Wow, so much interesting information here! The responses here actually fit well with the other topic that I asked about recently, the “drying” effects of certain teas and the relationship to TCM warmth. The passage about the foundation of the tea drinker being important, and the concept of “dissipating surface-invasion” helps me a lot to understand more about tea and health in the general sense too.
Also, it is very interesting to find comparisons between these green teas such as Dinggu Dafang and Kaihua Longding, and between Mengding Ganlu and Huangshan Maofeng. It seems that the way I was thinking of green tea was a bit oversimplified, and there are some other very important factors to consider.
It seems like TCM research will also need to take place, along with research undertaken by scientists. From what I can tell so far, the basic way to determine these things is just empirically, trying different varieties of tea for ourselves (part of the fun, I suppose).
