Tea General

There a many different types of herbs that can be added to different types of teas. Each herb has different tastes to it, health benefits, and more. So listed below are the four types of commonly used herbs in teas. Chamomile is a commonly used herb in teas. It actually is one of the most [...]

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Medicinal values of herbal tea- So you are drinking health with it! Herbal tea is not any ordinary tea, and by taste also not everyone’s cuppa tea. It is the ‘health tea’. Herbal tea is particularly consumed for sedative, stimulant, and relaxant purposes. Each of the ingredient added to it make the herbal tea different [...]

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Method of preparation ‘Masala chai’, as called by English speakers, or ‘chai tea’ is prepared in different ways across the world. At first, equal portions of milk and water are boiled. The spices, especially the ginger and the cardamom, are ground properly. These are then added to the boiling milk. Then tea dust or leaves [...]

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Do you need reasons to drink white tea? Limits growth of cancer cells: The white tea possesses the strongest and most active cancer-fighting antioxidants as presented by Oregon State University researchers in their first research ever on white tea. Processing plays a role in the tea’s cancer-fighting potential because of greater amounts of the most [...]

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Types of White Teas There are many different types of white teas that have added or subtracted ingredients, different health benefits, different tastes and more. So below there are a bunch of different types of white teas with brief explanations Silver Needle: Fujian Province, highest grade of the Bai Hao Yinzhen. No stems or leaves [...]

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One blend of Black Tea is Earl Grey tea. It has an extremely distinct flavorful taste to it. Earl Grey tea is basically a simple type of black tea, but only has one addition to it. It is made from the addition of oil that is taken from the rind of the bergamot orange, a [...]

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What are the health benefits of Black Tea? Black tea is the most common form of tea being drunk all over the world. Generally, all teas contain antioxidants and flavonoids, theaflavin-3-monogallate compound from an anti-cancer compounds called polyphenols, vitamins C and E, folic acid, amino acids, caffeine, astringent and antiseptic qualities. 1) reduces blood sugar, [...]

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White Tea Basics One of the rarest and most expensive of the varieties of tea is the white tea. It is mostly produced exclusively in China, and now produced in other countries. White tea dates as far back in 618-907 AD, during the Tang Dynasty. Chinese started exporting these fine teas in 1891. It gained [...]

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The Green Tea The ancient Chinese proverb goes: “It’s better to be deprived of food for three days than tea for one.” The Chinese people had been using green tea for at least 4,000 years. Since the ancient times, they’re aware about its medicinal benefits in treating everything from depression to headaches. The green tea [...]

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The Black Tea- The Tea of Tea-ism The Tea Basics Although the green tea is the national drink of the Chinese people, the black tea scores 90 percent of all teas consumed worldwide. It originated in China some 5,000 years ago. The tea plant, Camellia sinensis, is native to Southeast Asia, a bush that can [...]

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