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All teas, regardless if its white, green, oolong, black all come from the Camellia Sinensis plant. It is the processing methods that creates different kinds of teas.  In general, the more oxidized the tea is, the darker the colour would be, and also the higher the level of caffeine as well. White and green teas are the least oxidized and the colours of these two teas generally don’t change as much as they do when they were on the bush. Black teas go through a much more complex and lengthy processing.  For Pu-erh teas, the teas get oxidized and then...

As we grow to be more environmentally conscious, one might wonder whether we are putting the right items inside our green bins or composts. Did you know that approximately 90% of teabags sold actually contain plastic? It is very important that we double check to see if our teabags contain any plastics.  Around 20 to 30 percent of the tea bag may be composted of polypropylene, which will not decompose.  These teabags typically are slippery to the touch and have a heat-sealed edge.  If this is the case, make sure you do cut the tea bag open first and only...

Everyone hears about the health benefits of drinking tea.  How about lowering blood pressure?  In a study published by “Endocrine Abstracts”, researchers tested participants and asked them to drink 4 cups of green tea daily while maintaining the same diet.  Over the course of the tests, it was found that the participants’’ blood pressure lowered by an average of 7.1/7.8 mmHg. As a conclusion, green tea is definitely beneficial to helping reduce blood pressure.  Green tea by far has one of the richest source of Polyphenols.  It is found that people who drink green tea on a regular basis are...

All teas (with the exception of herbal teas) come from the same tea plant – named Camellia Sinesis plant.  It is the processing method that would then make white, green, oolong, black and pu’er teas. Green teas come from leaves that have been slightly oxidized, while white tea comes usually from younger leaves and buds.  White teas is the actually the least processed of all teas. Both white and green teas have a significant lower amount of caffeine in comparison to black teas. And most white teas are only as low as 1/17 of a cup of coffee! In terms...