Wonders of Jasmine Tea

Tea, nature's 'wonder drug' has many benefits to health. It helps promote good health including protective and revitalizing benefits and longer life. Other benefits include anti-cancer properties, increases metabolic rate, anti-daibetes effect, boosts mental alertness, boost immune system, lower chances of cognitive impairment, lowers stress hormone level and anti depressant properties.
Tea is available in various flavours including chocolate, mint, lemon, spiced, vanilla, green, fruit etc. One of the most popular variety of flavoured is Jasmine.
Jasmine tea is a sweet-smelling variety of tea flavored with jasmine flowers. In addition to providing a rich floral scent, the flowers add a slight note to the tea which is enjoyable. As Jasmine is used to scent and flavor every variety of tea i-e white, black, green and oolong, therefore, regardless of a person's preference in tea, there is a Jasmine tea for everyone.
Origination
Jasmine tea has been originated during the period 960-1279. It is normally based on green tea or white tea. The resulting flavour of jasmine tea is a restrained sweet flavor and it is usually considered as less harsh tea for drinking. Jasmine teas are aromatic with jasmine blossoms, whose thin downy leaves impart into a light green colour of teas with a delicate and sweet flavor.
Tea fragranced with the aroma of jasmine flowers is a specialty of China since the Sung Dynasty ruled i-e over 800 years ago. The jasmine plant was brought into China from Persia in olden times before the third century and was used in teas for fragrance around the fifth century.
Health Benefits
Jasmine tea is a healthy drink. It not only titillates the taste buds but studies reveal that the leaves from this flower have disease preventive properties. It has been noted that it may protect from disease ranging from cancer to lowering elevated cholesterol levels.