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