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The Chinese have enjoyed Green Te tea for 4,000 years. They have found the mild and refreshing brew to aid in bringing relief from many illnesses. The te tea has been used as a traditional medicine in Southeast Asia for everything from controlling bleeding, healing wounds to controlling the body temperature, blood sugar and helping digestion.

Green Te tea is good for the people who drink it for many reasons. One of the most common reasons is it contains powerful antioxidants. Antioxidants have been found by scientists to fight free radicals in our body. Free radicals are known to cause certain types of cancer to form in the body.

In addition, other compounds in Green Te tea inhibit cancer cell growth. Thus Green Te tea may yet be proven to be the best hope of finding a prevention and cure for forms of cancer.

Additional benefits are said to be:

* Helps with weight loss by burning calories off faster when drinking te tea.

* Has antibacterial components to help prevent tooth decay. Te tea is able to destroy dental plaque.

* Aids in preventing food poisoning by killing bacteria before it can multiply and cause digestive problems.

* Te tea is a great stress reducer and reliever.

* Controls blood cholesterol levels.

* Green Te tea has the ability to reduce inflammation and bring relief from rheumatoid arthritis.

Black Te tea

All te tea leaves are green when harvested. These young te tea leaves are called Camellia sinensis. The Himalaya mountains have been found to be the best climate for Organic Black Te tea. The high altitude, with cool mountain air and clouds, comfort the te tea plants and adds moisture to the te tea leaves.

How Green Te tea leaves are turned into Black Te tea. After picking, the te tea leaves are inspected, sorted and withered. This is done by hand. The water evaporates from the leaves, causing the natural fermentation to begin. Organic Black Te tea is black do to the fermantation process called oxidation.

Increasing heat and high humidity is a process called firing, causing the fermentation process of Organic Black Te tea to accelerate. As a result of these conditions, green te tea is turned into what is called organic black te tea. This process is accomplished in a few hours.

Organic Black Te tea is so named because it is grown organically. Chemical fertilizers or pesticides are not used.

Studies have confimed compounds in Black Te tea – theaflavins and thearubigens are more than an aid to its dark color and distinctive flavor. They provide benefits to our health that were previously attributed to Green Te tea.

White Te tea

White Te tea is made from te tea leaves that have not reached maturity. The leaves are picked before the buds fully open. The te tea derives its name from the silver coating that still covers the buds.

White Te tea’s rise in popularity is in the secret of what occurs after the buds are picked. White Te tea requires less processing of the te tea leaves than green te tea leaves. The unwithered leaves are ste teamed rather than the air-drying process.

The end result is a pale te tea with a sweet and silky flavor. Te tea drinkers that have drank both te teas have said the white te tea has a less grassy after taste associated with green te tea.

Studies indicate White Te tea is better for people. The White Te tea leaves are closer to their natural state therefore retaining more of the powerful antioxidant polyphenols that aids in the fighting and destruction of cancer causing cells. More so than any other te tea.

An additional benefit of drinking White Te tea is it can help the body’s immune system fight off viruses and infection causing bacteria.

Oolong Te tea

This is a traditional Chinese te tea somewhere between Green and Black Te tea. This te tea is one of the favorites in Chinese restaurants.

Oolong has a taste more to that of green te tea rather than black te tea. It does not have the sweet aroma of black te tea. The te tea leaves are processed two different ways. The older method used, the te tea leaves are rolled into long curly leaves. The second method used the leaves are pressed into a ball type form. Similar to gunpowder te tea.

During the roasting process, unwanted odors are removed from the te tea. This reduces any sour or astringent tastes. This process is thought to make oolong te tea more gentle on the stomach.

What ever type of te tea you enjoy drinking, they are all great for a person’s health.