Why is Green Tea called Green Tea?

If you infuse fresh green tea leaves, the resulting liquor is clear green. "Green" refers to the color of the liquor as a result of brewing green tea. read more

Green tea is called green due to its color, it is made from the plant Camellia Sinenesis, it did look green always because it will be dried after fermenting, so there are it can produce minimal oxidation during its processing. read more

As Crystal Gale once wrote,"You're gonna make my green tea, brown." Or something like that. When I typically order (the free or close-to-free) green tea at Japanese restaurants, it's usually noticeably green. At home, regardless of brand and time on the shelf, it's typically brownish. read more

Nokcha (green tea) blended with hyeonmi-cha (brown rice tea) is called hyeonmi-nokcha (현미녹차; 玄米綠茶; lit."brown rice green tea"). Remon-nokcha Nokcha (green tea) blended with lemon is called remon-nokcha (레몬 녹차; lit."lemon green tea"). read more

Studies on green tea’s impact on cancer have been mixed. But green tea is known to aid healthy cells in all stages of growth. There are some clues that green tea may help destroy cancer cells, but that research is still in its early stages, so you shouldn’t count on green tea to prevent cancer. read more

Most of the non-Japanese green teas I've seen sold as"green tea" and some lower quality teabags marked as"sencha" are broken down tea leaves that can easily oxidize in the packaging to the point where they are, at best, yellowish. read more