Black tea (also known as red tea), green tea…but what on earth is “White Tea”??! Yea, it’s a new thing to discover yet it was used long time ago back in ancient China. Unbelievable right? It’s the Chinese secret of using white tea for health during the ancient days.
Days ago, I bought a facial foam with a label of “white tea”. And the description at the back of the facial foam tube stated that it’s even better than green tea. So, I was wondering, what is white tea (白茶) actually? After doing a bit of googling, I found the answer.
What Is White Tea?
What makes it so special? Simply put, white tea is the least processed form of tea, made of beautiful silver buds and select leaves which have been steamed and dried.
Because of its minimal processing, white tea contains more nutrients than its black or green cousins, making it the mightiest of the teas, the ultimate Health Tea.
Under the general name of “White Tea”, there are 4 main varieties, namely Silver Needle (Baihao Yinzhen), White Peony (Bai Mudan), Long Life Eyebrow (Shou Mei) and Tribute Eyebrow (Gong Mei). *Note, those names were translated base on the Chinese name given to those plants.
Basically, these are the benefits that white tea might bring to us: - White Tea Antioxidants - Cancer Prevention - Lower Blood Pressure - Lower Cholesterol - Heart Protection - Stronger Bones - Antibacterial & Antiviral - Healthy Teeth and Gums - Healthy Skin
We stay healthy by exercising regularly. Likewise, we need to help our PC perform certain “exercises” to keep it in healthy condition. Healthy PC means better performance. One of the definitions of better performance is to have a faster hard drive. » Faster Hard Drive & Disk Defragment
Disk defragment will help you to rearrange the distribution of data across your hard disk - reduce spaces in between data. Meaning, speed up disk access, hence better performance.
Defrag early & often. The more often you defrag your hard disk, the better performance you are going to receive. It is better to always defrag your hard disk once in a while, but do not wait too long, as it will take longer time to finish defrag. To do so, you can run your windows built-in Disk Defragmenter by clicking Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter and choose your hard disk and start defrag!
Close all running application before defragment. You should close all running application before performing disk defragment as open applications will not be defragged.
Delete temporary & Internet cache files. You would like to clear out unnecessary files before you do a disk defragment. You can delete temporary internet cache files, cookies from your Internet browser option/preference. You can also perform a Disk Cleanup. A better way is to use CCleaner to delete Temporary & Internet cache files.
Remove duplicate files. There might be several duplicate files exist in your hard drive. Use Duplicate File Finder to help detect duplicate files and remove it. But bare in mind that, this tool has no internal decision-making. Meaning, you have to make your own decision for which files to remove, which files not to. It’s always wise to leave alone files that exist in WINDOWS folder.
Detect big files. Sometimes, big files are created and stored in our hard drive without our knowledge, ie. temporary/log files generated by certain applications. Windirstat is a good tool for looking immense files. It will show file distribution in size in a treemap and also in a graphical analysis form. You can then decide what to remove from there.
Remove system restore points. System restore point may take some space. You can delete the system restore point by clicking Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup and click on the “More Options” tab to clean up System Restore Point. Note: You can only do this when you login Administrator account.
» Backup Critical Drivers
This is proven to be useful if you happen to reinstall your Windows. You can retrieve all the drivers for your PC in minutes after reinstalling Windows, if you have backup all the critical drivers. Using DriverMax allow you to backup all your driver available in your hard drive in one folder. You don’t have to worry about your lost driver now! Use this tool to backup your critical drivers today!
» Free Web Scans
The title explains all. Here are several free online scanning for your PC:
You showed me some of our emails kept in your inbox, which were wrote 1 year plus ago. That was so sweet. After 1 year and 7 months, I’m glad that we are still so close and even getting closer ^^
I just came back from the cineplex, after watching Spider-Man 3. What I gonna say about this movie is - IT’S A MUST WATCH MOVIE!!! Very exciting with actions and adventures, and of course friendship and romance - a very nice combination. Touching ending and great story line. I think I’ll get a DVD of this movie as a collection. =)
The hall is nearly full and I just managed to sit on the 3rd roll with my body sitting back and head facing up to view the big wide screen - too near until the sound from the speaker is rather hurting my ears. But really, it’s a good movie. <3 src="http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/6442/spiderman3finalrposterws9.jpg" alt="Spider-Man 3" align="left">Title: Spider-Man 3 Running Time: 2 hr. 20 min. Directed by: Sam Raimi Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, James Franco Official Website:http://spiderman3.sonypictures.com
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Black tea (also known as red tea), green tea…but what on earth is “White Tea”??! Yea, it’s a new thing to discover yet it was used long time ago back in ancient China. Unbelievable right? It’s the Chinese secret of using white tea for health during the ancient days.
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