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Green Tea Basics |
Green Tea (Home) > Green Tea Basics > Chinese Green Tea Chinese Green TeaGreen tea is very popular in every country and culture; originally it is produced in china. It comes in many forms and blends and is most natural of all Chinese tea classes. It is generally picked, naturally dried, and then fried briefly, and this process is referred to as killing the green and to get rid of its grassy smell. By skipping the fermentation process Green tea is flourishing in the Southern China, where the subtropical climate and fertile soil are perfect for growing tea. For finding the best Chinese green tea, that is outstanding natural beauty of the regions are perfect for tea in china. It has the medical value and the least caffeine content of all Chinese tea classes. Aroma of Chinese tea ranges from medium to high and flavor is light to medium. Green tea is the variety that maintains the original color of the tea leaves. The starting processing of China green tea includes fixation, rolling and drying. Because of skipping the fermentation during processing of green tea, this chlorophyll still remain in tea leaves, which make the green tea green in color. The natural health substances in fresh tea leaves are provided in green tea. Since ancient times, the Chinese have known about the medicinal benefits of green tea, and they use it as medicine to treat the illness. According to the different types of fixation and drying processes, green tea can be classified into five types: Stir-fry green tea: Fresh tea leaves sautéed in pan for drying. Such as gunpowder tea, Young Hyson, Chunmee and etc, which are mainly for export business? The super pan-fired green teas, which are made from tender fresh tea leaves. Many of the historically famous Chinese green teas are processed by pan drying method. For Instance Jade fire, Dragon well green tea, Mountain Gorge, Pi Luo Chun, Lu'An Melon Slice and Xinyang Maojian. The character of stir-fry green tea is high fragrance and strong taste. Roast green tea: Fresh tea leaves are dried in roast basket or roast chest. Usually the common finished products of roast green teas are used as material for flower-scented teas. The well-known and popular roast green tea include: Huangshan Maofeng; Taiping Monkey King, etc. Green Tea has medicinal properties, which are useful in the maintenance of good health. It has been stated in China that it is better to drink Green Tea than take medicine. Recently green tea has been receiving much attention. As a result, we now have several green tea medical reports and studies by accredited institutions concluding that Green Tea contains many healthful and healing properties. Drinking green tea has been shown to provide the human body with various health enhancing components. Green tea does contain a very high value of Catechin Polyphenols that have antioxidant properties, which are known to fight against cancer. In other words, Green Tea provides Polysaccharides, Flavonoids, Vitamin B complex, Vitamin C (there is more vitamins "C" in one cup of green tea than in an orange), Vitamin E, R-Amino Butyric Acid and Fluoride in its natural state. The conventional drying technique used with Green Tea prevents the tea from the negative effects of fermentation.
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