Resolved Question: I have two questions about tea.?

Recently Teavana has moved into a location near me and before that, I was never really a big tea drinker. I had a few cups of green tea a month from tea bags but that was it. But after sampling Teavana's tea I was hooked. I bought some mate and oolong (wu-long) tea for weight loss benefits and loved it. But my now problem is that I'm hardly ever home except in the morning and at night so I don't have a lot of time to spend heating water, steeping tea, and then finally relaxing to drink it. Which leads me to my questions:

1. Is it safe (and effective) to just eat the raw or steeped tea leaves and get the same benefits that oolong and mate teas boast about?

2. What is better for weight loss / hunger suppressant between mate, oolong, and green tea?

Resolved Question: What was one of the greatest achievements of the Mongols?

What was one of the greatest achievements of the Mongols?
A. They were the first empire to conquer lands in Southeast Asia.
B. They created one of the largest land empires in history in part by conquering China.
C. They established the first Asian empire.
D. They created the first empire of clans people.

2. For centuries, the Mongols were divided into separate clans, each lead by a khan. Which khan was able to conquer his rival and unite the Mongol Clans?
A. Kublai Khan, who later became Genghis Khan
B. Yuan Khan, who later became Genghis Khan
C. Temujin Khan, who later became Genghis Khan
D. Marco Polo Khan, who later became Genghis Khan

3. What was built by the Sui dynasty that connected northern and southern China?
A. The Great Wall of China
B. The Silk Roads
C. The Grand Canal
D. The Dai Viet

4. During the Song dynasty, Song artisans excelled at making _______, which was admired around the world.
A. porcelain
B. jade
C. silk
D. wood carvings

5. All of the following are agricultural achievements of the Tang and Song dynasties EXCEPT
A. new irrigation techniques.
B. new variety of fast-ripening rice.
C. increase in the production of tea.
D. new rice harvesting techniques.

6. Which of the following is a major achievement of the Tang dynasty?
A. The invention of a magnetic compass
B. The development of paper money
C. The development of woodblock printing
D. The invention of movable type for printing

7. Which emperor of the Tang dynasty had schools built to prepare students for the civil service exams?
A. Wu Zhao
B. Taizong
C. Yang Di
D. Wendi

8. Which Chinese Dynasty defeated and colonized part of Korea in 108 B.C. influencing Koreans with Chinese culture?
A. The Fujiwara Dynasty
B. The Ming Dynasty
C. The Han Dynasty
D. The Shinto Dynasty

9. All of the following are areas that China’s influence can be seen in Japan EXCEPT
A. fashion.
B. food
C. military
D. music.

10. What did Korean scribes introduce to Japan that came from China?
A. Chinese writing
B. Rice growing
C. Kung-Fu
D. Martial Arts

11. What did Korean monks introduce to Japan?
A. Islam
B. Shinto Religion
C. Taoism
D. Buddhism

12. All of the following were adopted from the Chinese culture by Koreans EXCEPT
A. Chinese writing
B. Shinto
C. Buddhism
D. Agricultural methods

13. Buddhist influences in Japan can be seen in the design of
A. the magnetic compass.
B. porcelain.
C. the Chinese pagoda.
D. woodblock printing.

14. All of the following are ways that Chinese civilization influenced Vietnam EXCEPT
A. Vietnamese people were forced to adopt the Chinese language.
B. Vietnamese adopted Chinese hairstyles.
C. Vietnamese government adopted a bureaucracy similar to the Chinese government.
D. Vietnamese began to worship nature spirits like the Chinese.

15. Kublai Khan adopted many Chinese practices and
A. created different laws for the Chinese.
B. allowed the Chinese to serve in the military.
C. supported marriage between the Mongols and the Chinese.
D. built long-lasting friendships with the Chinese.

16. What country had the most influence on Vietnam culture and society?
A. India
B. China
C. Japan
D. Mongolia

17. All of the following are ways that the sea helped shape the development of Japan EXCEPT
A. the sea prevented Japan from trading goods with other countries.
B. the sea was a source of food for Japanese people.
C. the sea served as a means of transportation.
D. the sea helped protect Japan from invasions by other countries.

18. What nations make up mainland Southeast Asia?
A. Laos, Myanmar (Burma), and Malaysia
B. Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Vietnam, and part of Malaysia
C. Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the rest of Malaysia, Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore
D. Cambodia, Sumatra, Myanmar, Java and Singapore

19. All of the following are ways that geography influenced Japanese society EXCEPT
A. the sea influenced the diet of Japanese people.
B. the rugged terrain has forced most of Japan’s people to live in river valleys and coastal plains.
C. much of the terrain of Japan is well suited for farming.
D. the sea isolated and protected Japan through much of its history.

20. What are the two predominant trade routes through Southeast Asia?
A. The Sumatra Strait and the Makassar Strait
B. The Bering Strait and the Strait of Gibraltar
C. The Makassar Strait and the Strait of Tiran
D. The Malacca Strait and the Sumatra Strait

21. Which force of nature helped shape trade in Southeast Asia?
A. Monsoons
B. High tides
C. Low Tides
D. Hurricanes

22. The Borobudar Temple on the island of Java was influenced by what nation?
A. China

Resolved Question: How do I dehydrate blueberries?

How do I dehydrate blueberries so that I can use them in tea? My wife really likes tea, and she loves blueberries, therefore I was going to buy some loose oolong tea, and dehydrate some blueberries myself, then mix the two and leave it for her to find. Nothing big, just a nice little gift. But I was wondering if anyone could instruct me on how to go about dehydrating poop. I don't want to turn them into the leathery wrinkled blueberries raisins. I'm looking to turn them into the actually dehydrated, crispy flakes of blueberry. Thank you for any and all help!

Resolved Question: Has anyone ever actually tried Wu Yi Oolong tea?

What was your experience on it.

I am asking because I purchased some. I have tons of oolong tea at home but I am not a fan of the taste because it is over processed and has like a dirt like taste, i usually buy it in chinatown.

I found some at a closeout store for a dollar thats usually sold online for almost 30-50 dollars a month. People always complain about the companies business method but they never say if it helps or not. Im not really hell bent on losing weight but I was hoping that it would help by providing me with some sort of detox properties.

Any answers that are not promos for the product would be great. Thank you!

Resolved Question: Oolong Tea for weight loss?

Oolong Tea. It's like $30 for a box of 16 tea bags. I've read that you need to drink like 3-4 cups of this tea daily for weight loss. How many cups (in diet speak) will each tea bag make?

Cause that stuff is expensive....