“Arizona has the highest solar insolation in the country and we have a modest Renewable Energy Standard,” Arizona Sierra Club Director Sandy Bahr explained. “It does have a distributed carve-out, but it’s modest.” And, she added, “we’ve seen a lot happen with solar in the last five years,” ticking off growth in solar rooftops, solar power plants and community solar that has reached “even to the Sun City Recreation Centers.”

At the end of 2010, Arizona had 128 megawatts of installed solar capacity. Its Renewable Energy Standard (RES) requires Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC)-regulated utilities, which include Arizona Public Service (APS) and Tucson Electric Power (TEP), to obtain 15 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2025 and specifies that 30 percent of that come from distributed generation.

Salt River Project, Arizona’s second largest utility, is not regulated by the ACC, but has set a goal to obtain 20 percent of its power from sustainable resources, which include demand response and energy efficiency as well as renewables, by 2020.

“And yet,” Bahr said, “the Corporation Commission keeps wavering on whether or not it’s supportive of the RES and sometimes expresses outright hostility to it.”

The most notorious example of the ACC’s wavering, Bahr said, came after the five-person commission was reconstituted along more conservative lines in the November 2010 election.

In July 2011, the ACC voted, along strict party lines, three Republicans to two Democrats, to allow Mohave Electric to substitute an 11-megawatt trash-to-gas power plant for part of its RES obligation. This was granted despite the fact that when the standard was originally set, in 2007, it specifically ruled trash-to-gas as too polluting an electricity source to be a substitute for renewables.

Mohave Electric CEO Tyler Carlson argued that the trash-to-gas power plant could reduce costs to ratepayers by saving some of what the utility spends on solar. But “the trash-burner costs almost twice as much to build” and “twenty times more to run,” Democratic Commissioner Paul Newman told GTM, questioning the Republican commissioners’ approval of the project. “What are they thinking, and whose interests are they serving?"

The commission’s decision is currently under legal scrutiny and reconsideration may be required; whether the political atmosphere will support a reversal remains to be seen.

Another political shift, the Sierra Club’s Bahr said, is happening in the state legislature. “It is considering a bill that would cap the RES. Why you would cap it is beyond me.” Developers, installers and manufacturers have been attracted to the state because of strong policies, she explained.

“When Suntech decided to come to Arizona with a manufacturing facility,” she recalled, “the Renewable Energy Standard was one of the key reasons because it provides certainty and stability.”

Now, Bahr said, solar industry people point to policy inconsistency as an obstacle to solar growth. “Messing around with that, which is what I see the Corporation Commission and the legislature trying to do, weakening it, just makes no sense. Here you have the one of the few industries that has been growing in Arizona during this difficult economic period and providing jobs and helping people lower their electric bills.”

Phoenix construction jobs dropped 14.4 percent in 2010, according to the Arizona Department of Commerce, but Arizona moved from eighth to third place nationally in providing solar employment, going from approximately 3,800 to 4,786 jobs, in 2011. A third of those jobs were in installation.

Arizona also has, according to a National Renewable Energy Lab study, the third best combination of land area and resource potential in the U.S. for utility-scale solar power plant development (behind Utah and New Mexico). In 2011, Arizona had nine utility-scale projects with power purchase agreements (PPAs), eight of them photovoltaic projects.

Bahr said her Sierra Club chapter supported Abengoa’s 250-megawatt concentrating solar project. “It is located on former agricultural land,” she said. “We thought it was important to support a good, well-located project.”

Concerns with other proposals, like NextEra Energy’s 300-megawatt Sonoran Solar Energy Project, Bahr said, were addressed satisfactorily in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) permitting process. “It was originally solar thermal. The conservation community had a lot of concerns about water use because it was located on virgin desert and it was going to be using ground water.”

During the NEPA permitting  process, she said, “they came up with a photovoltaic alternative. It reduced the footprint and was moved away from some major washes so the project is no longer controversial.” But, she added, “they don’t have a PPA.” Asked why, she could only answer, “Good question. We don’t know.”

The failure of politicians and utility executives to back solar, Bahr said, defies more than logic. “I’ve seen a lot of polling on solar, including polling that was done by the utilities themselves,” she noted. “People consistently had very strong support for solar energy resources even when asked if they would pay more.”

She has seen, Bahr said, “very few things that have the kind of support with the public that solar energy does. It’s just unfortunate that some of our elected officials don’t get that. The public is there. We just need to bring along the officials — or find new ones.”

