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Green Tea Facts
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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)
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
- Polyphenols 37%
- Carbohydrates 25%
- Protein 15%
- Lignin 6.5%
- Ash 5%
- Amino acids 4%
- Caffeine 3.5%
- Lipids 2%
- Organic acids 1.5%
- 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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Green Tea Menu
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Related Links (all are external links)
- 10 Proven Health Benefits of Green Tea: Healthline
- 10 Rules for Making Tea from England in 1941
- 17 Health Benefits of Green Tea
- Health Benefits from Tea
- Tea lover’s community: Steepster
Recommended Movie
- All In This Tea, which is available from Netflix and other sources.
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6 Groups of Topics Menu
- 1. Pages by Topic
- 2. Fast-Facts by Topic
- 3. Quotations by Topic
- 4. Poems by Topic
- 5. Scripture by Topic
- 6. Websites by Topic
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10 Skills & Topics Menu
- 1. Coping Skills & Topics
- 2. Problem-Solving Skills & Topics
- 3. Communication Skills & Topics
- 4. Recovery Skills & Topics
- 5. Anger Skills & Topics
- 6. Blame Skills & Topics
- 7. Thinking Skills & Topics
- 8. Responsibility Skills & Topics
- 9. Counseling Skills & Topics
- 10. Praying Skills & Topics
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