Green Tea

What is green tea?

Green tea does not come from a dissimilar plant than "real" tea. In fact, all true teas, along with green tea, come from the same plant, Camellia sinensis. The difference in the middle of green tea the beverage and other real tea beverages, also the green color, is the way tea leaves are processed before brewing.

Green Tea

Processing green tea

Tea leaves are typically processed in some form before they are used for brewing into tea beverages. For most teas other than green tea, tea leaves are fermented. For green tea, tea leaves are steamed. This causes less oxidation of tea leaves than fermentation does. As a result, green tea has its unique green tint and it contains higher levels of antioxidants than other teas.

Green tea's popularity

Green tea has been most beloved in the Middle East and parts of Asia, along with China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, India and Thailand. In fact, there are numerous varieties of green tea alone enjoyed in these parts of the world.

In the Western world, black tea has been the primary beloved of tea drinkers. But green tea is also becoming beloved there.

Brewing green tea

Because green tea is a puny dissimilar from darker teas, it is brewed a puny differently than other teas. The necessary difference is the temperature of the water.

Darker teas are regularly brewed with boiling water. Green tea is brewed with water that is slightly cooler than boiling, but still hot.

If you wish to brew green tea yourself, make sure to supervene the directions offered by the builder of the green tea you purchased.

In the absence of directions, pour cold water into a teapot or saucepan. Place it on a stove, set to high heat, and bring the water to a boil. When the water begins to boil, remove it from the source of heat. Let it sit two to three minutes, and only then pour it over the green tea. Let the tea steep for as long as three minutes, then whether remove the tea bag, or the loose tea leaves.

Your green tea is now ready for you to enjoy.

Green tea's supposed condition benefits

Green tea has long been believed to characterize a amount of condition benefits to those who drink it. It has been said to help with all things from curing or preventing diseases (including cancer and Aids), to burning fat, to reducing cholesterol and more.

Modern treatment has produced a amount of studies on green tea's condition effects, but these have been inconclusive, with some reports claiming green tea helps with a amount of condition issues, while other reports claiming that green tea does not have any particular condition benefits.

What we do know about green tea is that it contains a amount of antioxidants, and it contains caffeine, although in lesser amounts than coffee, many sodas and darker teas.

But while green tea's condition benefits are debatable, there is no suspect why this should preclude those who like green tea from enjoying a cup of their beloved beverage.

Green Tea