What is the name of an asian tea that comes in a brown ball similar to an oak ball?

the tea is very sweet, and is also said to lower your body temperature.

What is the name of an asian tea that comes in a brown ball similar to an oak ball?
It is luo han guo. It is a fruit drink. Orginal form is a brown ball.





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The fruit can act as a remedy for sun stroke, wet the lungs, remove phlegm, stop cough and aid defecation





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Reply:Hmm ... the only tea that I've ever seen pressed into a ball or cake is Pu-Erh tea. I don't know about the body temperature, but it is supposed to be very healthy and aid with weight loss. Check it out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu_erh





The picture looks like what you describe. I don't know if the taste is sweet, it's usually described as "earthy." I've only had a crappy one from a bag, so I don't know how the real one tastes.
Reply:I hate to say this, but many Chinese tea comes in ball shape:


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They "blossom" when they are soaked into water, right?


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Usually, only flower teas are made into ball shape, and therefore they will have a very faint sweet taste to them, not the typical fermented taste. I wouldn't describe any of them as very sweet. Jasmine tea is a very popular one which get to rolled into ball, but it is not the only one. I don't know any tea actually lower body temperature. Lower heart rate maybe, but not temperature.

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