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“Arizona has the highest solar insolation in the country and we have a modest Renewable Energy Standard,” Arizona Sierra Club Director Sandy Bahr explained. “It does have a distributed carve-out, but it’s modest.” And, she added, “we’ve seen a lot happen with solar in the last five years,” ticking off growth in solar rooftops, solar power plants and community solar that has reached “even to the Sun City Recreation Centers.”

At the end of 2010, Arizona had 128 megawatts of installed solar capacity. Its Renewable Energy Standard (RES) requires Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC)-regulated utilities, which include Arizona Public Service (APS) and Tucson Electric Power (TEP), to obtain 15 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2025 and specifies that 30 percent of that come from distributed generation.

Salt River Project, Arizona’s second largest utility, is not regulated by the ACC, but has set a goal to obtain 20 percent of its power from sustainable resources, which include demand response and energy efficiency as well as renewables, by 2020.

“And yet,” Bahr said, “the Corporation Commission keeps wavering on whether or not it’s supportive of the RES and sometimes expresses outright hostility to it.”

The most notorious example of the ACC’s wavering, Bahr said, came after the five-person commission was reconstituted along more conservative lines in the November 2010 election.

In July 2011, the ACC voted, along strict party lines, three Republicans to two Democrats, to allow Mohave Electric to substitute an 11-megawatt trash-to-gas power plant for part of its RES obligation. This was granted despite the fact that when the standard was originally set, in 2007, it specifically ruled trash-to-gas as too polluting an electricity source to be a substitute for renewables.

Mohave Electric CEO Tyler Carlson argued that the trash-to-gas power plant could reduce costs to ratepayers by saving some of what the utility spends on solar. But “the trash-burner costs almost twice as much to build” and “twenty times more to run,” Democratic Commissioner Paul Newman told GTM, questioning the Republican commissioners’ approval of the project. “What are they thinking, and whose interests are they serving?"

The commission’s decision is currently under legal scrutiny and reconsideration may be required; whether the political atmosphere will support a reversal remains to be seen.

Another political shift, the Sierra Club’s Bahr said, is happening in the state legislature. “It is considering a bill that would cap the RES. Why you would cap it is beyond me.” Developers, installers and manufacturers have been attracted to the state because of strong policies, she explained.

“When Suntech decided to come to Arizona with a manufacturing facility,” she recalled, “the Renewable Energy Standard was one of the key reasons because it provides certainty and stability.”

Now, Bahr said, solar industry people point to policy inconsistency as an obstacle to solar growth. “Messing around with that, which is what I see the Corporation Commission and the legislature trying to do, weakening it, just makes no sense. Here you have the one of the few industries that has been growing in Arizona during this difficult economic period and providing jobs and helping people lower their electric bills.”

Phoenix construction jobs dropped 14.4 percent in 2010, according to the Arizona Department of Commerce, but Arizona moved from eighth to third place nationally in providing solar employment, going from approximately 3,800 to 4,786 jobs, in 2011. A third of those jobs were in installation.

Arizona also has, according to a National Renewable Energy Lab study, the third best combination of land area and resource potential in the U.S. for utility-scale solar power plant development (behind Utah and New Mexico). In 2011, Arizona had nine utility-scale projects with power purchase agreements (PPAs), eight of them photovoltaic projects.

Bahr said her Sierra Club chapter supported Abengoa’s 250-megawatt concentrating solar project. “It is located on former agricultural land,” she said. “We thought it was important to support a good, well-located project.”

Concerns with other proposals, like NextEra Energy’s 300-megawatt Sonoran Solar Energy Project, Bahr said, were addressed satisfactorily in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) permitting process. “It was originally solar thermal. The conservation community had a lot of concerns about water use because it was located on virgin desert and it was going to be using ground water.”

During the NEPA permitting  process, she said, “they came up with a photovoltaic alternative. It reduced the footprint and was moved away from some major washes so the project is no longer controversial.” But, she added, “they don’t have a PPA.” Asked why, she could only answer, “Good question. We don’t know.”

The failure of politicians and utility executives to back solar, Bahr said, defies more than logic. “I’ve seen a lot of polling on solar, including polling that was done by the utilities themselves,” she noted. “People consistently had very strong support for solar energy resources even when asked if they would pay more.”

She has seen, Bahr said, “very few things that have the kind of support with the public that solar energy does. It’s just unfortunate that some of our elected officials don’t get that. The public is there. We just need to bring along the officials — or find new ones.”

