Green Tea

Chinese Green Tea

Chinese green teas have enjoyed increasing popularity in the West in recent years, where black teas have traditionally been more popular. Green teas originate from and are grown in several Chinese provinces, and exhibit differing attributes, such as lighter and darker coloring, steamed vs. pan-fired teas, and coastal as opposed to mountain-grown tea leaves. Many [...]

Sencha Green Tea

by Stephanie Harkins
Of the many different types of green teas available, Sencha Green Tea is one of the most popular, due to its good taste and affordability. Sencha, known also as Futsu mushi Sencha, is a higher grade of green tea than Bancha. It is harvested from the same tree as Bancha grade, but [...]

Bancha Green Tea

By Stephanie Harkins
Not many people are familiar with the different types of tea available, let alone the different grades of tea, however, I would like to introduce you to a very special Japanese tea called ‘Bancha’, or what the Japanese would call common, everyday ‘tea’.

Strangely, Bancha is a low grade of green tea. While [...]

Japanese Green Tea

While tea from China comes in many colors including white, green, brown (oolong) and black, all tea from Japan is green. There are three main types of green tea from Japan.
Sencha is the most common tea served as an every day drink in Japan. While there are high-quality Sencha tea leaves that are plucked [...]

Green Tea With Honey

It is no secret by now that green tea is a powerful source of health benefits. Green tea has been researched for its ability to treat and prevent cancer and other major diseases, but the more common reason for the popularity of green tea is the antioxidants contained…

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Matcha

Matcha is finely ground, powdered green tea leaf, which has been drunk in Japan for over 1,000 years. Matcha plays a key role in the calming, zen-like Japanese Tea Ceremony, called chanoyu. But more and more people today are

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Uses for Green Tea

There are many benefits to drinking green tea, including its wonderful antioxidants and catechins which are said to be helpful for many things from weight loss to the prevention of cancer. In fact, most people are aware of the health benefits of drinking green tea. However, did you know

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Chinese Green Tea

China is both the birthplace of tea and the birthplace of green tea. Although Japan has become one of the world’s most famous green tea producers, the country originally received its tea-producing skills from China. Like Japanese green tea,

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What To Eat With Green Tea

Tea is the new wine!….sorta. The art of pairing tea with foods is very similar to pairing foods with wine. Typically, white whine is usually served with white meat, and red wine is of course served alongside red meat. Pairing tea with food, just as in pairing wine with food, is all about providing a [...]

Japanese Green Tea

Increasingly more often in recent years, we’ve begun to see an incredible amount of media attention given to green tea. It seems as if just about anyone can be found ranting and raving about green tea, touting its so called miracle cure abilities, suggesting that everyone should drink gallons of green tea every day for [...]

Types of Tea