Oh La La Oolong

OH LA LA OOLONG

ORIGIN: TAIWAN

OOLONG, MARIGOLD AND SAFFLOWER PETALS, NATURAL TROPICAL FLAVORING
1.75 OZ

The Oh La La Oolong Tea was the second tea from Teazllc. I wanted to try right away. So after Easy Peachy, I broke out the kettle the next day so we could try the Oh La La Oolong. My lovie and parents stood around the kitchen inhaling the stunning aroma of the tea. It is magnificent! What drew me to wanting to try this one so badly was the digestive benefits and the fact that it's supposed to help fight tooth decay (something I'm really battling right now.)

 Oolong tea is well known for treating all kinds of digestive disorders, and I happen to be a person who suffers from extreme reproductive system related issues including a terribly sensitive stomach/digestive system. As  some of ya'll already know, I even suffered horribly from IBS for years. Thankfully, I've been able to get that problem taken care of and put under control lately, but the monthly time always brings really nasty stomach problems for me. Oolong Tea is said to be really, really effective in reducing digestive related and other stomach problems. I'll discuss them more in-depth further below. 


Health benefits of Oolong tea

-Oolong tea is really fantastic for those watching their diet or trying to shed a little excess weight since it is possible that Oolong Tea helps burn fat. Not to mention for some of us, teas like Oolong, Rooibos, etc. help reduce cravings and hunger levels. Having a small amount of Oolong or one of the other teas available at Teazllc right before a meal will often even cut down half of what I'd normally eat. Not always. Sometimes we have a craving so intense that nothing will stop it except to eat/drink what we are craving -- chocolate anyone? That's my big thing, chocolate. I don't believe in total deprivation, but I certainly enjoy that I can drink some tea, gain heath benefits as well as cut down on over eating. A lot of times just the soothing, calming mind set a glass of Oolong Tea brings is enough to cut the cravings, especially if the craving is coming from something like stress, not hunger! That is one thing I tend to do -- eat when I am stressed. I don't eat huge meals normally, but when I am stressed, I will eat and pick and eat and pick. Oolong tea brings me the comfort without the bloating and excess weight.

SO, if you're working on losing some of the excess weight and want to get a little healthier, I highly recommend Oolong tea or many of the teas I've posted and will be posting about. Most of them that I have tried from Teazllc have many of the same wonderful benefits. So it's not only their Oolong tea that will bring you good health.

-Oolong Tea may help reduces cholesterol after only one month of consumption.

-Oolong Tea can help prevent heart conditions such as heart disease.

-Oolong Tea is a safe and effective treatment for most all types of digestive disorders.

-Oolong Tea may promote stronger and healthier teeth and bones as well as fight tooth decay! (that is fantastic news for me! And for others who are at risk for osteoporosis such as those of us on medications that take calcium away from the bones.)

-Oolong Tea strengthens immune system.

-Oolong Tea has antioxidants, which means: fights aging signs, as well as certain diseases and cancers.

- Oolong Tea consumption can possibly prevent type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease.

- Oolong Tea can help prevent as well as reduce skin conditions such as eczema, dry skin, acne.

-Oolong Tea can reduce High Blood Pressure after at least 1 year of consumption. However, I kind of feel like it mini-HBP cases, some where the person isn't experiencing such serious HBP problems but perhaps just a temporary HPB issue due to a onset of stress, drinking it before an entire year has come to pass would seem to be at least somewhat beneficial. Remember it reduces stress too. I personally haven't ever been told I had a BP problem except at one time when I had gone through a pretty traumatic event and had super stress and anxiety. But at my check-up last week, the nurse made a comment on my blood pressure being "really good. Actually very good."  So while I haven't ever had BP problems, I figure that comment from her may be worth noting. I had been drinking the various Teas from Teazllc for a week at the time of my appointment. I haven't ever had them tell me that my BP was anything besides "normal" in the past, so this could be a good sign!