Go Green

“Arizona has the highest solar insolation in the country and we have a modest Renewable Energy Standard,” Arizona Sierra Club Director Sandy Bahr explained. “It does have a distributed carve-out, but it’s modest.” And, she added, “we’ve seen a lot happen with solar in the last five years,” ticking off growth in solar rooftops, solar power plants and community solar that has reached “even to the Sun City Recreation Centers.”

At the end of 2010, Arizona had 128 megawatts of installed solar capacity. Its Renewable Energy Standard (RES) requires Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC)-regulated utilities, which include Arizona Public Service (APS) and Tucson Electric Power (TEP), to obtain 15 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2025 and specifies that 30 percent of that come from distributed generation.

Salt River Project, Arizona’s second largest utility, is not regulated by the ACC, but has set a goal to obtain 20 percent of its power from sustainable resources, which include demand response and energy efficiency as well as renewables, by 2020.

“And yet,” Bahr said, “the Corporation Commission keeps wavering on whether or not it’s supportive of the RES and sometimes expresses outright hostility to it.”

The most notorious example of the ACC’s wavering, Bahr said, came after the five-person commission was reconstituted along more conservative lines in the November 2010 election.

In July 2011, the ACC voted, along strict party lines, three Republicans to two Democrats, to allow Mohave Electric to substitute an 11-megawatt trash-to-gas power plant for part of its RES obligation. This was granted despite the fact that when the standard was originally set, in 2007, it specifically ruled trash-to-gas as too polluting an electricity source to be a substitute for renewables.

Mohave Electric CEO Tyler Carlson argued that the trash-to-gas power plant could reduce costs to ratepayers by saving some of what the utility spends on solar. But “the trash-burner costs almost twice as much to build” and “twenty times more to run,” Democratic Commissioner Paul Newman told GTM, questioning the Republican commissioners’ approval of the project. “What are they thinking, and whose interests are they serving?"

The commission’s decision is currently under legal scrutiny and reconsideration may be required; whether the political atmosphere will support a reversal remains to be seen.

Another political shift, the Sierra Club’s Bahr said, is happening in the state legislature. “It is considering a bill that would cap the RES. Why you would cap it is beyond me.” Developers, installers and manufacturers have been attracted to the state because of strong policies, she explained.

“When Suntech decided to come to Arizona with a manufacturing facility,” she recalled, “the Renewable Energy Standard was one of the key reasons because it provides certainty and stability.”

Now, Bahr said, solar industry people point to policy inconsistency as an obstacle to solar growth. “Messing around with that, which is what I see the Corporation Commission and the legislature trying to do, weakening it, just makes no sense. Here you have the one of the few industries that has been growing in Arizona during this difficult economic period and providing jobs and helping people lower their electric bills.”

Phoenix construction jobs dropped 14.4 percent in 2010, according to the Arizona Department of Commerce, but Arizona moved from eighth to third place nationally in providing solar employment, going from approximately 3,800 to 4,786 jobs, in 2011. A third of those jobs were in installation.

Arizona also has, according to a National Renewable Energy Lab study, the third best combination of land area and resource potential in the U.S. for utility-scale solar power plant development (behind Utah and New Mexico). In 2011, Arizona had nine utility-scale projects with power purchase agreements (PPAs), eight of them photovoltaic projects.

Bahr said her Sierra Club chapter supported Abengoa’s 250-megawatt concentrating solar project. “It is located on former agricultural land,” she said. “We thought it was important to support a good, well-located project.”

Concerns with other proposals, like NextEra Energy’s 300-megawatt Sonoran Solar Energy Project, Bahr said, were addressed satisfactorily in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) permitting process. “It was originally solar thermal. The conservation community had a lot of concerns about water use because it was located on virgin desert and it was going to be using ground water.”

During the NEPA permitting  process, she said, “they came up with a photovoltaic alternative. It reduced the footprint and was moved away from some major washes so the project is no longer controversial.” But, she added, “they don’t have a PPA.” Asked why, she could only answer, “Good question. We don’t know.”

The failure of politicians and utility executives to back solar, Bahr said, defies more than logic. “I’ve seen a lot of polling on solar, including polling that was done by the utilities themselves,” she noted. “People consistently had very strong support for solar energy resources even when asked if they would pay more.”

She has seen, Bahr said, “very few things that have the kind of support with the public that solar energy does. It’s just unfortunate that some of our elected officials don’t get that. The public is there. We just need to bring along the officials — or find new ones.”

