Which tea is better green, white or red? what is the difference?!
basically teas from this bush - white, yellow, green, oolong, black - are categorized so in part because of the amount of fermentation they all go through. they are fermented through heating - roasting, steaming - and maybe withering, rolling, etc.
generally, whites go through least processing and blacks go through the most fermentation.
there are hundreds of varieties of green, yellow, white, oolong and black tea. just like there are lots of varieties of tomatoes. even within the category of say black tea, there may be some that seem like a greener tea - first flush darjeeling for example. there is lots of overlap.
what do you mean by better?
white has more antioxidants than green, generally - because it receives little to no fermentation - oxidation. so, from that standpoint, white is better i suppose. it's like with food, the least processed the more nutrients. from a health standpoint, i would say tea is good for you generally. they all have been found to have health benefits.
in terms of flavor, it's a matter of taste and preference.
"red" tea can be confusing sometimes because what we in the west call black tea is called red tea in china because of the color of the liquid - it's reddish. so, some english breakfast "black" teas are actually chinese red teas - keemun is the chinese red tea often used for that particular brew. we call them black because of the color of the leaf.
if what you mean by red tea is the south african rooibos, then that's a completely different plant and technically is not tea. that plant has been found to have lots of antioxidants. honeybush, another south african plant, also has lots of antioxidants.
Answers: technically, real tea comes from the camellia sinensis bush which originated in china.
basically teas from this bush - white, yellow, green, oolong, black - are categorized so in part because of the amount of fermentation they all go through. they are fermented through heating - roasting, steaming - and maybe withering, rolling, etc.
generally, whites go through least processing and blacks go through the most fermentation.
there are hundreds of varieties of green, yellow, white, oolong and black tea. just like there are lots of varieties of tomatoes. even within the category of say black tea, there may be some that seem like a greener tea - first flush darjeeling for example. there is lots of overlap.
what do you mean by better?
white has more antioxidants than green, generally - because it receives little to no fermentation - oxidation. so, from that standpoint, white is better i suppose. it's like with food, the least processed the more nutrients. from a health standpoint, i would say tea is good for you generally. they all have been found to have health benefits.
in terms of flavor, it's a matter of taste and preference.
"red" tea can be confusing sometimes because what we in the west call black tea is called red tea in china because of the color of the liquid - it's reddish. so, some english breakfast "black" teas are actually chinese red teas - keemun is the chinese red tea often used for that particular brew. we call them black because of the color of the leaf.
if what you mean by red tea is the south african rooibos, then that's a completely different plant and technically is not tea. that plant has been found to have lots of antioxidants. honeybush, another south african plant, also has lots of antioxidants.
i like white tea more its better 4 u it taste better but red tea taste good 2 both good with fruit
Green tea and white tea are made from actual tea leaves. White tea is made from very young leaves while green tea is made from more mature leaves. White tea has a delicate flavor and about half the caffeine as green. Red tea is made from a bush grown in South Africa and is caffeine-free. All three are good for you. As for which is better, that all depends on which you like the best!
White tea is less processed than green tea, so it has more antioxidants. It also tends to have a little natural sweetness to it, though it's also generally more expensive.
Green tea has a little stronger flavor, and more caffeine than white tea.
Red tea is from a different plant. It's high in antioxidants, and has no caffeine.
When it comes to tea, "better" is very subjective. What do you like the best?
Each has it's own Health properties & more studies are coming out all the time. You forgot Black teas.
Punch each of them up in google & read the info. It's very interesting.