Healthy tea: Purple tea

Health experts and scientists have been talking about the health benefits of tea, especially green tea for a long time now. The focus is now shifting from green tea to purple tea, a new variety bursting with antioxidants.  The rare tea that is currently being grown in Kenya is sweet tasting with a pleasant aroma.

Purple (tea) is the new green (tea)

The Tocklai Tea Research Institute revealed that purple tea actually originated in Assam. "The purple tea clone released in Kenya for commercial cultivation is an Assam variety," says Dr P Baruah, senior advisory officer at the institute in Assam.