Let's talk about green tea. Green tea is one of the healthiest drinks you can have. Numerous studies have shown that green tea may improve brain function, aid in fat loss, may prevent cardiovascular disease and type-2 diabetes.

With that said, let's have a look at the top 3 things you may not have known about green tea.

Teahead was formed with the very simple goal – showing the Canadian public that tea can be so much more than just a conveniently warm, bland-tasting commodity from the confines of a teabag.

We are not zealots in pursuit of some tea perfection, we just believe that the bar is set extremely low for camellia sinensis in Canada, and we want to do our best to raise it. At Teahead we want every moment you spend with tea and teaware to matter.

While seemingly disconnected from each other, the concept of philosophy, and the drinking and brewing of tea serve many of the same purposes. They are both tools of the introspective mind, set on carving a path to something mentally valuable; knowledge, peace of mind, etc.

In both endeavors we can find ourselves engaged in rigorous introspection, but often finding ourselves more unsettled by our thoughts than calmed.

A popular Chinese folk saying goes that “a piece of time is like a piece of gold". This is well reflected in tea picking. Time plays an essential role in tea picking. Picked several days earlier, the leaves are peerless treasures, but if picked just days later, they are no better than the commodity tea bags sold in grocery stores. Just as prime tea picking requires directed and deliberate action, so does the well-lived and informed life.