Rare White Tea has arrived in North America! While Chinese tea drinkers have been hip to White Tea’s many health benefits since the Ming Dynasty, until recently White Tea was virtually unknown outside of Asia. Not anymore.....

So, what exactly is this rare White Tea anyway? Well.......most tea aficionados know that all tea comes from the same source: the Camilla Sinensis tea bush. Whether a tea leaf winds up in a cup of green, black, or oolong tea depends entirely on what happens after it is plucked. Black tea derives its dark color and full flavor from a complex fermentation process that includes exposing crushed tea leaves to the air for a strictly defined number of minutes. White Tea was once reserved only for the cups of emperors and nobility. High mountain China White Tea still remains one of the rarest of all teas in the world. These tea leaves are painstakingly hand plucked only two days of the year! The tea leaves are harvested just before the leaf opens at which time it is then minimally processed. So small is the harvest of White Tea, so high is the demand, that it is one of the world’s most expensive teas. Modern research shows that White Tea retains the highest levels of powerful, health promoting polyphenols and antioxidants that can help build the immune system and reward sippers with a healthier, and more enjoyable life.

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Drinking tea may help fight cavities. A group of researchers from the University of Illinois College of Dentistry believe that black tea and its components benefit oral healh by interfering with the harmful plaque bacteria in the mouth that cause gum disease and cavities. They report their results at the 101st General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Orlando, Florida. read more......