Tea: What Makes Quality White Persian Melon Tea?

[Guest guest]

Free-Reprint Article Written by: Marcus Stout

See Terms of Reprint Below.

*****************************************************************

*

* This email is being delivered directly to members of the group:

*

*

*

*****************************************************************

We have moved our TERMS OF REPRINT to the end of the article.

Be certain to read our TERMS OF REPRINT and honor our TERMS

OF REPRINT when you use this article. Thank you.

This article has been distributed by:

http://Article-Distribution.com

Helpful Link:

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act - Overview

http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/dmca1.htm

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Article Title:

==============

Tea: What Makes Quality White Persian Melon Tea?

Article Description:

====================

In today's tea market, the product gaining popularity the most

rapidly is white tea. Though white tea has been around for

centuries, it is fairly new to the Western world for two reasons.

The first is that it is the rarest of all teas; just a little is

grown each year. Secondly, in Asian cultures white tea was

traditionally reserved for only the highest tea ceremonies; it

was not considered an everyday beverage.

Additional Article Information:

===============================

881 Words; formatted to 65 Characters per Line

Distribution Date and Time: 2007-06-06 11:24:00

Written By: Marcus Stout

Copyright: 2007

Contact Email: mailto:Marcus.Stout@...

For more free-reprint articles by Marcus Stout, please visit:

http://www.thePhantomWriters.com/recent/author/marcus-stout.html

=============================================

Special Notice For Publishers and Webmasters:

=============================================

If you use this article on your website or in your ezine,

We Want To Know About It. Use the following URL to let

us know where you have used this article, and we will

include a link to your website on thePhantomWriters.com:

http://thephantomwriters.com/notify.php?id=4951 & p=load

HTML Copy-and-Paste and TEXT Copy-and-Paste

Versions Of Article Are Available at:

http://thePhantomWriters.com/free_content/db/s/quality-white-persian-tea.shtml#g\

et_code

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Tea: What Makes Quality White Persian Melon Tea?

Copyright © 2007 Marcus Stout

Golden Moon Tea

http://www.GoldenMoonTea.com

In today's tea market, the product gaining popularity the most

rapidly is white tea. Though white tea has been around for

centuries, it is fairly new to the Western world for two reasons.

The first is that it is the rarest of all teas; just a little is

grown each year. Secondly, in Asian cultures white tea was

traditionally reserved for only the highest tea ceremonies; it

was not considered an everyday beverage.

Today, however, we're discovering the delicious taste and

significant health benefits of white tea and we're clamoring for

more. One of the most delicious and sought after blends of white

tea is White Persian Melon Tea, a flavorful blend of white tea

with melon.

White tea comes from the same plant as black and green teas, but

it is processed in a different manner, which gives it a different

taste. White tea is harvested much earlier than other teas,

before the leaves are fully open. At this point in the growing

process, the tea buds are still covered by fine white hair, hence

the name white tea.

In addition, white tea is not fermented like black tea. The lack

of fermentation keeps tea's natural anti-oxidants in place and

helps create the delicate flavor that makes white tea so unique.

White tea's anti-oxidants have been shown to help reduce the

signs of aging and prevent serious illnesses like cancer and

heart disease by fighting the free radicals in our bodies.

White Persian Melon Tea Requires Precise Harvesting and

Processing

White Persian melon tea must be infused with melon nectar after

the tea leaves are steamed or fired.

To make the best quality of White Persian Melon Tea, several

things must happen precisely.

First, the white tea leaves must be picked at the proper time.

Only the completely unopened and undamaged buds, and in some

cases, the top two leaves, must be picked. The tea harvester must

ensure that the buds are not damaged during plucking, as this can

cause fermentation to begin, which would compromise the flavor of

the tea.

The best white tea buds are harvested in March and April and only

when the weather is just right. There must be no rain on the day

of harvest. There should have been no frost on the previous

night, and the morning's dew must be dry. If careful attention

is not paid to these details of tea harvesting, the quality of

the White Persian Melon tea will be compromised.

Next, the leaves must be dried and steamed appropriately. Often,

the drying and steaming will take place right in the fields. The

tea gardener must be skilled at steaming the leaves for exactly

the right amount of time to make the best tea.

Next, the tea must be infused with the melon nectar to create

White Persian Melon Tea. It is critical that the tea artisan use

only the finest quality melon nectar for infusing the tea, and

that he knows precisely how long the infusion should take. This

ensures that the flavor of the tea is the perfect balance between

the white tea flavor and the flavor of melon.

Using the highest quality melon nectar is important to protect

the flavor of the tea, but it's also important for protecting

the health benefits of the tea. Melons are a wonderful source of

anti-oxidants, so White Persian Melon tea is one of the

healthiest you can find, if high quality melon nectar is used

along with properly harvested and processed white tea.

Melon contains an anti-oxidant known as GliSODin. This

anti-oxidant neutralizes free radicals in the body just like the

anti-oxidants in the white tea. However, GliSODin is special

because it has been shown to stimulate our bodies to produce

their own anti-oxidants. In studies, GliSODin alone has been

shown to protect against oxidative damage and protect our cell.

This powerful anti-oxidant in combination with the many important

anti-oxidants found in white tea make it a powerhouse. However,

if inferior quality melon is used in White Persian Melon Tea, the

anti-oxidant potency will be compromised.

Skilled Tea Artisans

What separates the best White Persian Melon tea from one that is

of lesser quality is the skill, expertise and caring of the tea

artisan.

* The best tea artisans only pluck the tenderest top part of the

tea plant for white tea, and they do so only at exactly the right

time.

* The best tea artisans pluck the tea leaves by hand, choosing

only the ones that are ready and ensuring that the buds are not

damaged during plucking.

* The best tea artisans precisely time the drying and steaming

process of the white tea leaves.

* The best tea artisans use the finest quality melon nectar.

* The best tea artisans are precise in the timing of the melon

nectar infusion.

* The best tea artisans tend their tea plants year round. They

weed during the summer, fertilize and prune in the fall, and

watch their young tea plants during the winter to ensure that

they are protected from the cold weather.

White Persian Melon Tea is one of the finest you'll find in

terms of delicate and refreshing flavor and in terms of health

benefits. Choose the finest White Persian Melon Tea from the best

tea companies, and you're certain to love this delicious blend.

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Marcus Stout is President of the Golden Moon

Tea Company. For more information about tea,

(http://www.goldenmoontea.com/greentea)

green tea (http://www.goldenmoontea.com/blacktea)

and black tea go to http://www.goldenmoontea.com