Green Tea: Facts

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Green Tea Facts


Green tea facts related to the health & happiness of your body, plus links for more tea information. Green tea is the number one health drink.


Green Tea Facts: All Tea Is Green Tea

  • All real tea is from one plant.
  • Herbal tea is not real tea.
  • The real tea is made from the leaves of the shrub (or small tree) Camellia sinensis.
  • Black, oolong, green, yellow, and white teas are all from Camellia sinensis.

Green Tea Facts: Picture of Green Trees (shrubs)

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Green Tea Leaves

Green Tea leaves.


Green Tea Facts: Fermented Teas

  • Green tea is a non-fermented tea.
  • In plain language, green tea is not allowed to discolor from rotting for taste reasons, as are black teas.
  • Old and fermented teas can lose most health benefits from losing their nutrients through oxidation.

Green Tea Facts: Oxidation of Teas

  • The main difference between black, oolong, and green teas is the degree of oxidation that is allowed to take place.
  • Black gets more oxidation than oolong, which gets more oxidation than green.
  • Many other factors also go into categorizing and naming teas.

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Composition of Unfermented Camellia Sinensis or Green Tea

  • Epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG, is the most abundant catechin in green tea.
  • It is not found in black teas because black teas are processed teas.

Green Tea Facts: Composition of Green Tea Leaves

  1. Polyphenols 37%
  2. Carbohydrates 25%
  3. Protein 15%
  4. Lignin 6.5%
  5. Ash 5%
  6. Amino acids 4%
  7. Caffeine 3.5%
  8. Lipids 2%
  9. Organic acids 1.5%
  10. Chlorophyll 0.5%

White Tea

  • Green tea is sold in tablet and capsule forms for those who do not drink tea but still want the many health benefits of green tea.
  • All teas contain polyphenols (strong antioxidants), but some claim the most powerful forms are contained only in green tea.
  • White tea is a special form of green tea. It is one of the most delicate teas available.
  • White tea is so named because green tea leaves are picked before they are fully open and while they still have fine white hairs on them.

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Related Links (all are external links)

  1. 10 Proven Health Benefits of Green Tea: Healthline
  2. 10 Rules for Making Tea from England in 1941
  3. 17 Health Benefits of Green Tea
  4. Health Benefits from Tea
  5. Tea lover’s community: Steepster

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