I ask mainly because I'm trying to stay pretty healthy these days for a 20 year old. I heard that after eating a meal, drinking warm water, or teas (Mainly green tea), helps your body break down any fats in your food.
I really don't enjoy the taste of green tea, but I do enjoy white tea. I drink 1-2 cups of regular old orange peakoe in the morning, but in the evenings, I was looking to drink a healthier tea to help break down the fats in my food.
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1 Mr. Peachy® // Mar, 2008
No. It doesn't have as many antioxidants.
2 Miranda // Mar, 2008
No it doesn't have exactly the same benefits as green tea but researchers only really focus their time on green tea because of the hype that surrounds it. Green tea is very beneficial for your health but if you get bored with it there is nothing wrong with drinking white or black tea once in a while. Black tea has the most caffeine. Caffeine normally isn't that good for you but it's a pretty low amount everyone needs a boost once in a while!
3 chickadee33 // Mar, 2008
White tea is actually more rare then green tea and is typically somewhat more expensive. SOME studies have shown that white tea has more disease fighting antioxidants than green tea, and definitely has many health benefits. White tea has a little less caffeine then green tea at 15 mg versus 20 mg for green. (Black has 40)
4 Christ K // Mar, 2008
hello,
white tea come from the Camellia sinensis plant. But the leaves are picked and harvested before the leaves open fully, when the buds are still covered by fine white hair. Hence the name. White tea is scarcer than the other traditional teas, and quite a bit more expensive.
White tea is similar to green tea, in that it's undergone very little processing and no fermentation. But there is a noticable difference in taste. Most green teas have a distinctive 'grassy' taste to them, but white tea does not. The flavour is described as light, and sweet. You should steep white tea in water that is below the boiling point. The UtiliTEA Variable Temperature Tea Kettle is perfect for use with white tea.
If you are drinking tea for your health, you may want to consider white teas. There is also considerably less caffeine in white tea than the other varieties (15mg per serving, compared to 40mg for black tea, and 20mg for green). Some studies have also shown that white tea contains more active cancer-fighting antioxidants than green tea.
As with all teas, there are many varieties of white tea, with poetic names such as: white peony, golden moon, silver needle and white cloud. White teas are produced mostly in China and Japan, but the Darjeeling region of India also produces some fine white teas.
Hope this Helps!
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