Green Tea

Green tea is well known for its health benefits. While green tea is grown all over the world, Japan and China are the most well known producing countries. The flavor of the tea will be greatly influenced by the processing methods. Oxidation is halted by a fixing process. In Japan it is often steamed, whereas in China it is often pan fried. Matcha is a green tea that is stone ground and is used in the Japanese tea ceremony known as Cha-No-Yu. Japanese green tea was the most widely consumed tea in the US prior to World War II. There is a wide variety of flavor characteristics in green tea, generally they are light and refreshing.