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Using white tea for relaxation has long traditions throughout the Oriental culture and throughout the world. White tea, like all other forms of tea, has a stress reducing effect on the body; the entire process of boiling the water and steeping your tea leaves to actually sitting comfortably and sipping a hot cup of white tea is very calming for the soul. What many people do not realize is that the calming effects of white tea are not merely in the mind.
Less Caffeine
Drinking white tea for relaxation as opposed to green tea or black tea, which have
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Drinking white tea is a healthy way to help promote weight loss; as long as you don't expect too much from the tea alone. In an age where "miracle diets" are all the rage, it is very important for people to find a diet plan that will help them achieve their weight loss goal while maintaining their health. The problem with most diets you see on infomercials is they quickly shed a person's water weight, which will return quickly when the dieter returns their starting weight and maybe even adding a few pounds.
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What is white tea? What makes it so special? Simply, white tea is the least processed form of tea, made of beautiful silver buds and select leaves which have been steamed and dried.
Because of its minimal processing, so white tea contains more nutrients than its black or green cousins, making it the mightiest of the teas, the ultimate Health Tea. Rare, striking in appearance, and pleasant tasting, white tea gets its name from the fine silvery white hairs on the unopened buds of the tea plant.
7:36 AM
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Until recently, white tea was mostly unknown outside of China. While many other types of teas grew in popularity such as green tea, black tea and even red tea, white tea remained a drink for Chinese royalty and their guests. As the popularity of tea grew, however, and more people began to notice its health benefits, white tea has become more main stream. White tea history is not only interesting, but vital to understanding why the drink has taken so long to gain popularity.
Tea's Beginnings
To properly understand white tea history, you need to know how all tea was
