In China, Oolong or Wulong tea has long been believed to be beneficial in reducing and maintaining weight, but a study in 1998 confirmed that continous consumption of Oolong tea really does result in body weight reduction. More studies were conducted later on and found that Oolong makes body burn its own fat for energy. The weight reducing benefits of Oolong tea may also be a result of a fact that Oolong tea has absorption blocking potential.

Oolong tea is known to have numerous health benefits. It is not only renowned for its taste but also for its ability to boost our overall health. But for people who like to keep in shape, one of the most positive effects of Oolong is the effect it has on the waist line. It can provide excellent support to a weight loss program, especially those involving cutting out carbohydrates from the diet.

While naturally prepared Oolong tea is practically free of calories and contains just fractional grams of carbohydrates per serving, studies suggest that regular consumption of Oolong tea will speed up your metabolism so that you will burn about 80 plus more calories per day than you otherwise would. Oolong tea can also help you lower your triglyceride levels and even stave off the onset of type II diabetes.

Oolong tea diet is best in combination with a carb controlled (not carb eliminating) diet and it also provides more long term and lasting positive health benefits on top of the immediate benefits of weight loss. With reducing your fat deposits permanently and giving you more energy, this Oolong tea carb-controlled diet is likely to lead to a reduced risk of heart disease and type II diabetes.

Oolong tea will also provide your body with antioxidants which can prevent or undo the damage done by free-radicals. Furthermore, by removing free radicals from your bloodstream, Oolong tea can boost your skin health, immune system operation, and metabolic rate.

Ofcourse, a big part of a healthy weight loss diet are exercise, enough sleep and healthy eating habits. If you include Oolong tea in your diet plan, it promises to bring faster and more visible results.

The word oolong is a chinese word for black dragon and is pronounced O-liông. The other names as Wu Long, Wulong and Wu-long tea are only the different pronounciations of the chinese name and actually stand for one and the same, Oolong tea.

How Oolong tea got its name remains a secret and is a theme of quite a few myths, but there are three commonly accepted theories:

Tribute tea theory
According to this theory, Oolong tea was a direct descendant of Dragon-Phoenix Tea Cake tribute tea and replaced it when loose tea became popular. It was called the Black Dragon tea because it was dark, long and curly.

Wuyi theory
According to Wuyi theory, Oolong tea originated from the Wuyi Mountain. Supposedly Oolong tea was named after the part of Wuyi mountain where it was originally produced.

Anxi theory
According to this theory, oolong tea had its origin in the Anxi oolong tea plant, where it was discovered by a man named Sulong, Wulong or Wuliang.

Another explanation for the name is the fact that Oolong tea leaves resemble little black dragons but probably the most interesting guess are the variations of the tale about a man called Wu Liang. The tales say that Wu Liang had a hard, labourous day of tea-picking behind him when something distracted him. Some tales say it was a deer, some speak of a snake, resembling a dragon. One or the other, one of those distracted or scared him away and after Wu Liang returned to his tea, it was already well oxidized in the sun. Out of curiosity, Wu Liang brewed the oxidized tea leaves and found the tea very pleasing.

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The name Formosa meaning beautifully curved in portugese was the name given by the explorers to the Taiwanese island. They were amazed by the beauty of the island and the tea produced there.

Formosa Oolong tea gets its special silky flowery taste by a particular and sharp temperature drop just before harvesting. So tasty that it doesn’t need any milk.

The first tea was introduced to Taiwan in the eighteenth century from China. The climate and the soil made produced a particularly rich variery of tea. The cultivation and production has since evolved in its own merit. Later in the nineteenth century the tea was comercialised in the west and finally branded “Formosa Oolong”, Formosa Dongding.