The roots of white tea date back thousands of years when it was first discovered in china in the Fu Ding area in the Fujian province of southern china, and ever since Chinese people have used it as both a tasty cup of tea and as natural medicine.
As you probably know all tea comes from the Camilla sinensis plant. To make it more simpler, white, black and green tea comes from the same plant. The difference in their colors and benefits relates to what is done before and after the leaf is picked from the plant.
I won’t bore you with details of how each tea derives its name, but what you need to know is that white tea gets its name from the silver fuzz that still covers the buds, which turns white when the tea is dried.
White tea leaves undergo much less processing as compared to green and black tea.
White tea leaves are removed when they are still quite young leaving the leaf with a much more antioxidants rich base.
It has a lighter, sweeter taste than green tea. Like green tea, you should steep it in water that should be below the boiling point.
White tea has slightly less caffeine as compared to green tea as white tea holds 15mg of caffeine as opposed to 20 mg in green tea.
white tea tastes really good but besides that it’s also a good natural remedy for almost everything. Research has revealed that it increases the lipoprotein lipase activity in the human body which in turn increases the metabolism rate thus helping considerably in losing weight. It kills cancer cells, it maintains moderately lower levels of cholesterol, it helps in blood circulation by thinning the blood, reducing blood pressure, firmer bones, brighter skin, and so much more
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