Go Green

“Arizona has the highest solar insolation in the country and we have a modest Renewable Energy Standard,” Arizona Sierra Club Director Sandy Bahr explained. “It does have a distributed carve-out, but it’s modest.” And, she added, “we’ve seen a lot happen with solar in the last five years,” ticking off growth in solar rooftops, solar power plants and community solar that has reached “even to the Sun City Recreation Centers.”

At the end of 2010, Arizona had 128 megawatts of installed solar capacity. Its Renewable Energy Standard (RES) requires Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC)-regulated utilities, which include Arizona Public Service (APS) and Tucson Electric Power (TEP), to obtain 15 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2025 and specifies that 30 percent of that come from distributed generation.

Salt River Project, Arizona’s second largest utility, is not regulated by the ACC, but has set a goal to obtain 20 percent of its power from sustainable resources, which include demand response and energy efficiency as well as renewables, by 2020.

“And yet,” Bahr said, “the Corporation Commission keeps wavering on whether or not it’s supportive of the RES and sometimes expresses outright hostility to it.”

The most notorious example of the ACC’s wavering, Bahr said, came after the five-person commission was reconstituted along more conservative lines in the November 2010 election.

In July 2011, the ACC voted, along strict party lines, three Republicans to two Democrats, to allow Mohave Electric to substitute an 11-megawatt trash-to-gas power plant for part of its RES obligation. This was granted despite the fact that when the standard was originally set, in 2007, it specifically ruled trash-to-gas as too polluting an electricity source to be a substitute for renewables.

Mohave Electric CEO Tyler Carlson argued that the trash-to-gas power plant could reduce costs to ratepayers by saving some of what the utility spends on solar. But “the trash-burner costs almost twice as much to build” and “twenty times more to run,” Democratic Commissioner Paul Newman told GTM, questioning the Republican commissioners’ approval of the project. “What are they thinking, and whose interests are they serving?"

The commission’s decision is currently under legal scrutiny and reconsideration may be required; whether the political atmosphere will support a reversal remains to be seen.

Another political shift, the Sierra Club’s Bahr said, is happening in the state legislature. “It is considering a bill that would cap the RES. Why you would cap it is beyond me.” Developers, installers and manufacturers have been attracted to the state because of strong policies, she explained.

“When Suntech decided to come to Arizona with a manufacturing facility,” she recalled, “the Renewable Energy Standard was one of the key reasons because it provides certainty and stability.”

Now, Bahr said, solar industry people point to policy inconsistency as an obstacle to solar growth. “Messing around with that, which is what I see the Corporation Commission and the legislature trying to do, weakening it, just makes no sense. Here you have the one of the few industries that has been growing in Arizona during this difficult economic period and providing jobs and helping people lower their electric bills.”

Phoenix construction jobs dropped 14.4 percent in 2010, according to the Arizona Department of Commerce, but Arizona moved from eighth to third place nationally in providing solar employment, going from approximately 3,800 to 4,786 jobs, in 2011. A third of those jobs were in installation.

Arizona also has, according to a National Renewable Energy Lab study, the third best combination of land area and resource potential in the U.S. for utility-scale solar power plant development (behind Utah and New Mexico). In 2011, Arizona had nine utility-scale projects with power purchase agreements (PPAs), eight of them photovoltaic projects.

Bahr said her Sierra Club chapter supported Abengoa’s 250-megawatt concentrating solar project. “It is located on former agricultural land,” she said. “We thought it was important to support a good, well-located project.”

Concerns with other proposals, like NextEra Energy’s 300-megawatt Sonoran Solar Energy Project, Bahr said, were addressed satisfactorily in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) permitting process. “It was originally solar thermal. The conservation community had a lot of concerns about water use because it was located on virgin desert and it was going to be using ground water.”

During the NEPA permitting  process, she said, “they came up with a photovoltaic alternative. It reduced the footprint and was moved away from some major washes so the project is no longer controversial.” But, she added, “they don’t have a PPA.” Asked why, she could only answer, “Good question. We don’t know.”

The failure of politicians and utility executives to back solar, Bahr said, defies more than logic. “I’ve seen a lot of polling on solar, including polling that was done by the utilities themselves,” she noted. “People consistently had very strong support for solar energy resources even when asked if they would pay more.”

She has seen, Bahr said, “very few things that have the kind of support with the public that solar energy does. It’s just unfortunate that some of our elected officials don’t get that. The public is there. We just need to bring along the officials — or find new ones.”

