Posts under ‘White tea’

Wondering how to brew white tea so that you preserve its qualities and make advantage of its health benefits? Here are a few tips on how to prepare the perfect cup of white tea: Always use fresh, cold water. The one that has been sitting around in the kettle will not make a good [...]

If you are drinking tea because of its health benefits or because you are pregnant, you might want to consider White Tea.
White Tea undergoes very little processing and no fermentation but it also contains considerably less caffeine. The amount of caffeine depends on a number of factors, including the variety of tea leaf, where it [...]

White Tea has the same benefits as Green Tea but it is even better - due to being less processed it contains more polyphenols and skin-soothing antioxidants. Free radicals can be fought from the inside and experts advise drinking at least two cups of White Tea a day, but let’s not overlook the largest and [...]

Acai berries come from the acai palms from South America. The Brazilian natives have eaten the Acai berry for centuries and value it for it’s healing and sustaining powers. The Acai Berry is a superfood, also named world’s healthiest food. Chock-full of antioxidants, amino acids and essential lipids, some experts consider it to be [...]

More and more people discover the benefits and joy of drinking White Tea on a regular basis. This time we focus on the more practical packaging of White Tea, the Tea bags.
There are many different options on the market. You can buy Organic White Tea Bags, Biodegradable or Hand-filled Tea Bags, and even Whole Leaf [...]

Recent studies in cancer research show that the compound EGCG, found in white and green tea, can stop growth of cancer cells by inactivating an enzyme in the cancer cell, called dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR). However, the same enzyme is needed for folic acid utilization. If during pregnancy DHFR is inactivated by the EGCG, the fetus [...]

Studies have shown that regular consumption of White Tea (Camellia sinensis) provides protection against colon tumors about just as well as sulindac, drug commonly prescribed for that purpose.
Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University studied treating colon tumors and confirmed that the most effective results were obtained with a combination of White tea and sulindac. [...]

Tribute Eyebrow, locally called Gong Mei, is processed more then Silver Needle and White Peony and is therefore cosidered a 3rd grade tea.
Eyebrow teas are named for the long, thin, crescent-shaped leaves. The leaves come from small tea trees named Xiao Bai. Tea consists of young leaves and no buds. Aged after oxidation, the Tribute [...]

While Silver Needle is the highest quality tea, made entirely from youngest, most delicate tea leaves, White Peony wears the crown of China’s second best White Tea.
White Peony is locally known as Pai Mu Tan or Bai Mudan, which literally means white peony blossom. But there is no Peony in this tea, just a delicate [...]

White Tea is said to be the subtlest of all varieties. When we choose Loose White Tea instead of tea bags, we get only the finest and youngest tea leaves from each tea plant that have been only minimally processed. Loose leaf white tea has a light and delicate taste with sweet and mild vegetal [...]