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Summarize the characteristics of major teas in one sentence. For dark tea, those who are underweight should avoid it.

Tea News · Aug 27, 2025

 

 

Green Tea: The leader of six teas, clears heat and irritability.

Green tea is not fermented, which well preserves the natural substances in tea leaves. Its nutrient content, such as vitamins, chlorophyll, tea polyphenols, and amino acids, is the highest among all tea types. Green tea can clear internal heat and irritability, while also enhancing thinking ability and immunity.

Suitable for: Busy working young and middle-aged adults, mental workers, and those who often face computers.

Who should be cautious: Green tea is cooling in nature. Although it can clear heat and reduce irritability, it can somewhat irritate the gastrointestinal tract. Those with a weak spleen and stomach should drink less or use fewer leaves when brewing to reduce irritation.

 

 

Black Tea: Warm and sweet in nature, regulates the spleen and stomach.

In China, black tea is the second largest tea type after green tea. Both the dry tea leaves and the brewed tea soup are red, hence the name black tea.

Black tea is fermented tea, with a relatively mild nature, and has the function of regulating the spleen and stomach. Abroad, it's common to add milk and sugar to black tea soup to supplement nutrition and increase body heat.

Suitable for: Those with poor gastrointestinal health or weak physical condition, who should not drink green tea, find black tea more suitable.

Who should be cautious: Black tea is warm in nature, so it is not very suitable for those who are currently experiencing excessive internal heat or usually have a lot of internal heat.

 

 

Yellow Tea: Junshan Yinzhen is a representative.

The fame of yellow tea is not as great as green tea or black tea, but if Junshan Yinzhen, Huoshan Huangya, etc., are mentioned, more people know them. Yes, they all belong to yellow tea.

Suitable for: Yellow tea requires smothering, belonging to "piled tea." During the piling process, it produces a large amount of digestive enzymes, which are beneficial to the spleen and stomach. Therefore, it is most suitable for those with indigestion, poor appetite, or who are obese.

Who should be cautious: Yellow tea contains more caffeine and tea polyphenols. These components can easily make people excited and increase urine output. Therefore, it is not suitable for the health of expectant mothers and the fetus, may lead to conditions like pregnancy poisoning, hence pregnant women should avoid it.

 

 

White Tea: A treasure among teas, can lower blood sugar.

Although the popularity of white tea is not as high as green tea or black tea, and its production is not high, it is a rare treasure among teas.

Suitable for: Diabetic patients are most suited for white tea because white tea is not stir-fried or rolled during processing, so the polysaccharides contained in the tea are basically undestroyed, and tea polysaccharides have a certain effect on treating diabetes.

Who should be cautious: When diabetic patients drink white tea, it is best to use lower temperature water, about 80°C, soak for 4 to 6 hours, and drink it in the early morning and evening. Do not use boiling water to brew to avoid high temperature destroying the tea polysaccharides.

 

 

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