What is the healthiest Green Tea?

[Victoria]

That would be Japanese greens. And probably matcha or powdered sencha
since you are consuming the entire leaf that way. But all tea has health benefits.
I have read that White is actually higher in antioxidants, than green.
But I would have to think that was a comparison to Chinese greens.

What are you drinking that you are not too fond of?

[Victoria]

Well the healthiest would be to get into matcha. After that,
any steamed green would be up there. The fresher the
better.

But my point is that if you get into others that you like better,
you will enjoy the experience more and want to drink more
as a result.

The ones in the sampler are not the best example of the
healthiest, by the way. Try either of the sencha instead.

[Jack_teachat]

I agree with Victoria, don't force yourself to drink tea you don't like, all tea has health benefits. On the other hand, have you adapted you brewing methods appropriately? Green tea is generally less forgiving than black and sometimes it will take time to adjust. Also, don't dismiss green tea after having tried just one vendor's selection, there's plenty of threads on here discussing high quality vendors e.g. www.o-cha.com and www.teaspring.com .

[Pentox]

Yeah, I agree with jack and victoria. If you don't like it don't drink it. If you just want antioxidants then why not just take matcha pills? (see www.maikotea.com) Drink tea beacause you like tea. There are other ways of finding antioxidants too like red wine.

[silverneedles]

you'd get more benefits from squeezing your own fruit juice or blender
or growing your own garden of vegetables
and top all those "natural" fibers and nutrients with a healthy 2L glass of water.
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[Chip]

Japanese steamed green tea has made a believer out of me, and I love it. But you gotta like it like everyone else said.

[Space Samurai]

The hotter the water, the more anitoxidants are released. So be sure to use rapidly boiling water (212 F) for your Japanese greens. Aslo be sure to steep for at least five minutes to make sure the tea has time to release all the anitoxidants.

[scruffmcgruff]

The hotter the water, the more anitoxidants are released. So be sure to use rapidly boiling water (212 F) for your Japanese greens. Aslo be sure to steep for at least five minutes to make sure the tea has time to release all the anitoxidants.

[bambooforest]

Since I have seen no scientific data pointing to a healthiest green tea, I'd say to merely aim for green tea that you enjoy the taste of, and that it be fresh.

I'm also skeptical that matcha is the healthiest. For one thing - there are big question marks as to how much of the benefits of the matcha actually get absorbed.

I read a very interesting study recently that conveyed, if you drink some juice with vitamin C prior to sipping on tea - it will be absorbed much more readily. Not sure where the link is. If I seek it out and find it - I'll try to post it.

[kymidwife]

The hotter the water, the more anitoxidants are released. So be sure to use rapidly boiling water (212 F) for your Japanese greens. Aslo be sure to steep for at least five minutes to make sure the tea has time to release all the anitoxidants.

The Devil is preparing a place for you, evil one.

[devites]

No offense, but everyone on here is on here because they have an abnormal love for tea and you probably just had a crappy tea improperly brewed. Personally I think http://www.hibiki-an.com/ and http://www.o-cha.com/home.php have the best Japanese Greens. If you have money, go for it. I would suggest a sencha fukamushi as there easy to brew, delicious, and not to grassy. I think you really have to drink lots of tea regularly to notice any benefits.
Here is a rundown of benefits http://www.hibiki-an.com/readings/green ... ealth.html

[murrius]

[quote="Pentox"]Yeah, I agree with jack and victoria. If you don't like it don't drink it. If you just want antioxidants then why not just take matcha pills? (see www.maikotea.com)


Just a heads up. I linked to the Maiko Tea site and my AVG antivirus program caught the HTML/framer.z virus. I've been to this site before so I linked in again (foolishly) to make sure and got the virus again.