The jasmine flowers are harvested during the day and stored in a cool place until night. During the night, the flowers bloom with full fragrance. The flowers are layered over the tea leaves during the scenting process. The quality of Jasmine tea is determined by the quality of green tea used as its base and the effectiveness of the scenting.

Jasmine Green Tea

Jasmine tea may be made with green tea, white tea,  oolong tea or sometimes -but rarely- with black teas.   Oolong jasmine  tea is very common, with a rich, mild flavor which also tends to settle the stomach.  For this very reason, many restaurants offer oolong jasmine tea .    The tea is often mild enough to consume plain, although some people add small amounts of sugar out of a preference for sweetened teas.

Jasmine Tea Health Benefits
Prevent cancers. Most green teas with jasmine contain a significant amount of polyphenols, plant-based substances which have proven to have antiviral, anticancer and antioxidant properties.   By eliminating free radicals it prevents some forms of cancer, which also arrests aging. It also connects with cholesterol and blocks it, decreases level of cholesterol in blood, as well as prevents bad cholesterol, caused by oxidation.

Anti virus and bacteria. Jasmine tea fights viruses and bacteria, preventing thus influenza, cavities and food poisoning, including cholera, dysentery, mouth bacteria damaging teeth and piccoli causing gastric ulcers. One of the jasmine tea health benefits is to improve intestine conditions by blocking development and growth of bad bacteria and strengthening good bacteria. Connecting with such substances as human waste, meat, fish and breath, the tea prevents odor. Gargling with jasmine green tea is also believed to be one of the most effective ways to protect oneself from influenza, as the tea performs anti-viral functions.

Diabetes and high blood pressure. The impact of jasmine tea on circulatory system is even more beneficial, since it is believed to prevent brain strokes, heart attacks, thrombosis and arterial sclerosis. It is good for diabetes prevention and reducing high blood pressure.

Fight fat. People who consumed tea with green tea extract during the period of three months lost more fat as compared to those who consumed regular oolong tea. According to researchers, substances found in jasmine tea, known as catechins, trigger weight loss by decreasing body fat and stimulating body to burn calories.

Imune system. Other jasmine tea  benefits include the ability to prevent allergy and flue, reduce the risk of blood clot, reduce high blood pressure and blood sugar, keep fluid balance, provide oral care and fluoride that helps protect cavities and prevent tooth decay.  It  helps in boost the immune system.

The best jasmine tea is looseleaf, since it includes whole leaves, and no offcuttings or stems. Ideally it should be brewed loose in a teapot and strained for service, although many people prefer to use tea balls for their brewing since they are more convenient. Both oolong and green teas should be only briefly steeped, as they can turn bitter with long steeping, and the water should be just below the boiling point for the best flavor and scent.

Jasmine Tea Caffeine.
Unless it has been decaffeinated, jasmine tea does have some caffeine. The same is true for any green tea. The actual amount of caffeine in your cup depends on what variety of tea it was made from, where it was grown, and how early it was picked. However, a cup of jasmine tea usually contains about half the caffeine of a cup of coffee.  There are several methods you can use to avoid  caffeine:

* Buy decaffeinated jasmine tea. However, if you choose decaf, you should be aware that you are missing out on more than just jasmine tea caffeine – you may also be missing out on taste and nutrition..
* Choose a high-quality, loose-leaf jasmine tea.   With loose leaf tea, you can choose to drink the first steep and still get less caffeine overall than you would from drinking the same amount of tea made in tea bags.   Jasmine tea in tea bags has more caffeine than loose leaf tea does – and it usually has fewer antioxidants!

Jasmine Tea during pregnancy ?
Research suggests that pregnant women should significantly reduce or omit caffeine from their diet during pregnancy.

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Lemon Iced Tea Recipe

Ingridients: For 2 quarts of water, we’ll need 3/4 cup (150 g) sugar, 2 ounces (60 mL) lemon juice, and two bags of black tea. The lemon juice can be fresh or bottled juice.

How to make :
Bring two quarts of water to a rolling boil.
Drop the two tea bags into the water and remove from heat. Cover with a lid and allow steeping for at least 1 hour.
Although, in general, black teas should not be steeped for this long because of the excessive release of bitter tannins,
this did not seem to be an issue when brewing this much tea with only two bags.

