Chinese Tea Health Benefits – A Beginner's Guide
Julian Tai
October 01, 2009
For centuries, tea has been the beverage of choice in China. Chinese tea drinkers love it not only for its soothing and refreshing qualities, but for its health benefits, as well.
Over time, tea has become prevalent in the rest of the world, too. Now scientific research studies are proving what the originators of tea have always known. This drink has amazing properties, and can keep you healthy despite the stress and pollution of modern life.
History Of Tea
All kinds of tea are made from the leaves and/or buds of the tea plant, camellia sinensis, which is native to China. In ancient times, the plant was used medicinally. Tea as a beverage followed.
Early in its history, tea was used as offering or tribute to royalty. It was pressed into cakes, and marked with elegant embossed patterns, and given mystical names. It was at this time, in the Song dynasty, that tea began to be exported to Asia and Arabia.
Tea Varieties
There are hundreds of varieties of Chinese tea, despite the fact that they all come from the same plant. Green, black, oolong and white teas are processed differently, and are comprised of different combinations of leaves and buds.
Each is picked at a particular time in the harvest. Black tea is fermented after drying. Oolong is fermented slightly, and green and white teas not at all. The climate in which the trees have grown, the altitude, and the characteristics the growers have bred for all affect the taste of the final product.
Some tea is very rare and therefore extremely expensive. Generally speaking, the best quality tea is that which is sold loose, for brewing at home. The lower quality tea is put into bags.
Health Benefits
While the people of China have long known of the benefits to the body of drinking tea regularly, this information is just impressing itself on westerners. Tea aids in digestion, and helps with weight loss. The unfermented teas have extremely high quantities of antioxidants, which have been proven to reduce the risk of some types of cancer, as well as lower cholesterol.
Drinking tea provides a respite from the hectic lives so many of us lead. The aromatic fragrance can lift your spirits, a while the beverage itself simultaneously soothes and invigorates. This miraculous drink is second only to water in consumption worldwide! Go discover your new Chinese tea, and experience what the denizens of that country have known for centuries.
When you explore the fascinating stories of oolong tea origins, processing and varieties, you will understand why it is a firm connoisseur favourites.
Are you ready to explode the myths of white tea?
And finally, learn what makes an authentic Chinese green tea the crown jewel of the world.
Over time, tea has become prevalent in the rest of the world, too. Now scientific research studies are proving what the originators of tea have always known. This drink has amazing properties, and can keep you healthy despite the stress and pollution of modern life.
History Of Tea
All kinds of tea are made from the leaves and/or buds of the tea plant, camellia sinensis, which is native to China. In ancient times, the plant was used medicinally. Tea as a beverage followed.
Early in its history, tea was used as offering or tribute to royalty. It was pressed into cakes, and marked with elegant embossed patterns, and given mystical names. It was at this time, in the Song dynasty, that tea began to be exported to Asia and Arabia.
Tea Varieties
There are hundreds of varieties of Chinese tea, despite the fact that they all come from the same plant. Green, black, oolong and white teas are processed differently, and are comprised of different combinations of leaves and buds.
Each is picked at a particular time in the harvest. Black tea is fermented after drying. Oolong is fermented slightly, and green and white teas not at all. The climate in which the trees have grown, the altitude, and the characteristics the growers have bred for all affect the taste of the final product.
Some tea is very rare and therefore extremely expensive. Generally speaking, the best quality tea is that which is sold loose, for brewing at home. The lower quality tea is put into bags.
Health Benefits
While the people of China have long known of the benefits to the body of drinking tea regularly, this information is just impressing itself on westerners. Tea aids in digestion, and helps with weight loss. The unfermented teas have extremely high quantities of antioxidants, which have been proven to reduce the risk of some types of cancer, as well as lower cholesterol.
Drinking tea provides a respite from the hectic lives so many of us lead. The aromatic fragrance can lift your spirits, a while the beverage itself simultaneously soothes and invigorates. This miraculous drink is second only to water in consumption worldwide! Go discover your new Chinese tea, and experience what the denizens of that country have known for centuries.
When you explore the fascinating stories of oolong tea origins, processing and varieties, you will understand why it is a firm connoisseur favourites.
Are you ready to explode the myths of white tea?
And finally, learn what makes an authentic Chinese green tea the crown jewel of the world.
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