| The tea is a product of a plant known as C. | | | | |
| sinensis, a native | | | | tea ranges from 2.5 to 4.5 percent, in |
| | | | contrast to an average |
| of Southeast Asia. The tea brewed from the | | | | |
| dried leaves of | | | | concentration of about 1.5 percent in |
| | | | coffee.Green Tea, is abundantly grown in the |
| this plant has been drunk in China since | | | | foothills of the mighty |
| perhaps the 28th | | | | |
| | | | Himalayas. This belt grows the best teas in |
| century BC. It was first brought to Europe | | | | the world.Scientists from Japan Cancer |
| by the Dutch in | | | | Institute have been successful |
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| the early 17th century AD.Leaf buds and | | | | in identifying a substance in Green Tea |
| young leaves are used in making tea, the age | | | | called Catechins or |
| of | | | | |
| | | | Polyphenols, which act as strong |
| the leaves determining the taste and name of | | | | antioxidants. They are in a |
| the particular | | | | |
| | | | position to clinically establish the old |
| commercial variety. After picking, the | | | | adage that "tea is a |
| leaves either are dried | | | | |
| | | | miraculous medicine for the mantainance of |
| immediately and completely to produce green | | | | health".Catechins remain unchanged in Green |
| teas, or are | | | | Tea as leaves are merely |
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| partially dried and then allowed to ferment | | | | steamed, rolled and dried as opposed to |
| to produce various | | | | black tea which is |
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| kinds of black teas. After being sorted, all | | | | fermented.Green tea polyphenols applied to |
| grades of tea are | | | | human skin prevent ultraviolet |
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| packed in foil-lined chests to prevent the | | | | light-induced damage, according to a new |
| absorption of | | | | study.A study of over 3,400 adults in Saudi |
| | | | Arabia--a country of |
| unpleasant odors or the loss of aroma during | | | | |
| shipment. | | | | tea-lovers--found that those who drank more |
| | | | than 6 cups per |
| In China, tea is sometimes allowed to absorb | | | | |
| the scent from | | | | day of the brown beverage had a more than |
| | | | 50% lower risk of |
| various flowers particularly Jasmine.Tea is | | | | |
| an aromatic stimulant, containing various | | | | coronary heart disease compared to tea |
| polyphenols, | | | | abstainers, even after |
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| essential oils, and caffeine. The | | | | adjusting for other factors such as smoking, |
| concentration of caffeine in | | | | diet and obesity. |