 

Oh La La Oolong taste and aroma:

The aroma of Oh La La Oolong = Amazing! It's even beautiful. Upon opening the little envelope-like pack, I could smell the wonderful, sweet candy-like aroma. It smells of a tropical nature with something that reminded me of a candy I've had. It's very beachy like. Or perhaps it's just because I'd just gotten home from the beach when I tried it? 

Even with it in the kettle steaming away, the aroma is strong. It fills the house and takes on a perfume fragrance. The lovely fragrance was noticeable upon walking in the front door at my house while it was on the stove. 

The taste came somewhat as a surprise to me. After the sweet, tropical fragrance making my family stand anxiously in the kitchen with expectations of pine-apple, pina colada and something sweet, the very bitter taste was not expected. With a couple packets of sugar (and of course ice cubes for my own preference) the taste was less bitter and smoother. The fragrance is noticeable in the taste as well. 

Other neat uses for your used Oolong Tea leaves

 After you've used your tea leaves for drinking purposes, you can do other things with them besides throw them out. As queen of save-everything, I have been able to enjoy my tea leaves even after they've been used for drinking. I'm pretty sure using the tea leaves requires drying them in the sun, but I personally haven't had time for that and I worry I'll mess things up and only make them mold, so I have stuck to putting them in a zip loc bag after use (and after they have dried) and then using them any way I please.

-Use them to clean with. You can clean counters and tables and your shower, sinks with Oolong Tea Leaves! I have rubbed my sink down with a wash cloth full of wet Oolong tea leaves, but I recommend doing some research to learn how to properly use them for cleaning purposes. I've not done much of my research on this, only experimented. They do leave a nice fragrance throughout the house while preparing for drinking, and they also leave a fragrance when placed in a wet washcloth and used to wipe down tables. I even wrapped the dried leaves in a coffee filter and placed in my t-shirt drawer in hopes of leaving a nice fragrance. I know doing this with coffee grains (used) will act as a deodorizer, so perhaps this tea could be of similar use.

- From what I read, the leaves are slightly abrasive. This means use with caution if you don't know what you're doing like me, or if you're like me, it could also mean super-mega-ultra-body cleanser/exfoliator/wash! One of those anyways. I have experimented with the leaves in strange ways! I used the leftover tea leaves from the Oolong Teas to add to my bath water, to put up my nose and to use as a facial "tonic." Before you get any crazy ideas, let me explain why I put it up my nose. Some of the tea was leftover and I added it to the pile of used tea leaves. I had a strange sore bump come up in my nostril two days ago. No idea what is going on, but that sore has been so painful and I noticed a super swollen lymph node under my right cheek. Since Oolong Tea -- and most of the teas offered at Teazllc.com -- has so many fabulous health benefits, both topically and internally, I thought 'why not add a little to that sore in my nose?' That plus drinking the tea would more than likely aid in detoxing my lymph nodes and even reducing swelling as well as possibly eliminate the problem (whatever it is) altogether.

So I just got some of the tea onto my finger and applied to the sore spot right inside my nose hole. I noticed a huge decrease in swelling later during the night and now it's almost gone! Tonight, after having some of the Fujian Oolong tea, I had a thought: wonder if I can stick those used leaves in a blender and make a nice tonic for different uses. I will probably check into doing that and just collect the leaves, put in the blender and then store the contents in the refrigerator to use during baths, for skin conditions, etc. 

The main reason I was interested in doing this is because my neice had developed eczema and while her condition isn't that noticeable at all these days, it's always something I like to continuously improve by adding things to her skin like my blended aloe plant. I could see these tea leaves being useful for tons of different things. 

I recently just had a week in Panama and my goal this year was to get my tan back. This was a week ago and now, you can imagine how much peeling my skin's been doing. So I added both the Easy Peachy's tea leaves and the Oolong Tea leaves all over my shoulders (which were the worst!) and the rest of my skin that has been horridly peel-y and dry. That combined with some intensive after-tan moisturizer has totally stopped the flaking on my arms! It stopped it right in the middle of it all trying to totally peel away. Some was already doomed to peel, but I was able to save the rest of my arms and the skin on my legs! The tea bath soak left me really soft and I even applied some to my face since my nose had been extremely burned.