Green tea is one of the main tea leaves in China, which refers to a beverage made from the new leaves or buds of tea trees without fermentation, and through the processes of enzyme fixation, shaping and drying. The color of the finished product and the brewed tea soup retain the green style of new tea. Drinking green tea regularly can prevent cancer, reduce fat and lose weight, and also reduce the harm of nicotine to smokers.
Without fermentation, green tea retains the natural substances of fresh leaves, and contains many nutrients such as tea polyphenols, catechins, chlorophyll, caffeine, amino acids and vitamins. These natural nutrients in green tea have special effects of anti-aging, anti-cancer, sterilization and anti-inflammation, which are beyond the reach of other teas. Green tea is a kind of tea made from suitable new shoots of tea trees through typical technological processes such as enzyme fixation, rolling and drying. Its dry tea color and brewed tea soup and tea leaves are mainly green, hence the name green tea. Green tea is made from fresh leaves picked by high temperature to kill various oxidases, keep the tea green, and then knead and dry. Clear soup and green leaves are the same characteristics of green tea quality. China produces all kinds of green tea. Henan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Shaanxi (southern Shaanxi), Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi and Fujian are the main green tea producing provinces in China.