What Is The Fuss Over Jasmine Green Tea?

Posted under Jasmine Green Tea by Jenna

Of the many different kinds of healthy tea that are available, jasmine green tea is perhaps the best known. It is not a new arrival and in fact it first arrived in China some 800 years ago.

The jasmine adds a sweet fragrance and flavor to the tea, which is one reason for its popularity. Jasmine tea is sometimes used as a flowering tea. The flower is wrapped in green tea leaves and then dried and stored as a ball until used. When the ball is dropped into hot water, it expands revealing a glorious bloom with the jasmine flower at the center. You won’t always find jasmine tea as a flowering tea and it will often come as a loose tea where the jasmine and the tea are blended together.

The Sweet Fragrance of Jasmine Green Tea

The sweet fragrance and flavor is not the only reason for the tea’s popularity however and it is highly regarded as healthy to drink. The Chinese themselves have always claimed that drinking jasmine tea helps to keep the weight down. What the Chinese could not have known all those years ago is that green tea does have properties which help to increase the body’s metabolism, therefore helping to burn off any excess weight.

It is also thought that the jasmine aroma has therapeutic properties that can help you to sleep. When combined with green tea that has little or no caffeine, jasmine green tea can make a great beverage to help you to get a good night’s sleep. During the daytime, the therapeutic aroma can help to keep us to feel calm and relaxed.

Regardless of the health benefits that jasmine green tea has to offer, it certainly smells great and tastes delicious. One thing for sure is that for the Chinese to have been drinking it for over 800 years, it is without a doubt at least worth trying.

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