa powder, but what do you
put it on? Angel food cake? ;-)

strawberries!

Oh! Good idea.

--
Bob in CT

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Quoted message said:

I have a massive thing of dutch-processed cocoa powder. (I couldn't find
it locally, so I purchased it online, not realizing how massive it was.)
This doesn't sound like a bad use for the cocoa powder, but what do you
put it on? Angel food cake? ;-)

strawberries!

I like to mix a heaping spoonful or two of cocoa powder with a roughly equal
amount of almond butter or peanut butter. This takes a bit of work. Then add
some artificial sweetener(s) to taste. It's best to use mostly sweetener
without the fillers. Then a bit of heavy cream to bring it to a soft fudge
texture. In fact, this stuff tastes similar to fudge. If you're desperate
for chocolate, eat from a small dish with a spoon.

If you're being more civilized, chill for 15 minutes or so in the freezer,
take out, divide into small amounts, roll in balls, return to freezer.
Before re-freezing, you could roll in various low-carb things: more cocoa
powder, unsweetened shredded coconut, finely chopped nuts (I particularly
like pecans or macadamias). Chill or freeze before serving.

A variation of this uses cream cheese in place of the nut butter. It's good
when well-chilled. Make it somewhat soft with a bit more cream and, when
frozen, it tastes not unlike really rich chocolate ice cream. However, as it
warms up it tastes unpleasantly oily/greasy to me (which is not the case
with the cocoa/nut butter fudge). Nice to keep in the freezer and have a
small serving for dessert once in a while.

HG

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Quoted message said:

I have a massive thing of dutch-processed cocoa powder. (I couldn't find
it locally, so I purchased it online, not realizing how massive it was.)
This doesn't sound like a bad use for the cocoa powder, but what do you
put it on? Angel food cake? ;-)

Cubit said:

Unsweetened cocoa powder, plus carbless liquid sucralose, plus (raw egg
or
coconut milk or heavy cream) makes a nice chocolate paste. Think of it
as
cake frosting.

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> On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:55:38 -0400, <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>> "Wu Long Tea?
>>
>> Anybody try this before, does it raise blood pressure?"
>>
>> "Oolong tea" is a way of treating tea leaves. All tea comes from the
>> same plant and the differences in kind depends on how it is treated
>> after picking. Oolong is between green tea and black tea in terms of
>> the oxidation to the leaves that is applied. In many regards the
>> answer
>> to your question is the same for all teas, its good for you, tastes
>> good, and is low in caffiene compared to coffie. In general research
>> shows long term tea use lowering blood pressure.
>
> Of course, then there's this study:
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18023833/
>
> Which implies that chocolate and not tea lowers blood pressure. Bring
> on
> the Scharffen Berger!
>
> --
> Bob in CT

Is there any decent suger free chocolate?
I've tried coaco and spenda but it turned out ucky.
A lot of the sugar free stuff in the stores has a bad lacitive affect.
I'm new to all this stuff, i guess you could figure that out on your
own,
but thanks a lot for the input.
~Sog

--
Bob in CT

Bob in CT said:

I have a massive thing of dutch-processed cocoa powder. (I couldn't
find it locally, so I purchased it online, not realizing how massive
it was.) This doesn't sound like a bad use for the cocoa powder,
but what do you put it on? Angel food cake? ;-)

A spoon? Is this a trick question? :-)

--
Aaron -- 285/235/200 -- aaron.baugher.biz

"If you hear hoofbeats, you just go ahead and think horsies, not
zebras."

Aaron Baugher said:

Bob in CT said:

I have a massive thing of dutch-processed cocoa powder. (I couldn't
find it locally, so I purchased it online, not realizing how massive
it was.) This doesn't sound like a bad use for the cocoa powder,
but what do you put it on? Angel food cake? ;-)

A spoon? Is this a trick question? :-)

So, you eat it by itself? Interesting. I'll have to make up a batch and
see what it's like.

--
Bob in CT

Aaron Baugher said:

Bob in CT said:

I have a massive thing of dutch-processed cocoa powder. (I couldn't
find it locally, so I purchased it online, not realizing how massive
it was.) This doesn't sound like a bad use for the cocoa powder,
but what do you put it on? Angel food cake? ;-)

A spoon? Is this a trick question? :-)

LOL

Ophelia said:

Aaron Baugher said:

Bob in CT said:

I have a massive thing of dutch-processed cocoa powder. (I couldn't
find it locally, so I purchased it online, not realizing how massive
it was.) This doesn't sound like a bad use for the cocoa powder,
but what do you put it on? Angel food cake? ;-)

A spoon? Is this a trick question? :-)

LOL

But it just seems nasty to me. It's like a liquid chocolate which is,
well, weird. That doesn't mean that it's not good, it's just unpalatable
to me based on how I envision it. Also, I like the small bars, as if you
buy one, you eat one.

--
Bob in CT

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But it just seems nasty to me. It's like a liquid chocolate which is,
well, weird. That doesn't mean that it's not good, it's just unpalatable
to me based on how I envision it. Also, I like the small bars, as if you
buy one, you eat one.

--
Bob in CT

Stop right there! We have to have a definition of "nasty" before we can
continue.

Eating monkey brains is nasty.
Slugs are nasty.
Slime is nasty.

Your list?

Pat in TX