Blossom Green

12 May, 2007 in art pottery by admin

Blossom Green

Reasons to Buy Green Tea and Flowering Green Tea

The discoveries over the last few decades about the health benefits of drinking green tea have caused a veritable explosion in the consumption of this product. The traditional green tea, commonly referred to as “Japanese tea” in Western culture for many years, comes from a plant that is actually more Chinese in origin.

The green tea that most people are familiar with is processed from the camellia sinesis, a native Chinese plant that grows abundantly across that region of the Asian continent. The differences in the green teas that have become more a part of the herbal tea diet in modern times are due mainly to the preparation process methods that are used by various tea manufacturers.

The Japanese varieties of green tea are numerous, and this is a result of the use of different parts of the plant as well as growing methods, harvesting intervals, and combinations of other botanical elements. Perhaps the most well-known type of Japanese green tea is the sencha, which is the basis for a good deal of the so-called green tea varieties on the market today.

The health benefits attained when people buy green tea have become widely recognized, thanks to an increased interest in the natural healing properties of botanicals of all kinds in recent years. The main beneficial elements in green tea are polyphenols, such as tannins and flavonoids, which produce an antioxidant effect. Other elements of green tea that are thought to be highly beneficial to human health are carotenoids, vitamin C, and a number of minerals.

A newer approach for those who buy green tea as part of a regular dietary intake is actually a traditional method of tea manufacturing. This is the use of flowering green tea, which is the inclusion of the dried buds of several types of flowers in a tea mixture. The result of brewing flowering green tea is that these flower buds come to life, in a manner of speaking, as the boiled water causes the buds to open up and return to a close approximation of their natural state, with the petals unfurling and the original colors coming through.

One of the more popular types of flowering green tea on the market today is the “dragon pearl” tea, or “green dragon pearl tea”. This tea is a combination of select green tea leaves and tiny jasmine flower buds, dehydrated and processed using the traditional techniques that Chinese and Japanese tea makers have been employing for hundreds of years. These “dragon pearls” expand in the water during the brewing process, as the jasmine buds open up to float lightly and colorfully in the tea. This one reason why so many people all over the world buy green tea in this form.

This art of making flowering green tea has been perfected over the centuries, and Western cultures have discovered the enjoyable experience of watching a tea come to life. The symbolism associated with this method of using green tea and flower buds may not be familiar to some in other societies, but the pleasure derived from the fragrance, the flavor, and the healthful elements in flowering green tea is universal.

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Buy Green Tea and Flowering Green Tea - UK tea brand specialises in hand-tied flowering tea, glass teapots and unusual tea gifts.

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