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By PetMD

Like buying candy for kids, we often think snacks that have been specially packaged for pets are the best treats in the world. Why would they want anything other than a tasty treat? But a lot of those packaged pet snacks and treats are the equivalent of candy. They are not a big deal, as long as you don’t do too much of it, since they are mostly devoid of nutritional value.

And just as we encourage kids to eat their veggies rather than another candy, we can also encourage a love for veggies in our pets. These low calorie, low fat, vitamin and mineral-packed “treats” are a great alternative to the packaged dog biscuits and kitty chews.

Which Vegetables Are Best and Which Vegetable Are Not Safe for Pets?

There are some plant foods that are toxic to pets, so you will want to be familiar with what to avoid and even prevent access to. If you are unsure, check with your veterinarian to make sure that your planned treats are not going to be harmful to your pet. Also keep in mind that while dogs are omnivorous and thus more open to trying different kinds of foods. Cats, on the other hand, are carnivorous. They are not just picky about what they eat — they are constitutionally incapable of digesting some types of foods.

There are throngs of people all over the world that are trying to shed unwanted pounds whether it be ten pounds or 100 pounds there are a lot of people that think the best metabolizer green tea products are pills while there are others that prefer drinking the tea. Green tea is an exceptionally safe and healthy way in which a person can increase their current metabolism and begin to get rid of those unwanted pounds.

So whether you think the best metabolizer products are pills, the actual tea itself or some other type of green tea supplement studies have shown what green tea does to help in increasing metabolism is helping the body to stay active for longer periods of time which will allow for more calories to be burnt. There are many health care professionals that believe that green teas metabolic increasing properties can be attributed to caffeine. Other studies have shown the green tea’s ability to increase metabolism go way beyond the effects of caffeine.

When studies were done to determine the best metabolizer green tea products ands supplements and the effects of the caffeine contain in them it showed the caffeine really did not do anything to promoting being able to extend energy expenditures for longer periods of time. This discovery concerning caffeine then lead researchers to believe that there is an interaction going with the ingredients that are contained in green tea ands green tea supplements that does great things to help produce higher metabolism and more effective fat oxidation.

While these studies when being performed there were indications that green teas ability to raise metabolic rates it has proved to have a substantial effect on loosing weight safely.

Before beginning any type of weight loss program or taking any kind of supplement that could interact with any type prescription medication you may be taking you need to consult with your health care provider. You doctor will be able to set you on the right course of action so that you are using green tea correctly and safely.

Packers Reality Bytes

Packers have a fight song – Go! You Packers! Go!

The team colors include Dark Green, Gold, and White.

The Packers are one of those few NFL teams that started playing as an individual team in the beginning.

In the United States of America, at present, Packers are the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team.

Since 1992, the Packers had 13 non-losing seasons in a row, which was a record in the NFL history.

The Packers never changed their name. They have been playing under the name of “Green Bay Packers” since their formation in 1919.

However, the team has more nicknames than any other NFL team. The nicknames for the team include Indian Packers (1919), Indians (1919), Acme Packers (1921), Blues (1922), Big Bay Blues (1920s), and Bays (1920s-1940s). At present, the team’s nickname is The Pack.

The Packers is the only NFL team whose market area covers two media markets – Green Bay and Milwaukee.

The 2008 season will be the 88th season for the Green Bay Packers in the NFL and their 90th season overall.

Packers are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL.

Rivalries

The Packers have a strong rivalry with The Chicago Bears. They have already played in over 170 games.

The Dedicated Fan Base Of Packers

Packers have a dedicated fan base. Whether the team wins or loses – it doesn’t matter a lot to the fans. Since 1960, all the NFL Tickets Green Bay Packers have been sold out whenever the team has played. The team has one of the largest fan bases in the NFL. In terms of popularity, the Packers have always been within the top five teams since their debut in 1919.

Honor And Recognition

With twenty-six Pro Football Hall of Famers, The Packers is the third team with the most members in Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Chicago Bears (31) and the New York Giants (27) are the top two teams in this regard.

The team has retired five numbers so far, including 3 Tony Canadeo, 14 Don Hutson, 15 Bart Starr, 66 Ray Nitschke, and 92 Reggie White.