Iced Tea - pitcher

Using more bags with a shorter steep time generated a different flavor profile that did not blend as nicely with the lemon juice
Once the tea has been sufficiently steeped, remove the tea bags and add the sugar and lemon juice. Stir until the sugar completely dissolves.
Pour tea into a pitcher and add ice cubes until the volume has returned to two quarts.
Refrigerate until completely chilled (at least four hours) before serving.

Thai Iced Tea Recipe

Ingridients :

4 tea bags (such as Assam, Orange Pekoe, Ceylon, etc..) or  4 tsp. loose black tea (e.g. Lipton’s Yellow Label)
4 cups boiling water
juice of 1 fresh lime or lemon
1 inch piece galangal or  ginger, grated
1/4 to 1/3 cup white sugar (taste-test for sweetness, adding more sugar as desired), or equivalent of syrup
pinch of salt
ice cubes or crushed ice
1-2 drops jasmine essence (optional) note :available in tiny bottles at Asian/Chinese food stores)
garnish: slices of fresh lime or lemon and sprigs of fresh mint or basil

How to make:
Boil 4 cups water in a pot on the stove (I use a pot instead of a kettle, which makes adding the other ingredients easier).
Add the loose tea or tea bags. Stir well. Allow tea to steep for at least 5-6 minutes while you add the other ingredients.
Grate the galangal or ginger into the tea (it doesn’t have to be grated too finely, as the larger pieces will be strained out later). Stir well.
Add the sugar or syrup, starting with 1/4 cup. Stir to dissolve. Taste-test for sweetness,
adding more sugar (1-2 Tbsp. at a time) until your desired sweetness level is reached.
Squeeze the lime or lemon juice into the tea, and add a pinch of salt. Stir well.
If using, add 1-2 drops of jasmine essence. Note: Be careful not to add much more than 2 drops, or your iced tea will turn out too “perfumed”.
If you have been using tea bags, use a spoon to press them to the side of the bowl before removing them (to extract as much of the tea as possible).
Using a strainer and a ladle, strain the tea into a jug. Place jug in the refrigerator for an hour, or until tea is cold.
If you want to enjoy the tea right away, strain into glasses filled with ice.
Garnish the glasses with fresh lime slices and sprigs of fresh mint or sweet basil.

Raspberry Iced Tea Recipe

Ingredients

* 4 quarts water
* 1 1/2 cups sugar
* 1 (12 ounce) package frozen unsweetened raspberries
* 10 individual tea bags
* 1/4 cup lemon juice

How to make :
1  In a large kettle or Dutch oven, bring water and sugar to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir until sugar is dissolved.
Add the raspberries, tea bags and lemon juice. Cover and steep for 3 minutes. Strain; discard berries and tea bags.
2 Transfer tea to a large container or pitcher. Refrigerate until chilled. Serve over

Baking Soda Iced Tea Recipe

Ingredients
6 regular-size tea bags (”You can use Orange Pekoe, Oolong, green tea, Lipton — pick your favorite.”)
1/8 teaspoon baking soda (a good pinch)
2 cups boiling water
6 cups cold water
Granulated sugar or other sweetener to taste (optional)

Directions
1. In a glass measuring cup or ceramic teapot large enough to accommodate the boiling water, place the tea bags and baking soda. Pour the boiling water over the tea bags. Cover and let steep for 15 minutes.
2. Remove the tea bags, being careful not to squeeze them (squeezing the bags will add bitterness).
3. Pour the concentrate into a two-quart pitcher and add the cold water. Sweeten, if desired. (Some Southerners put in as much as 1 1/2 cups of sugar.)
4. Let cool, then chill and serve over ice.
Makes two quarts.

Hints : Tea will become cloudy if refrigerated while still warm. Add a little boiling water to clear up the cloudiness.
The tannins in tea also cause cloudiness when the tea is brewed in hard water. If you know you have minerals in your water, use bottled or filtered water.

Sweet Iced Tea  Recipe

2 c. water
2 family size tea bags
1 1/2 c. to 2 c. sugar

Bring cold water to boil. Add tea bags, cover and turn off fire. Let set for couple minutes. Pour sugar into gallon pitcher. Add hot tea and mix. Fill with cold water stirring constantly.

Enjoy your homemade iced tea !

