Green tea has my heart ! If your are not already drinking green tea , I highly suggest incorporating it into your diet . It’s loaded with antioxidants and many other constituents (about which I will be telling below) which makes it the healthiest beverage in the entire world .

Do you know ?

Green tea and Black tea originate from the same plant species – Camellia sinensis.

Its the variety and the processing of the leaves which defines how green tea becomes ‘green‘ and black tea becomes ‘black‘.

Varieties –

1. Camellia sinensis sinensis –

• small leafed variety
• native to china
• used to make green tea and white tea.

2. Camellia sinensis assamica –

• large leafed variety
• first discovered in Assam district
• used to make black teas.

Green tea processing –
Green teas are often referred to as non-fermented or unfermented teas. The intent is to…