Green Teas

Green Teas

Buy best green teas online at The Leaf store to experience the exclusive teas in their finest form sourced from garden of Darjeeling, Assam, Nilgiris, Kangra, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Japan, and Thailand. A premium delicate taste of green tea includes the process withering, heating rolling and drying after the plucking of tender tea leaves which prevents the oxidations and reserves the freshness of green tea. Indian tea culture have gained immediate significance in world tea market by offering high quality, flavorful, aromatic and healthy green tea quality specially from Darjeeling which hits a good demand as well as price.

Health benefits of green tea

Impressive percentage of catechins such as EGCG and polyphenols makes green tea healthy to a large extent. These are antioxidants which can effectively help to prevent cell damage in the body and offer number of health benefits such as;

1. Stroke risk       
2. Prevents heart risks
3. Green tea lowers the cholesterol level
4. Cancer prevention
5. Green tea is effectively responsible for drastic weight loss
6. Prevent skin diseases and improves working memory.

There are number of green tea health benefits if taken in the right way on the daily basis for a improved and healthy lifestyle.

Types of green teas

Various types of green tea includes various types of processing methods by which you can experience difference in taste, aroma, health benefiting components, level of antioxidants. Different regions can also be a good reason for different characteristics of same green tea type however some popular types of green teas are matcha, sencha, regular green tea, tencha, steamed green tea, gunpowder green tea, Darjeeling green tea, hand rolled green tea and many more.

Indian tea consumption level is too high but most of it is CTC black tea, and the consumption of green tea in India is getting popular now as the green tea demand by the tea lovers is increasing in urban cities in specific.

How to brew green tea correctly

Method of brewing green tea includes few steps and a right cup of green tea can offer you many health benefits along with a lovely addiction of healthy life style.

1. Boil water up to 80 degree to 95 degree Celsius (ideally 125ml to 150ml for one cup).
2. Use 2.5 to 3 grams of loose green tea in the pot and make sure the pot is rinsed by the hot water to raise its temperature then the room temperature which may not affect the ideal steeping conditions.
3. Pour the hot water (step1) into the pot with the tea (step2) and wait for 2.5 to 3 minutes ideally. This can vary as per your preference.
4. Strain into the cup and enjoy the delicious green tea.