Green Tea and How it is Made

The tea is a product of a plant known as C. sinensis, aaverage
nativeconcentration of about 1.5 percent in coffee.Green
of Southeast Asia. The tea brewed from the driedTea, is abundantly grown in the foothills of the mighty
leaves ofHimalayas. This belt grows the best teas in the
this plant has been drunk in China since perhaps theworld.Scientists from Japan Cancer Institute have been
28thsuccessful
century BC. It was first brought to Europe by thein identifying a substance in Green Tea called
Dutch inCatechins or
the early 17th century AD.Leaf buds and youngPolyphenols, which act as strong antioxidants. They
leaves are used in making tea, the age ofare in a
the leaves determining the taste and name of theposition to clinically establish the old adage that "tea is
particulara
commercial variety. After picking, the leaves either aremiraculous medicine for the mantainance of
driedhealth".Catechins remain unchanged in Green Tea as
immediately and completely to produce green teas, orleaves are merely
aresteamed, rolled and dried as opposed to black tea
partially dried and then allowed to ferment to producewhich is
variousfermented.Green tea polyphenols applied to human
kinds of black teas. After being sorted, all grades ofskin prevent ultraviolet
tea arelight-induced damage, according to a new study.A
packed in foil-lined chests to prevent the absorption ofstudy of over 3,400 adults in Saudi Arabia--a country
of
unpleasant odors or the loss of aroma duringtea-lovers--found that those who drank more than 6
shipment.cups per
In China, tea is sometimes allowed to absorb theday of the brown beverage had a more than 50%
scent fromlower risk of
various flowers particularly Jasmine.Tea is ancoronary heart disease compared to tea abstainers,
aromatic stimulant, containing various polyphenols,even after
essential oils, and caffeine. The concentration ofadjusting for other factors such as smoking, diet and
caffeine inobesity.
tea ranges from 2.5 to 4.5 percent, in contrast to an