Grown in environmentally friendly areas, competently processed, correctly stored and brewed according to classical technology, Chinese tea has a lot of useful biochemical substances. More than 300 compounds found in tea have a beneficial effect on the human body. In each type of tea, they are in different proportions, depending on the place of growth and the time of collection of leaves, as well as on the stages of processing and storage of raw materials.

Surprisingly, all varieties of tea are produced from one biological species & ndash; tea bush Camellia sinensis. But from several varieties obtained by natural and breeding methods. According to the type of tea bush in the world, three varieties are distinguished.

How to understand the varieties of Chinese tea if there are more than a thousand of them in the Middle Kingdom itself? We invite you to meet groups of Chinese tea, so you can easily choose the right drink. The Chinese identify seven groups of Chinese teas:

Initially, there was no such drink as & laquo; tea & raquo;. There was a medicine & laquo; tea & raquo;, which helps against many diseases, strengthens immunity and prolongs youth. And only from about the 5th century A.D. the Chinese began to use tea as a tonic drink.

It is difficult to answer the question of which Chinese tea is the best, because each person has an individual taste and what one likes does not touch the other at all. But the world's leading tea-makers have compiled a list of the most popular types of tea, valuable in China and known beyond. In the rating presented, tea popularity is assigned depending on the number of mentions in various lists about it.

With prostatitis, treatment with herbal teas helps effectively. This is a method known to folk medicine, consisting of a long course of daily use of herbal infusions and decoctions. If we talk about Chinese tea, then it is valuable in itself, thanks to the large number of useful trace elements, minerals and biological compounds. And it is also included in the daily diet in order to prevent various diseases, incl. prostatitis.

One of the most strengthened traditions of Russian families & ndash; have a cup of tea before bed. This is not uncommon, but later tea drinking is not recommended for medical observations. Firstly, due to the tannin (thein + caffeine) content of tea, which has a tonic effect; secondly, due to the natural diuretic effect.

Tea is collected in more than 30 countries of the world of the subtropical and tropical zones. Annual production is approximately & ndash; 3.5 million tonnes. China produces the most tea. China Tea Culture & ndash; it is a range of centuries-old traditions whose first roots go back 4,000 years. Despite the huge variety of varieties and species - tea today has more than 2000 varieties - absolutely all tea is collected from one type of plant - Camellia sinensis.