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In a saucepan, heat water along with all the spices. Bring to a lower simmer, and let steep for about 5 minutes. Add tea leaves, and continue to steep for another 5 minutes. Strain out the tea, and stir in honey. Serve hot.

Masala Chai

Ingredients:

• 1 tsp loose tea
• 4 cardamom pods, bruised
• 1 small cinnamon stick, broken up
• Saffron threads, a pinch
• 4 cups water
• 2 tbs finely powdered almonds
• Honey, to taste

How to make:

Mix everything except honey and almonds in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and let tea steep for 5 minutes. Put a teaspoon of almonds in the bottom of each cup, and pour hot tea over. Sweeten with honey to taste.

Cran-Ginger Tea Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 tea bags
• 2 cups hot water
• 1/2 cup ginger, fresh and thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup cranberries
• 1/2 cup cranberry juice
• Pinch of nutmeg

How to make Ginger Chai Tea:

Steep tea, ginger and cranberries in water for 15 minutes. Strain and add nutmeg and cranberry juice. Serve warm.

Saffron Tea

Ingredients:

• 8 tsp black tea, loose
• 8 cups water
• 12 green cardamom pods
• 8 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp saffron threads

how to make Saffron Tea:

Heat water with cardamom, sugar and saffron. Simmer until reduced by half. Add tea and steep for about 10 minutes. Strain out tea and spices, and serve hot for 8.

Marmalade Tea Recipe

• 5 cups water
• 3 tea bags, black
• 1/2 cup orange marmalade
• 2 tbs sugar
• 2 tbs lemon juice

Steep tea in near boiling water for 5 minutes. Stir in marmalade, sugar and lemon juice, until marmalade is melted and well mixed. Strain if desired and serve.

Serves 4-5

Four Spice Chai Tea Recipe

A creamy chai with the zip of whole peppercorns.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups water
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tbs black tea leaves
• 1 3-inch cinnamon stick
• 4 whole cloves
• 4 whole black peppercorns
• 4 whole cardamom pods
• 4 tsp sugar

How to make:

Heat water to simmering and add tea leaves. Let simmer and steep for about 3 minutes, then stir in the sugar and spices. Continue to simmer for another 5 – 10 minutes, depending on how strong you want your chai. Then pour in the milk, and keep heating until it’s all warmed through. Strain out the spices and serve hot.

Mulled Pineapple Tea

Ingredients:

• 2 cups water
• 2 cups pineapple juice
• 2 tea bags
• 1 tsp whole cloves
• 2 sticks cinnamon
• 1 lemon, sliced

How to make:

Heat water and pineapple juice in a saucepan, until boiling. Add cloves, cinnamon, lemon slices and tea bags. Simmer for 10 minutes. Strain out spices and tea bags. Serve hot for 4.

Chocolate Mint Tea

Ingredients:

• 6 mint tea bags
• 6 cups milk
• 6 tbs hot chocolate mix

How to make:

In a saucepan, heat milk with tea bags until almost boiling. Steep for a couple of minutes and strain out tea bags. Pour our 6 mugs of milk, then stir in a tablespoon of chocolate powder in each mug.

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Weight Loss Green Tea

Weight loss tea is becoming more and more popular with people around the world these days. In fact, this seems to be an easier option when compared to all other options available for most people to reduce unwanted weight from their body. Weight loss tea burns the unwanted fat content in your body and regulates your body’s metabolism the right way which in turn helps you cut down those unwanted pounds from your body. Already, green tea and other such tea based drinks are finding their way into lots and lots of weight loss diets around the world thanks to their weight reducing capacity. This is the reason why experts all over the world suggest this tea for anyone who wants to reduce his body weight in a natural manner without harming his body by any means.

How Does Tea Achieve Weight Loss?

Here some quick facts:

1. Tea contains powerful catechin antioxidants that help boost the immune system and fight cancer growth.
2. Can lower blood pressure and lower cholesterol.
3. Helps maintain healthier and younger looking skin by combating free radicals.
4. Can even ward off the develop of plague by battling the bacteria that causes it.
5. Can help folks shed pounds by inducing a process called “thermogenesis”.

Weight Loss Teas – how do they work?

Here is a summary of the theories on how these weight loss teas works.

