Green Tea
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Green tea, known in China as Pinyin Lu Cha, is a tea that has undergone only a small amount of oxidation, that is loss of electrons, in comparison to the black teas to which most of us tend to think when we think of tea.
History tells us that green tea was first discovered in China , supposedly by a Chinese emperor who, while boiling some water, had some which leaves which were blowing through the air fall into his kettle. The emperor is supposed to have tasted the water into which the leaves had fallen and like the taste and thus green tea came into existence.
During those early years 618-907, green tea was carefully processed in order to be preserved for long periods of time. The leaves from which the green tea was made were steamed on bamboo trays, then they were crushed into a pulp form and pressed into molds where it was left to harden. After that, the mixture was dried in the sun and then baked, in order to prevent the mixture from rotting. This preserved the mixture which would later be brewed as wanted into green tea.
Green tea is not just one kind of tea but is in actuality a large number of teas. The most popular of the Chinese green tea is known by the name Longjing, and in order to be considered the real Longjing, the green tea must be made in Hangzhou , Zhejiang Province, China .
Green tea is also extremely popular in Japan . Such a high percentage of the tea there is green tea that it is usually just referred to as tea and it is taken for granted that the tea being spoken of is green tea.
Studies conducted by many medical doctors and other professional health care experts seem to indicate that green tea may actually play an active part in the fight against a number of various diseases, amongst them being cognition, in fact it has even been claimed by some experts that it has stopped certain neurodegenerative illnesses such as Alzheimer's and other debilitating dementia. Green tea has also been said to have been used in preventing cancer and successfully used in cancer treatments. Many medical doctors and other health care experts claim to have successfully used green tea in treating arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, cardiovascular diseases, strokes, periodontal diseases, and osteoporosis.
Studies performed in Japan by professional health care experts have been claimed by those conducting them to show that the consumption of green tea seems to lower the risk of coronary artery disease and also to lower the risk of atherosclerosis.
Some medical professionals also believe that green tea thins the blood and helps to prevent blood clots, minimizes damage to the brain from a stroke and is an effective combatant in fighting certain types of diabetes.
