Re: Avoiding Green Tea

It was open stage night in rec.food.drink.tea, when Doc stepped up
to the microphone and muttered: 

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> "Michael Plant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> > Because of some medication I take, I have to avoid green tea.
>> >
>> > I have some tea labeled Pekoe and Orange Pekoe. Is this made
>> > from green 
> tea?
>> >
>> > Doc
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>> No. If you have to avoid green tea for medical reasons, you
>> undoubtedly 
> have
>> to avoid red teas as well. Doc, this sounds like a crock.
>>
>> Michael
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> 
> Actually not-- I take an anticoagulant drug (warfarin) and green
> tea inhibits its blood thinning capability-- as does vitamin K
> so I also need to avoid green leafy veggies also (no big loss
> there). 
> 
> So..... back to my original question:  is Pekoe/Orange Pekoe
> made from green tea or not?

"Pekoe" and "Orange Pekoe" are designations of leaf size, not tea 
type - that is, there is no "orange" in "Orange Pekoe".

However, these are designations used for black teas, not greens.

-- 
Derek

Ever wonder why people are so determined to reach for white picket 
fences, supposed normalcy, a nuclear family? Well, try growing up 
without one. (Chuck Eddy)