• The teas act as a metabolic stimulant, helping you to burn more calories and fats by increasing your body functions.
• There are only four calories per serving in the tea (when you drink it black with no additives). This is a very good alternative beverage choice for people on diets if they are bored of water.
• The Pu-Erh tea, one of the most popular in-meal beverages in China, is believed to help fat metabolism and decrease blood cholesterol levels in frequent drinkers.
• The teas contain poly phenols, which helps to burn fat in your body.
• In addition to weight loss benefits, many Chinese teas contain special enzymes, micro nutrients and microbes that are essential for the body’s well-being. These are created by the unique double fermentations the teas go through when being prepared for consumption

Pu-erh and Oolong are just two of the more well known weigh loss teas. In addition these two types of tea others that are widely available to the world are green tea, black tea, and compressed tea.

Advice On Using Weight Loss Tea

Weight Loss Detox

There are many products that claim to be weight loss tea, and some may indeed be legitimate. It is up to you as the consumer to find out which product claims are false and which ones can help you aid your weight loss and be advantageous to your health. Keep in mind that education is not up to the companies making these products; it is ultimately up to the purchaser to educate themselves about products that can harm or help them. “Buyer beware” is still the phrase of choice in the marketplace today.

Check labels before you purchase any weight loss tea product. Be sure that any ingredients will not interfere with any other types of medications you are currently taking. Do your research and don’t be afraid to ask questions. Your doctor can be a great source of information if you are trying to lose weight and will be more than happy to schedule an appointment where you can talk about all the weight loss options that are available to you including weight loss tea

Once you start consuming weight loss tea, you can feel the difference within a few weeks. You feel better and once you keep doing it for some time, you can sure feel the weight difference in your body. It is also advisable to work out according to your capacity while taking this tea, as it always help you shed those extra, unwanted pounds and also makes you feel a lot younger, fitter, and better in a natural way.

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Chai Tea Latte

Tea in general is very good for you because it contains antioxidants which help to protect the body against cancer. Chai tea is a type of black tea and tends to have more caffeine than other types of teas, like green, but not as much caffeine as a cup of coffee.

It started in India, where the original green chai tea is often served in most Indian Houses.   Chai Tea was originally prepared only for Indian royalties and involved a long and time consuming process.  On its own, the name of “chai” is merely the generic name for “tea” in Iran, India and many other countries, but for many English speakers it is also known as “masala chai”. The tautological term of chai tea is commonly used to describe spiced milky tea – having the aspect of a café latte – as it pretty much differs from other types of tea.   The most famous India chais are masala chai, milk chai and chimney chai.

In its most basic form, chai is black tea that is brewed strong with a combination of spices and is diluted with milk and sugar. The spices vary from recipe to recipe, but usually consist of cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, pepper and ginger. Chai tea is traditionally consumed hot and sweet. The sweetness is needed to bring out the full flavors of the spices.  The proper way to make a good chai tea is to leave the tea leaves ( or tea dust ) in the hot/boiling water long enough to get the flavor of the tea but not too long.  Excessive exposure of tea to heat will release the bitter tannins in the tea leaves.

Green Tea Chai

Usually, chai tea is made using black tea, but several variations of the basic recipe have appeared, one of them being the Kashmiri version which is brewed using green tea instead of black tea and has a slightly lighter blend of flavorings : almonds, cinnamon, black pepper, cardamom, and occasionally saffron.

Chai Tea Benefits

Usually, people know that herbal plants have medicinal benefits and can help boost the immune system; as the chai tea is made only of herbs and spices you can only imagine the benefits it can have on your immune system. Scientists have discovered that 7 out 10 people that drink chai tea have 23% more chances to not get sick, while the cases of people who do not drink the chai tea but live an otherwise comparable lifestyle the probability of getting sick is higher.

Chai tea benefits can be attributed to the polyphenol content found in the black tea base used in chai. In addition, the spices used in chai have numerous health benefits associated with them, including ancient ayurvedic properties.

