Loose Green Tea
Green tea is often lauded for the many amazing health benefits that it touts. However, in Asia, the birthplace of tea, green tea is widely enjoyed not only for medicinal effects, but for the many dimensions of flavor that can be experienced through the different varieties. In China, there are nearly as many varieties of green tea as there are towns. Adagio Teas continues to sell the finest loose green tea you’ll find, and now offers many varieties in a convenient gourmet tea bag as well.loose leaf teas packaged in Kotobuki steel canisters or refill bags.
Green Tea Loose Leaf:
Green Tea is not oxidized at all, the leaves are steamed, rolled and dried. Green tea has a more delicate taste than black tea, but may have more beneficial antioxidants. We have many interesting flavors.
Loose Green & white Tea:
Green Tea has been long valued for its medicinal and healthful properties, especially in Asia, and has now gained popularity in the Western culture. Our green tea is an exceptionally wholesome and flavorful beverage, which has a very high content of vitamins and minerals, including ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and several B vitamins. Five cups of green tea a day will provide 5-10% of the daily requirement of riboflavin, niacin and folic acid. Green tea leaves are unfermented, greenish in color; and have approximately 20-30% as much caffeine as a cup of coffee.
Flowering loose green tea:
All tea leaves are picked green. When the leaves are immediately steamed or pan-fried, the heat stops the oxidation process (exposure to oxygen) and keeps the tea leaves green. Green tea leaves are also flattened or curled. Green teas usually have a grassy, vegetal, nutty and savory taste. Green tea is often scented with jasmine flowers for a floral taste. Numi also offers these other artisan loose teas: White and Black.The Adera Tea Company offers some of the finest flavored loose teas from traditional tea growing regions, including Darjeeling, Assam, Ceylon, China, Japan, Africa, and other countries all over the world.
Loose teas are better than teabags, why?
Loose teas use the whole leaf while the teabags usually use the cut, ground or “dust” leaf. This makes regular teabags produce fewer Antioxidants and more Caffeine than loose teas. Another important factor which you may consider is bleach residue, a chemical, which remains on the teabags.
Loose Tea Blocks (single wrapped and sealed clean loose tea for each drink, so-called “Tea Candy”) are better than regular loose teas and teabags, why?
Most loose teas are not very clean when packaged and shipped in bulk. It’s customary to rinse loose tea first before making tea to drink. However, because of this, it’s not convenient to use loose tea all the time or while traveling.
The green tea revolution is here! Whether you brew loose green tea by the cup, or grab a bottle of iced green tea, the popularity of this delicious and healthy beverage is growing by leaps and bounds.Just about every major tea importer has at least one type of green tea available. While many of us are accustomed to popping a tea bag into a cup, brewing a pot of tea from loose leaves is the traditional method.
