Green Tea w/ Jasmine

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Health benefits of green tea are endless: bacterial inhibiting, virus inhibiting, immune building, cancer fighting,. . . . you name it.

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Taylors of Harrogate 2110 Green Tea With Jasmine

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A green tea produced in the time-honored way. Freshly picked jasmine flowers are added to the tea and left overnight to infuse. In the morning the flowers are removed, but the fragrance of jasmine remains on the tea. It’s a delightful way to enjoy the benefits of green tea.

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The Multiple Benefits of Jasmine Tea

Jasmine tea is a traditional favorite of almost all tea lovers. That is because this ancient brew can offer lots of healthy benefits and has a very unique and tasty flavor. Most importantly, this type of tea comes in different variants such as the Jasmine pearl tea or dragon pearls which were grown in the lush uplands of Fujian province in China. And with the introduction of the flowering tea, you will definitely enjoy not just the healthy benefits of Jasmine, but also its aesthetic beauty and design. A Jasmine pearl tea is typically scented and produces a relaxing aroma. For the Jasmine flower tea, the buds of Chrysanthemum and Amaranth are usually included in the packaging. So when the Jasmine pearl tea blossoms in the tea pot, you can smell the sweet floral hints of Chrysanthemum and Amaranth as well as the lively scent of Jasmine. Such combination of aromas can relieve stress and body tension. That is why a Jasmine pearl tea is a favorite of tea lovers who want to indulge in its relaxing scent. You can also serve this tea for your guests to make them more relaxed and at ease. Mountain grown Jasmine dragon tea on the other hand has a very healthy and rich antioxidant properties. Retention of the antioxidant component of the Jasmine tea can be attributed to the fresh mountain environment in Fujian, China and early picking of the jasmine green leaves. Because of these, a Jasmine dragon tea can be considered as a complete pharmacy in a cup. It has a known anti-aging component as well as fat burning quality. The most significant impact you can get from this tea is its promotion of healthy skin. Your age will not show on your skin if you are a regular green tea drinker. If you can keep yourself younger and healthier, then you can prevent other diseases that may be related to aging. Aside from the healthy benefits that you can get from Jasmine tea, it can also be used as a special decorative object. This is particularly true if your Fujian grown Jasmine is blossoming. A blossoming Jasmine tea is made by expert tea masters of China. It is hand sewed or hand tied and wrapped carefully in tin foil packaging. Once you steep the blossoming Jasmine in warm water, the exquisite floral design and decoration will slowly unfurl before your eyes. It is inadvisable to pour boiling water over the blossoming tea. This will make your tea bitter and it could damage the delicate design of the blossoms. What you should do is to pour the boiling water in an empty glass tea pot. Leave the boiling water for at least two to three minutes then slowly drop the flowering Jasmine tea in the warm water. After a while, you will witness the elegant transformation of your tea into a beautiful flower arrangement. You can now drink the tea or serve it to your guest. The tea can still retain its flavor after several steeping. After using the blossoming tea, you can transfer it into another jar and soak the blossom in cold water. Your blossom tea can now serve as decorative material and could last for at least five days.

Insider’s Guide to Chinese Teas – Part 3 Jasmine

Jasmine teas are usually made using Green tea as a base, to which the flowers are added. The floral aroma of a good quality variety is exquisite and as you drink the pale yellow, almost colourless brew, you can just lose yourself in a timeless bubble. This is quite often the most appealing Chinese tea to those of you who are traditional Indian Black tea drinkers. The taste is a subtle sweetness with a persistent floral aftertaste and the aroma is gorgeous. Loose leaf Jasmine is the best. The leaves are an art form in themselves; the makers will twist, curl, roll or even tie the leaves together in a small bunch. In China, tea drinking is done with all of the senses, not just taste, which is why the producers go to such extraordinary lengths.

The very best Jasmine teas are made using leaves that are picked between the middle of March and the end of May and combined with blossom that is picked exclusively during May as that is the time when they are at their most fragrant. Traditional production methods involve layering the leaves and the blossoms so that the flavour and aroma permeates the leaves. Nowadays, the blossoms are usually placed in a stream of hot air to extract the essential taste; the aromatic hot air is then passes through and over the leaves in order to give an intense flavour. The blossoms are then simply added as decoration.

Jasmine tea has been documented for over 800 years and in common with most tea types, has its origins in China. How it was invented is not known, it may have been by accident or design. Unlike most of the other tea types, I have not come across any legends that explain why and how it was created – I am sure there must be some out there!

Since it is normally based on Green tea, Jasmine tea has much the same health benefits as the latter. Green tea is claimed to be good for digestion, your heart and even halitosis! The best documented benefit however, is against cancer. It has high levels of antioxidants such as epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). This is one of a group of chemicals called flavonoids which are known to destroy the reactive molecules called free radicals (oxidants) that are created in the body. These oxidants are implicated in the formation of cancer and with heart attacks so Jasmine tea is a pleasant way to help your body deal with these. It is not a magic cure-all as some tea sellers would have you believe but when included as part of a healthy lifestyle, it may help. Judging by the research, which really needs to be more extensive and controlled in order to be clinically reliable in my opinion, it is not going to hinder. So for those who are not keen on the sometimes ‘grassy’ taste of green tea, jasmine is a potentially healthy and tastier alternative.

Here in the west, many other flavoured teas have been developed, for example mint tea. These are not authentically Chinese and often disguise the fact that the tea is stale. That is fine if you are not serious about tea however to experience this beverage in its full glory, buy it loose, fresh and unadulterated. It can be difficult to find top quality brands if you live outside of a big city, but that is where the internet comes in. There are many retailers of this wonderful product online, however choose carefully. Pure, loose and organic is the best but not the cheapest. If you do buy the cheapest that you find, you really will be missing out.

Good Earth Teas Jasmine Green Tea Blend

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“”"Hua”" (Huwa), the Chinese character above, is the ancient symbol for flower. The jasmine flower, originally a native of Persia, was brought to China in the third century, and has been blended with green tea as a refreshing and restorative beverage for countless generations. ”

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