TEA VARIETIES & HEALTH BENEFITS

Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis.
The Camellia Sinensis plant is native to Asia, but is currently cultivated around the world in tropical and subtropical areas.
Tea is the most consumed beverage in the world after water. It has been a part of our culture for thousands of years.
While all tea comes from the same plant, there exist hundreds of kinds of teas, with their own individual appearance, taste, and aroma. Every harvest of tea will vary year to year due to changes in climate, rainfall, and other seasonal conditions.

Basic Varieties of tea are:

• Green Tea
• White Tea
• Oolong Tea
• Black Tea
• Pu-erh Tea

GREEN TEA:

Because they are unoxidized, green teas keep their vital color.
The lack of oxidation is also responsible for the very low caffeine content of green tea.
After picking, the leaves are heated soon in order to eliminate the enzymes that causes oxidation.
This type of processing preserves a high level of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals accounting for the various health benefits of green tea.

Here are some of its benefits:

• Stabilizes cholesterol
• Helps Protect Heart Health
• Lowers blood pressure
• Prevents cancer
• Stabilizes blood sugar
• Supports weight management

***Children should not drink green tea***

WHITE TEA 

It is the least processed of all teas. It is the most delicate of all teas.
Young leaves or growth buds undergo minimum oxidation in the production of white tea.
White teas are picked when young tea buds are tightly enclosed in new leaves. This retains a silky, downy quality in the leaves.
White tea produces a very light coloured infusion with mild flavour.
Its caffeine content is even lower than that of green tea and is considered to have a very high level of antioxidants.

Health Benefits:

• Improves immune system & cardiovascular system
• Helps In Weight Loss
• Anti Aging
• Helps in Digestion
• Regulates body temperature
• Improves Oral Health
• Helps in maintaining healthy and youthful skin

OOLONG TEA

It is also known as wulong tea.  The term in Chinese actually means "Black Dragon".
Oolong teas are semi oxidized. The caffeine content and antioxidant level is also mid–way between that of green and black teas, making them most healthy and palatable.

Health benefits are:

• Prevents Ovarian Cancer.
• Enhances digestion.
• Treats skin allergies.
• Reduces body fat content and body weight.

BLACK TEA

Black tea is fully oxidised and has darker appearance, stronger flavour and higher caffeine content compared to other teas.
Often black teas can be consumed with sugar, milk or lemon.

Health benefits:

• Works as a physical stimulator.
• Improves digestive system.
• Reduces LDL levels
• Supports gastrointestinal health

PU-ERH TEA

Pu erh tea is an aged & fermented black tea that comes from the Yunnan province in China and has an earthy flavor.

Health Benefits:

• Helps in Digestion
• Helps in weight loss
• Reduces Stress and Helps with Sleep
• Reduces Cholesterol