Green tea has a number of nutritional values. It aids in fat loss, antioxidant support in the skin, fighting cancer cell growth, improving brain power and reducing the risk of heart disease.
Green tea production around the world
Green tea is classified as “unfermented tea”. Green tea has all of leaves itself, leaf bottom and its tea soup in green. The largest production country of green tea is China, where nearly all provinces, such as Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou and more places, produce green tea products. The second production place of green tea is Japan. Apart from these two countries, there are more countries, like Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Turkey and Russia, which a variety of green tea products are produced.
Differences between Japanese green tea and Chinese green tea
Tea leaves come from the same type of trees, tea tree. However, there are many differences between Chinese green tea and Japanese green tea, including the taste, the nutritional value, and the stories behind. The place where green tea was first found is China. Green tea was brought to Japan from China Japanese Buddhist monks. In Japan, green tea is not just a drink. It has been developed as part of Japanese culture. Green tea is kind of a ritual in many ceremonies and formal activities in Japan.
There are a number of varieties in green tea products in China. However, the green tea in Japan is basically Yabukita. Japanese green tea has three times more antioxidant properties than Chinese green tea, just because of different methods of making green tea between two countires. In China, mainland people usually adopt stir-frying method to produce green tea leaves, while in Japan, Japanese people usually adopt streaming method to produce green tea products. Hence, Japanese green tea is slightly sweeter than the green tea produced in the mainland, China. Besides, Japanese green tea has more antioxidant substances.
Which green tea has a better taste? Then no one know, as every person is unique. You may try to sip the green tea one by one in some tea shops and find out which green tea you love most.
Note: Image by Charlotte May. Yabukita, Teapedia.org.
