qi ye dan/jiao gu lan/gynostemna pentaphyllum

[Guest guest]

Will, Z'ev, Emmanuel, and others,

 

As I also enjoy drinking tea made from this herb, after arriving in

Tongxiang near Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, I entered two of the

local pharmacies to refill my supply, and to my surprise, I was faced

with two choices: ku3de (bitter) or tian2de (sweet)! According to the

zhong yao da ci dian (thanks Will and Z'ev), jiao gu lan is " sweet,

slightly bitter, neutral, warm, enhancing yin and

supporting yang " . I popped a few leaves of the " bitter " kind in my

mouth and ....voila, it tasted like a pre-cultural revolution vintage

harvest, in other words a very stale, earthy flavor similar to cheap

Pu'er tea. I made tea from the " sweet " kind, and it tasted like the

way it should.

I know that there are different regions where jiao gu lan is grown,

and that there are 11 varieties grown in China, but is there

a " sweet " and a " bitter " variety? Should I dare to combine them for

my own consumption?

 

congrats to an apparently highly successful conference, and

four years of dilligence and leadership.

 

Greetings from " Heaven on Earth " ,

 

Daniel C. Luthi

[Guest guest]

According to the zhong yao da ci dian (thanks Will and Z'ev), jiao gu lan is "sweet, slightly bitter, neutral, warm, enhancing yin and supporting yang". I popped a few leaves of the "bitter" kind in my mouth and ....voila, it tasted like a pre-cultural revolution vintage harvest,

>>>The only one i tasted was a 5 to 1 extract by qualiherbs. It was quite bitter

Alon