Colorful tea for health and happiness.

Green, white, black, and different colored teas have been in vogue in ancient days and now history has repeated itself, People seem to have re-started drinking different teas for different occasions and purposes. Do you drink tea?.Drinking tea often as frequently as 5 –6 times a day is not recommended.
Green tea is fast becoming one of the most popular forms of dietary supplement available on the market today. Since not everyone can sit down and have a relaxing cup of green tea on a daily basis, the health industry has developed a number of green tea products that can make getting your daily dose of green tea that much easier.
Black tea is the most popular tea worldwide, but it does not have as many antioxidants as the other types of teas and it contains the most caffeine. Black tea is fully oxidized. The leaves are rolled to break up the surface so that the leaves are open to air. When the leaves are fully oxidized they turn completely black, hence the name black tea. Keemun black tea is said to have a chocolate-like flavor. Darjeeling and Ceylon are other examples of black tea.
White tea is the rarest and least processed tea. Its taste can be very grassy at times. Processing tea usually involves oxidation, or fermentation. The oxidation occurs when enzymes in the tea plant are either bruised, broken or crushed so that the enzymes are exposed to air. White tea is not oxidized at all, but just left to dry as is. This air drying process is called withering. White tea gets its name from its silver-colored dried buds with their white, thread-like growths. White tea has the least amount of caffeine and the highest amount of antioxidants of the four main types of tea. Silver Needle is a type of white tea with a delicately sweet flavor.
Varied hues and fragrances are herbal teas which are prepared from fresh Ayurvedic herbs. The composition of these teas are culled from the ancient Ayurvedic texts (Astangahrydaya, Astangasangraha, Bhavaprakasa nighantu, Cakradatta, and other ancient texts). They represent more than just a combination of dosha-pacifying herbs and spices; they are prepared in precise proportions according to scriptural instruction.
Tea for healthy and sick are different and very beneficial.Any takers?

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