Sunday, July 9, 2017

Green Tea Plant: Where is Green Tea Extracted? and How?


Welcome back! Before we get to the nitty gritty details of so many green tea benefits; we tackle on the source of the green tea substance itself.

Grean tea comes from the plant called Camellia Sinensis. The common name for this is "tea plant".


This is also where Black Tea, Oolong Tea and White Tea come from.

Camellia Sinensis, a shrub-like plant, is usually grown in tropical climates that has a combination of hot and cool climates and heavy rainfalls. While there are many places in the world that has those characteristics; the best tasting teas are produced on highly elevated mountain regions.

Countries where the green tea plant is vastly cultivated are as follows:

1. India
2. China
3. Sri Lanka
4. Japan
5. Taiwan
6. Kenya
7. Turkey

And many more..

So how does green tea really get extracted from the plant?

- First, the leaves from the green tea plant are hand-picked or machine picked: cultivation and harvesting.
- Then the leaves are lightly steamed before allowing them to dry (drying). This process effectively retains the active properties of the plant. These active properties in the leaves are the ones helpful to our health. Green tea processing retains many of the active properties as compared to Oolong and Black Tea processing.
- For those green tea products found in teabags, a process called shaping occurs. Its purpose is to create a distinctive look in the tea (wll still be recongnized as tea leaves) and to regulate the release of content of the green tea leaves when steamed into a cup.
- There are final steps for drying and post-processing as required.


Comments: It is really surprising that complex procedures are being done in order to get the green tea extract that we enjoy today. I think it is based on the fact that the producers of green tea extracts pay attention to detail in order to retain the healthy ingredients from the tea plant. I also learned today that the green tea plant could also be grown on tropical areas; I thought it was only grown on elevated areas and countries with cold climates. But through research, the best tasting teas are indeed cultivated from elevated and cold areas nonetheless.

For more green tea infos, please read these sites:
4. The Source Of All Tea

P.S. A new series of posts are up! If you would like to know 10 Trivia regarding Green Tea, click on this link: http://greenteaphilippines.blogspot.com/p/10-trivia.html

32 comments:

  1. Are there any tea plantation here in the Philippines?

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    1. Hello Jeremy, Good day! I have seen this article http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/587768/chinese-investors-eye-6-000-hectare-tea-plantation-in-milf-territory/story/
      And i hope that plan will push through. So far I haven't heard any large tea plantations here in our country but I hope there will be in the future like what the article describes

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  2. Hi. Where can I buy a legit green tea plant? We really need it for thesis purposes. Your response will be highly appreciated. Thanks! :)

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    1. Hi. We are also in need of mature tea plants for research purposes. Were you able to find some? If so, would you mind sharing your source? Thanks!

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    2. Hi. I was wondering about our research. Were you able to find some?

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  3. Hello Jan, thanks for dropping by! I've seen this blogger on http://greendavao.com/a-cup-of-tea-trying-to-grow-our-own-green-tea-plant-in-davao/ and she says they are selling green tea plants, you may want to send an inquiry to her. I hope this will help =)

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    1. Hi, We are also in need of mature tea plants for research purposes. I tried to visit the link however it appears to be gone. By any chance do you have any information on the blogger you mentioned so that I may be able to send an inquiry to her?

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  7. Dear sir,

    I am an architecture student from Holy Angel University in Angeles City, Pampanga and I am currently conducting an interview for my thesis proposal.

    I am messaging in hopes of conducting an interview regarding tea in the Philippines and was wondering if I could conduct the said interview on Wednesday Feb 21 through e-mail.

    Finally, my apologies for such a short notice. Thank you for your warm consideration and I hope to get a response on your convenience.

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