White Tea ... Better Than Green Tea?

We've all heard about the many, many benefits of drinking green tea, black tea, and oolong tea.  But researchers are now looking at white tea.  Supposedly, white tea has all the same benefits as green tea and more.  One study has shown that white tea may be better than green tea at preventing colon cancer.  Another study says that white tea has a better anti-viral and anti-bacterial effect than does green tea.  This is because white tea buds are steamed immediately after harvest and have a higher concentration of antioxidant plant chemicals (catechins) which have numerous health benefits.  Researchers also believe that white tea extracts may provide anti-aging benefits as well.  However, this tea is still rare and may be harder to find.  For that reason, it is also more costly than green and black tea.  You can expect to pay a nice price for white tea.  One to try:  The Republic of Tea.