Is white tea the next big thing?

Posted on November 6, 2008 @ 5:42 pm
by Jack Robbins

White tea, like most delightful, awesome, incredible and totally mind blowing herbal,natural,home) remedies has its roots a few thousand years ago in the southern regions of China, in particular the Fu ding and Fujian provinces. Since its discovery White tea has been used as a health drink as well as a delightful cocktail offered to wealthy guests.

As you probably know all tea comes from the Camilla sinensis plant. To make it more simpler, white, black and green tea comes from the same plant. The difference in their colors and benefits relates to what is done before and after the leaf is picked from the plant.

I won’t bore you with details of how each tea derives its name, but what you need to know is that white tea gets its name from the silver fuzz that still covers the buds, which turns white when the tea is dried.

White tea leaves undergo much less processing as compared to green and black tea.

The leaves are cut from the main tea plant when they are still buds, however this makes it more healthier as the antioxidants are preserved.

It has a mellow and light taste and as is the case with green tea, you should steep it in very hot water.

White tea has much less caffeine than green tea as it is plucked way before it is fully grown as a leaf

white tea tastes really good but besides that it’s also a good natural remedy for almost everything. Research has revealed that it increases the lipoprotein lipase activity in the human body which in turn increases the metabolism rate thus helping considerably in losing weight. It kills cancer cells, it maintains moderately lower levels of cholesterol, it helps in blood circulation by thinning the blood, reducing blood pressure, firmer bones, brighter skin, and so much more

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