OBUBU USA - Health Benefits Of Green Tea

Health Benefits

Sencha	Houjicha	Maccha
かぶせ煎茶	ほうじ茶	若々しく香り気高い
Genmai	Teaware
ちょっとぜいたくな玄米茶

Sencha - Japanese green tea

All Japanese green teas come from the camellia sinensis tea plant. 30% of the nutrition of green tea leaves is water soluble (this means the nutrients emerge when steeped in water) - catechin, theanine, caffeine, vitamin C, and more. 70% of the nutrients of green tea leaves is non-water soluble - vitamin E, beta carotene, dietary fiber, and more.

Because Obubu uses simple, natural processing, their teas contain whole leaves. The sencha harvested in the spring are very tender and we recommend you eat the leaves after your third brewing. This is how you will receive 100% of the full nutritional benefits of Japanese green tea!

Obubu harvests in the Spring, Summer, and Fall -
each with different characteristics.

Health Benefits of Green Tea

You've heard of the health benefits of green tea, but do you know the facts?

Japanese green tea comes from a tea plant called Camellia sinensis, and the name of the tealeaf is called Sencha. The green tea produced from Japan most closely resembles the look and chemical composition of the fresh tealeaf due to the minimal amount of processing. The different types of green tea are all based on the age of the plant, when the leaves are harvested, and how the leaves are cared for before and after they have been harvested. Matcha is the powdered form of Sencha leaves and has the highest amount of retained nutrients of all green teas. After the leaves are picked, they are dried and then ground into a fine powder.

Comparison between *Sencha Tea, **Matcha, and Coffee:

	Sencha (10g)	Matcha (10g)	Coffee (10g)
Caffeine	0.02 g	0.3 g	0.06 g
Tannin (Polyphenol)	0.07 g	1.0 g	0.25 g
Protein	0.2 g	3.1 g	0.2 g
Fiber	--	3.9 g	--
Calcium	3 mg	42 mg	2 mg
Iron	0.2 mg	1.7 mg	--
Potassium	27 mg	270 mg	65 mg
Vitamin A	--	480 µg	--
Vitamin B1	--	0.06 mg	--
Vitamin B2	0.05 mg	0.14 mg	0.01 mg
Vitamin C	6 mg	6 mg	--
Carotene	--	2900 µg	--

*Sencha leaves can be eaten after you have used them for tea. The health values shoot upwards making these tea leaves healthier than spinach!

**Matcha, unlike regular teas, allows you to consume the entire leaf and all its nutrients. Just a few of the health benefits of Matcha are; 70 times the antioxidants of orange juice, 10 times the nutrients of regular green tea, 8 times the beta carotene content of spinach. Matcha is easy to incorporate into recipes, too.

Theanine is a unique amino acid found in the leaves of green tea. Theanine is quite different from the polyphenol and catechin antioxidants for which green tea is typically consumed. In fact, through the natural production of polyphenols, the tea plant converts theanine into catechins. This means that tea leaves harvested during one part of the growing season may be high in catechins (good for antioxidant benefits), while leaves harvested during another time of year may be higher in theanine (good for anti-stress and cortisol-controlling effects). Three to four cups of green tea are expected to contain 100-200mg of theanine.

Every day, new findings from the international scientific community lend credibility to tea's healthy properties. Heart Health: Research suggests that drinking 3 to 5 cups of tea per day can offer significant heart health benefits ranging from reducing heart attack risk to lowering Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, or "bad" cholesterol. Colon Cancer: Results of a recent study found tea drinkers to have an approximate 42% reduced risk of colon cancer as compared to non-tea drinkers. This has been found to be true for men and women. Bone Health: Two recent studies found tea-drinking women had higher bone mineral density (BMD) measurements compared to non-tea drinkers, especially habitual tea- drinkers of 6 years or more. Source STI

There is so much information supporting the benefits of drinking tea - the only question left is....
When are you placing your order?

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