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a wife to a handsome man and a mother of two lovely kids.this blog was created to express my passion towards FOOD, SHOPPING and TRAVELLING

Sunday 22 May 2011

Pu Erh Tea - You 'Glow', Girls!!!!!

Nak nampak awet muda???...Nak kulit berseri-seri atau glowing macam J Lo???...Nak kurangkan kolestrol???...Then, try drinking Pu Erh Tea and make it as your daily beverage...I love organic food/beverages but I never take 'jamu' or pills...I started drinking Chinese Tea since I was 19 until now...My favourite of course Jasmine Green Tea...I never buy Chinese Tea from supermarket counters...Only from Chinese Tea House...Kat Penang, memang banyak Chinese Tea House...Sebab teh dekat Chinese Tea House lebih tulen atau pure walaupun harganya agak mahal kalau nak compare dengan yang jual kat supermarket...Pu Erh Tea was introduced by my Chinese friends...The benefits are greater than the ordinary Chinese Teas...Refer wikipedia ni :-

Pu'er, Pu-erh, Puer, Po Lei or Bolay is a variety of post-fermented tea produced in Yunnan province, China. Post-fermentation is a tea production style in which the tealeaves undergo a microbial fermentation process after they are dried and rolled. This is a Chinese specialty and is sometimes referred to as dark tea. There are a few different provinces, each with a few regions, producing dark teas of different varieties. Those produced in Yunnan are generally named Pu'er, referring to the name of Pu'er county which used to be a trading post for dark tea during imperial China.

So, secara ringkasnya Pu Erh Tea ini adalah teh yang melalui proses penapaian atau diperam...Lagi lama usia teh ini, lagi mahal harganya...Kalau teh yang berusia 60 tahun, harga untuk 100gram boleh sampai rm300...Lagi mahal pun ada...The one that I've been drinking is 10 years old Pu Erh...Harganya lebih kurang RM100 untuk 100gram...

Cara nak minum, kalau untuk satu mug, cuma memerlukan 1 camca teh Pu Erh...Tuang air panas (bukan suam tapi panas) dan biarkan daun teh kembang...NO SUGAR...It's black but not as black as coffee...Drink while it's hot...Kalau dah sejuk, kureeennnnggggg benefit nya...Actually, ada aturan untuk minum Chinese Tea ni...It's quite complicated...Tapi minum macam yang saya ajaq tu pun orait gak...

The benefits :-
1) Anti-ageing
2) Anti-oxidants
3) Prevention from Cancer, Heart Diseases
4) Diabetic control
5) Toxin removal
6) Improve digestion
7) Improve eye-sight
8) Weight Loss
9) Glowing skin
10) Improve blood circulation
11) Reduce blood pressure

Tapi kalau minum Pu Erh Tea ni, bersedialah untuk mengunjungi toilet dengan lebih kerap...Pundi kencing anda akan lebih active!!!!...Hehehehehe...Ini adalah kerana toksin sedang disingkirkan dari badan anda...No harm done...

Sunday 15 May 2011

Luwak Coffee - World's Most Expensive Coffee


Tak mampu nak menginap di hotel termahal di dunia, pakai kasut or handbag termahal di dunia, drive kereta yang termahal di dunia tapi I consider myself lucky because I get to taste world's most expensive coffee; Luwak Coffee. Thanks to my uncle (Pakcik Lan) because without him, tak dapat la saya nak merasa kopi termahal di dunia ni. Ramai yang bertanya, pasai apa pulak kopi ni termahal di dunia??? 1st, kopi ni tak dihasilkan dalam skala atau kuantiti yang besar. 2nd, kopi ni dihasilkan dari najis sejenis musang (refer gambar di atas) di mana musang ni makan bijik kopi ni dan najis yang dikeluarkan, diproses dan dijadikan kopi. 3rd, bukan sebarangan bijik kopi yang musang ni nak makan, hanya bijik kopi yang terbaekkkkkk!!!!! Pendek kata, musang ni very the cerewet. For more info about Luwak Coffee, please read the article below.

Kopi luwak (Malay pronunciation: [ˈkopi ˈlu.aʔ]), or civet coffee, is one of the world's most expensive and low-production coffee. It is made from the beans of coffee berries which have been eaten by the Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) and other related civets, then passed through its digestive tract.[1] A civet eats the berries for their fleshy pulp. In its stomach, proteolytic enzymes seep into the beans, making shorter peptides and more free amino acids. Passing through a civet's intestines the beans are then defecated, keeping their shape. After gathering, thorough washing, sun drying, light roasting and brewing, these beans yield an aromatic coffee with much less bitterness, widely noted as the most expensive coffee in the world.
Kopi luwak is produced mainly on the islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Sulawesi in the Indonesian Archipelago, and also in the Philippines (where the product is called motit coffee in the Cordillera and kape alamid in Tagalog areas) and also in East Timor (where it is called kafé-laku). Weasel coffee is a loose English translation of its name cà phê Chồn in Vietnam, where popular, chemically simulated versions are also produced.

Saw this coffee once kat Bangsar Shopping Centre. 100gm for RM526. I bought from my uncle who is now working and living in Indonesia for RM75 for 50gm. The taste; tak boleh nak describe. The best coffee I've ever taste.

So for the coffee lovers out there, your 'bucket's list' is never complete until you have a cup of Luwak Coffee in your hand.