Wednesday, June 16, 2010

White Tea


Tea has to be one of the healthiest drinks in the world. Green tea has been getting most of the glory for some time now. In-addition, green tea has been advertise on TV and etc. to further add on to this green's glory.  Now it's time for Green tea to move over, cause it's white tea time to shine. 



More recently, people have been starting to get into white tea craze. White tea is the least process among all other teas. Therefore, white tea is made from the leaves that are quickly picked before buds are fully opened. Since the tea is close to their natural state, it allows the tea to have more polyphenols. So polyhenols acts as a powerful antioxidant that kills plus fight cancer-causing cells. Also may inhibit the growth of certain cancers. White tea can also have extreme high amounts of antioxidant. Research has pointed out white tea has same or more healthful benefits found in green tea. White tea lacks the grassy after taste and has a subtle and mildly sweet flavor with smell of baked grains and chestnut as well. The benefits of this tea is it is  smooth and detoxifying, lowest amounts of caffeine than other tea (1% than a cup of coffee), and anti-aging/ anti-stress properties. Also contains High L-theanine amino acid which promotes concentration and longevity, may reduce wrinkles/fine lines and excellent for complexion of the skin. Once consuming tea on a regular basis as part of a healthy lifestyle, You will start seeing the benefits of this tea. Lastly, when it comes to white tea, Sliver Needle is the king of white teas. To check the authenticity of this tea is to look for silvery white coating with little hairs that look like the skin of a peach. Overall, white tea is a must try but bit more expensive than green tea and other teas. enjoy...

Apologies, this is not the type white tea I would have choose below; but your welcome to look throughout this list. Sliver Needle White Tea was not available in amazon. 

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