In recent years, green tea has received much coverage in the media as one of the reasons for the longevity of the Japanese, which ranks among the highest in the world. Green tea is made from unfermented leaves.
According to the American Tea Council tea is a regularly consumed by more than half the population in the United States.
Green tea is cooling and cleaning with low amounts of caffeine and is rich in vitamin A, B2, C, D and E and flavonoids. It is thought to be twenty times stronger than vitamin E in anti-aging properties.
Asians have cooked with tea for centuries, smoking crispy duck over fragrant tea leaves and infusing its unique flavors in marinades, broths and sauces.
One of the most famous dishes in Hangzhou is ‘longjing shrimps’ which is cooked with the famous longjing green tea leaves.
In Japan they have a dish called green tea rice which had a distinctive tea flavor with a slight astringency.
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