The Tea
CAMELLIA SINESIS, the tea plant, is indigenous to both China and parts
of India. Wild tea plants can grow 90 feet and above. In the past
monkeys were trained to pick tea leaves and throw them down where they
were collected. Today tea plants are cultivated as a plantation crop and
therefore the plants are kept to a height of about three feet , for easy
picking.
TEA CATEGORIES The three main categories
of tea are black, green, and oolong. Within each of these categories
there are many varieties. Green teas, Black teas and Oolong teas come
from the same tea plant species, the difference being the processing of
tea Black tea undergo several hours of oxidation during preparation
(accelerated by heat and humidity) Oolong tea is partially fermented and
green tea is steamed to stop oxidation.
HISTORY It was during Chinas' Tang
Dynasty[6816-906B.C.] that tea became the national beverage of choice.
Buddhist priests are thought to have been responsible for spreading the
cultivation of tea throughout China and Japan.
Tea contains ample amount of antioxidant that can lower the risk of many chronic
diseases man suffers from. Antioxidants are compound that help our
bodies detoxify harmful free radicals that work against the immune
system. A tea cup is one of the richest source of antioxidants.
Antioxidant activity in tea is greater than antioxidant activity in 22
fruits and vegetables.
| Item
| Antioxidant Capacity
|
| Tea
| 927
|
| Green Tea
| 814+-30
|
| Spinach
| 129+-6
|
| Beets
| 81+-25
|
| Leaf Lettuce
| 49+-7
|
| Cauliflower
| 46+-11
|
| Garlic
| 46+-9
|
| Onion
| 40+-2
|
| Cabbage
| 32+-2
|
| Carrot
| 26+-8
|
| Corn
| 22+-4
|
| Potato
| 15+-5
|
| Cucumber
| 15+-2
|
| Sweet Potato
| 14+-2 |
The antioxidant
capacity is measured by oxygen radical absorbance method.
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All the detail given about the tea is based on some research and experiments
done at various institutes, laboratories and articles published in various
newspapers and magazines. It may happen that tea is not suitable to few persons
or harmful due to some reasons then company will not be liable for all about.
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