A growing body of studies of leaf chemical composition is beginning to support the experienced tea maker’s choices.
A striking difference is found in chemical composition as you go from the shoot to lower leaves.
We often hear that the best loose-leaf teas come from buds or shoo

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Dr. Virginia Utermohlen Lovelace is a physician and professor (now retired) on the faculty in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
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