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We assort our tea leaves into weight of 2 oz each package and use air tight vaccuum to pack our leaves for maxium preservability. If you are interested in obtaining bulk of tea leaves at discount price, please contact us by email to inquire. Email address: james@midastee.com

Upon clearing the payment(usually instantly by paypal), we ship the product the next working day.

Yes. Recent studies in the last 10 years undertaken at major medical universities in the United States have found that black and green tea are rich in polyphenols which are antioxidants. Antioxidants are known cancer inhibitors and studies have shown that people who consume 4 or 5 cups of tea per day have exhibited up to a 50% lower probability of contracting specific types of cancer such as breast and colon cancer. Also in the last 2 or 3 years initial study results are showing that there is a lower incidence of heart disease amongst those who consume 3 or more cups of tea per day.

Green tea is not fermented whereas black tea is fermented. Green tea is dried immediately after processing and very often the level of processing is less than black tea. Fermentation gives a tea strength and body resulting in a stronger brew. Green tea tends to be somewhat weaker and has a vegetative character on account of the fact that it does not go through the fermentation process.

When green, oolong and black teas are studied together, they have similar benefits. However, if you're particularly looking to get catechism (antioxidants that give tea its brisk flavor), then green is a better source than black.

In studies emerging from Asia and, more recently, the U.S., there is some suggestion that drinking enough green tea to provide 500 or 600 milligrams of catechism per day has a role in reducing abdominal fat through modifying fat oxidation, but there's no evidence that tea drinking has a significant impact on metabolism, aside from the weak effects of caffeine consumption.