{"id":104647,"date":"2021-11-09T09:24:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T09:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onesipoftea.com\/?p=193"},"modified":"2024-01-12T06:10:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T11:10:26","slug":"a-beginners-guide-to-green-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dessertmenus.com\/a-beginners-guide-to-green-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"A Beginner’s Guide to Green Tea: Popular Types and Brewing Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
You’re new to green tea and don’t know where to begin? We’ve put together a green tea guide for beginners!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Green tea is made from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis<\/em> plant.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The most popular green tea types are Sencha, Gyokuro, Longjing, Genmaicha, Mao Feng, and Jasmine Green Tea.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When brewing green tea, never use boiling water because the tea will be bitter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Green tea, like most other true teas (black, white, and oolong tea), is made from the Camellia sinensis<\/em> plant’s leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many people who are new to tea are surprised to learn that green, black, oolong, and white tea all come from the same plant species – Camellia sinensis<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are two main varieties of the Camellia sinensis tea plant from which we get our tea.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Camellia sinensis <\/strong>var.<\/em> sinensis:<\/strong> This is a smaller-leafed variety native to China that is typically used to make green and white teas. It evolved as a shrub that grew in sunny areas with drier, cooler climates. It is cold tolerant and thrives in mountainous areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Camellia sinensis <\/span><\/strong>var. <\/em><\/span>assamica:<\/span><\/strong> A larger leafed variety that was discovered in India’s Assam district and is traditionally used to make strong black teas. Its leaves grow large in warm, moist climates, and it is abundant in subtropical forests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hundreds of Camellia sinensis<\/em> cultivars and hybrid plants have evolved from these plant varieties over time. However, any Camellia sinensis<\/em> plant’s leaves can be used to make any type of true tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat is green tea?<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n