The Home Arena of Green Bay Packers

The former home stadiums for the Packers include Hagemeister Park (1919-1922), Bellevue Park (1923-1924), and City Stadium (Green Bay) (1925-1956). Since 1957, the team has been playing its home games in Lambeau Field. Lambeau Field is an outdoor football stadium, located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The stadium has the capacity to accommodate a maximum of 72,928 NFL Tickets Green Bay Packers. During the period 1957-64, the stadium was referred to as the City Stadium. The stadium was constructed at a whopping cost of $960,000. This is the first stadium that was built exclusively for an NFL team – Green Bay Packers.

Tips To Buy Green Bay Packers Tickets

Do not forget to browse the 3D visual seat plan offered by an authorized online ticket broker. This will help you book your favorite seat.

You can get a better deal by booking your NFL Tickets Green Bay Packers if you book your tickets well in advance.

The benefits of drinking tea and specifically the health benefits of green tea have been the subject of many a test study.  In addition to the claims of green tea being an excellent antioxidant, additional benefits may include the prevention of cancer, protecting your heart, preventing arthritis and protecting your liver.

Preventing Cancer

One health benefit of green tea may be its ability to prevent cancer.  In the 1994 edition of the Journal of National Cancer Institute, the results of an epidemiological study stated that one of the health benefits of drinking green tea is that it can reduce the risk of esophageal cancer in Chinese men and women by up to 60%. Based on this possible correlation between the regular use of green tea and a lower risk for cancer further research is being undertaken.

Preliminary findings suggest that the health benefits of green tea may prevent cancer in many of the body’s vital organs.  These organs include the urinary bladder, the entire upper and lower digestive tract and pancreas.

Protecting Your Heart

An important health benefit of green tea is the antioxidants found in green tea. These antioxidants have shown promise in reducing levels of cholesterol, minimizing cardiac disease and controlling hypertension.  Specifically, a daily cup of tea, eight and a half ounces, was consumed by those participating in a case study.  After 25 years, participants had fewer incidents of heart attacks compared to those who did not drink the green tea.

Additional studies show that antioxidants were beneficial in minimizing the bonding of blood cells. The implications of this benefit would be the reduction in clotting which is associated with strokes and heart disease.

Preventing Arthritis

Another health benefit of green tea is the possible prevention and soothing of arthritis and its painful symptoms.  Research has shown a strong component of green tea to be its ability to perform as an agent to reduce inflammation.  Certain studies suggest that the antioxidants in green tea delay the arthritic process as well as minimize the painful symptoms of those affected with arthritis. 

Protecting Your Liver

Another health benefit of green tea is the possible protection of your liver.  Preliminary research suggests a strong correlation between the antioxidants found in green tea and the function of the liver.  The liver acts as a filter within the body and rids the body of toxins.  Some of these toxins include the ingredients found in alcohol, the air we breathe, food eaten, water consumed, cigarettes smoked, and so on.  The health benefit of green tea strongly indicates a protection of the cells that comprise the liver as well as stimulating and strengthening the immune system within the body.

Other Health Benefits

Aside from medicinal value, green tea can also offer other health benefits, especially in the fitness field. Drinking green tea can cause a person to burn down more calories. A recent study on the health benefits of green tea shows that the drink can help dieters. According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 1999, men who take both caffeine and green tea burn down more calories than men who only take caffeine or a placebo.

It is something of a challenge to select the best green tea, especially if you are new to the green tea world. Some of the best green tea examples available on the market today are found below. There are also some excellent ways to bring out the wonderful flavor through brewing.

Sencha green tea is one of the most popular types of green tea. As an introduction to the green tea family this is perhaps the best green tea since it is very economical and has the most recognizable taste of all green teas for sale.

Kabusecha is another choice and it considered one of the best green teas today. It remains a favorite with customers throughout the world because it is taken from the first and finest harvest. It has a signature scent that is a grassy aroma associated with the best green tea.

A Japanese green tea option is Myou-Kou which is a green tea that is deep steamed. This tea has a thicker, bolder flavor compared to the lighter green teas and is considered the most unique and best green tea available.

Brewing Your Cup of Green Tea

How green tea is brewed is half the enjoyment as any fan of green tea will tell you. Unlike your normal oolong and black teas it is unfermented so the brewing method is a little different for green tea.

When brewing the best green tea the one thing you need to remember is that the tea leaves need room to expand and add their health benefits to the water that they are infused in. To the flavor of the resultant tea can be hindered by tea bags or tea balls. Allowing the tea leaves to sit loosing in the water and steep for a few minutes is the best way to brew green tea and then is should be strained if desired.

A matter of taste and preference is the best way to find the best green tea. Try a number of different types to see which is your favorite green tea.