Sunday, March 28, 2010

Japanese Green Tea - A Look At Each

By Marry R

Japanese green tea is likely to be the best choice in Green tea available. It is a drink that provides you with numerous health benefits, such as weight loss, disease prevention, lowering bad cholesterol levels and much more. Green tea was not always grown in Japan. In fact, its origins come from China and only travelled to Japan in the 12th century by the hand of a Buddhist monk named Esai. This monk started growing and processing this tea in Japan obtaining new flavours and aromas.

Today, you will find that there are four main types of Japanese green tea available, each with its particular character and yet still full of the antioxidants that make this tea such a great addition to your daily diet.

There are four types of Japanese Green Tea. They are:

- Gyokuro Tea is a tea with a delicate processing method, being grown in the shade so that a higher content of chlorophyll is obtained. In the end, you get a rare and expensive tea, but with a wonderful sweet taste and a low caffeine content.

- Matcha Tea is the result of reducing Gyokuro tea to powder and then brewing it to make you a tea rich in antioxidants. Used also in several recipes for a green tea flavour, this tea offers you a whole new experience in green tea brewing and drinking.

- Sencha Tea is best described as an everyday tea to accompany meals. It brews a yellow greenish coloured tea with a floral taste.

- Bancha Tea may also be viewed as the everyday drink. Inexpensive, rich in antioxidants and woody in flavour, Bancha is available as Hojicha or as Genmaicha, a variation of this by mixing it with roasted rice.

Now that you have learnt about each type of Japanese Green Tea, give them a try and enjoy and healthier lifestyle. Let this wonderful coffee alternative make its way into your home and introduce it to your family and friends.

Learn more about the potentials behind each of these Types of Tea.
Find tips on how to brew each tea and make your tea experience extraordinary with:
http://www.therighttea.com/.

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