How to Make Chai Tea

Ingredients

* 2 teaspoons fresh ginger root; grated
* 1 whole star anise; broken up
* 1 teaspoon orange peel; grated
* 4 pieces cinnamon sticks; 1 1/2 inch
* 1 teaspoon cardamom seeds
* 10 whole cloves
* 5 whole peppercorns
* 5 cups water
* 1/4 cup black tea leaves; (like Assam or Darjeeling)
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 1/4 cup honey
* 3 cups skim milk
Directions:

How to Make Chai Tea

1. Bundle up the first seven ingredients in a length of cheese cloth and tie it together with a string. This is called a bouquet garni (pronounced “boo-KAY gar-NEE”).
2. Place the bouquet garni in a pot of water. The string should be tied to the handle for easy removal later on.
3. Bring the water to a very low boil, then reduce the heat and   simmer. Boiling water may extract too much bitterness from the tea  leaves.
4. Add tea leaves and continue simmering for 15 minutes.   Remove the bouquet garni.
5. Strain the remaining liquid through a sieve to remove tea leaves.    Add honey, vanilla, and milk.
6. Serve. Pour the mixture over crushed ice if you’re serving it cold. This makes eight servings.

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Organic Herbal Tea

With US$5 billion market in the United States alone in 2003, a 500% increase in 10 years, tea is a well established industry that is quickly growing. Tea bags, loose teas, tea shops, and gourmet teas are only a few examples of the outlets for this ever increasing number. Though sales have been mainly rooted in the standard teas stemming from the Camelia sinensis plant (Green tea, Oolong tea, and Black tea), a vast increase in herbal and natural medicines in the western world has brought upon a virtual explosion of Organic Herbal Tea Blend, releasing any confinements there may have previously been.

Now it is not only Big Business that is apart of this industry as the infinite number of herbal tea blends are combing with the free commerce of the internet. This conception is creating new life in an industry that had been patiently waiting. New companies are forming, new mixtures are being created, and now even new tea bags are being designed.

The machine manufactured tea bags are still standard in market where cost is being put before quality. A metal staple is used to close a bag filled with low quality tea dust, which is known to have very low health benefits and give a more bitter taste than its whole leaf loose tea counterpart. Due to the manufacturing techniques used by these production factories, tea dust is the only filler able to be injected with the machines used to mass produce these bags. As the general size of each organic herbal tea blend is larger, they are unable to be used with these processed bags.

Second in popularity is a relatively new pyramid shaped tea bag. A more spacious bag allows for a free floating of the loose tea that is inside. Though higher in quality than the stapled standard, problems of this style include a large shape and size that makes bulk packaging difficult. Also, most bags are filled with green and oolong loose teas, as opposed to organic herbal tea.

With the combined short falls of these two bags, the ever increasing number of organic herbal tea blends and home based companies are in desperate need for a tea bag to match their unique nature. Fortunately as the number of companies is increasing, and more money is entering into the market, handmade gourmet tea bags are being created, better matching the ingenuity behind each organic herbal tea blend. It is very possible that as the number organic blends increase in popularity, raising the desire for organic products and higher health benefits, consumers will be more willing to pay slightly higher prices to receive significantly higher in quality tea bags. With this in mind, it very well could be that a unique organic herbal tea blend could be your gateway to differentiation in a busy herbal  tea industry.

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Chinese has been drinking tea for approximately 4,000 years. Along with firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar, the Chinese considered tea as one of the seven necessities to begin a day.

Types of Chinese Tea

Chinese Tea Types

The Chinese tea may be classified into five types according to the different methods by which it is processed. Here are the classifications:

• Green Tea – is the variety which keeps the original color of the tea leaves without fermentation during processing.

• Black Tea – This is known as “red Chinese tea”, the type which is fermented before baking. Note also that black tea is a later variety developed on the basis of the green tea.

• Wulong Tea – Also known as Oolong Chinese tea, this category represents a variety half way between the green and the black teas. This is being made after partial fermentation.

• Compressed Tea – is the kind of Chinese tea which is compressed and hardened into a certain shape. Many people considered this as good for transport and storage and are mainly supplied to the ethnic minorities living in the border areas of the country.  

• Scented Tea – This kind of Chinese tea is known as “scented” because it is made by mixing fragrant flowers in the tea leaves in the course of processing. The flowers that are commonly used for this purpose include the jasmine and magnolia, among others.

Tea Production

Tea Production

Chinese has maintained that a new tea plant must grow for five years before its leaves can be picked. The trunk of the old plant must then be cut off to force new stems to grow out of the roots in the following year. This sort of rehabilitation must be repeated as this allows the tea plant to serve for about a hundred years.

