By Tatiana Pietrzak The deep blue indigo flower, Aparajita, looks like female genitalia. This is why German botanist explorer Johann Philipp Breyre gave it the Latin genus name Clitoria (as in clitoris). He found it in its original terrain on Ternate Island, East Indonesia in the 1800s, although traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic medicines had been …
Pu erh Tea
By Tatiana Pietrzak Pu erh tea originated in Yunnan province in the southwest region of China some 4700 years ago. This is the region where it is thought that tea originated. Yunan borders on the countries of Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar (Burma). The area is known to be tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests. Thousands …
Oolong Tea
What is Oolong tea? The name is derived from Chinese for “black dragon.” It is a tea that comes from the plant Camellia sinensis as do other green and black teas. The difference is in how Oolong teas are processed. They are oxidized more than green teas but less than black teas. Then they are …