The season of tea picking generally depends on the local climate and it varies from area to area. As you all know, China is the homeland of tea. It has tea shrubs as early as five to six thousand years ago, and human cultivation of these plants dates back two thousand years. Today, it was reported that tea is produced in vast areas of China from Hainan Island down in the extreme south to Shandong Province in the north, from Tibet in the southwest to Taiwan across the Straits. To sum up, the Chinese tea grows at more than 20 provinces.

On the shores of West Lake in Hangzhou, where the famous green tea Longjing comes from, it was reported that the picking starts from the end of March and lasts through October. A skilled woman picker can only gather 600 grams of these green tea leaves in a day.

After the harvest, the new leaves must be parched in tea cauldrons. Accordingly, this work has now been largely mechanized, although the top grade Longjing tea still has to be stir-parched by hand, doing only 250 grams every half hour. Then, the tea cauldrons are heated electrically to a temperature of about 25 degree centigrade or 74 degree Fahrenheit. It then takes four pounds of fresh Chinese tea leaves to produce one pound of parched Chinese tea.

For the processes of grinding, parching, rolling, shaping and drying, different kinds of machines have been developed and built. This work turned out about 100 kilograms of finished Chinese tea an hour, relieving the workers from much of their drudgery.

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Probably you are familiar with the Chinese saying, “Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea are the seven necessities to begin a day.” Though tea is last on the list, we can still see how important the tea is for the Chinese.

Chinese Flower Teas

There are actually thousand of Chinese tea varieties. These are usually classified by procedure, quality, and preparation methods and so on. However, if we will consider tea in terms of quality, there are actually eight classes of Chinese tea. These include green tea, oolong, black, red, white, yellow, flower, and compressed tea.

Now, let’s take a look at these classes one by one.

Chinese Green Tea

Green tea is said to be the most natural type of Chinese tea. It is usually picked, naturally dried and fried briefly to get rid of its grassy smell. Unlike the other types, green tea skipped fermentation process.

According to some experts, green tea has the most medicinal value and the least caffeine content of all Chinese tea classes. The aroma of this type of Chinese type range from medium to high, while the flavor is usually light to medium. Today, about 50% of China’s tea is green tea.

Chinese Oolong Tea

Chinese Oolong Tea

This type of Chinese tea is halfway between green tea and black tea in a sense that it is half fermented. Chinese also call it “Qing Cha” and its typical leaves are green in the middle and red on the edges as a result of the process to soften tea leaves.

Oolong tea leaves are basically withered and spread before undergoing a brief fermentation process. Then, it is fried, rolled and roasted.

Chinese Black Tea

The Chinese black tea produces full-bodied amber when brewed. Also, this type of Chinese tea undergoes withering, then left to ferment for a long while, and then roasted. The leaves of this variety become completely oxidized after processing.

Chinese Red Tea

As the name implies, this type of Chinese tea has red leaves and red tea color. This color is strongly highlighted during the fermentation process. It is also considered that red tea has low aroma and medium flavor and it is now divided into three subclasses: Kung Fu Red Tea, Ted Tea Bits, and Small Species Red Tea.

Chinese White Tea

This type of Chinese tea is sometimes considered as subclass of green tea. Perhaps it is for the fact that it is only withered and then roasted. Just like green tea, white tea escaped fermentation process. And, it has low caffeine content.

Chinese Yellow Tea

Apparently, yellow tea has yellow leaves and yellow tea color. According to some experts, this type of Chinese tea is an uncommon class of Chinese tea. The flavor of yellow tea is usually mild and refreshing.

Chinese Flower Tea

Here is a unique type of Chinese tea – the Flower tea.  It actually subdivides into Flower Tea and Scented Tea. Well, the Flower Tea is just based on a simple concept that dried flowers are used, without much processing, to make tea.  The Scented Tea, on the other hand, uses green tea and red tea as base and mix with scent of flowers.  Generally, this class has light to medium flavor and medium to strong aroma.

Chinese Compressed Tea

The final type of Chinese tea is the compressed tea.  This class uses black tea as base tea. It is steamed and compressed into bricks, cakes, columns, and other shapes. Also, compressed tea has all the characteristics of black tea. It can be stored for years and decades.

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