What is white tea? and what benefits it has?

White Teas: Tea is derived from a tree called camellia sinensis. The leaves contain antioxidant polyphenols which have an anti-carcinogenic effect. The lighter the tea, the less it has been processed. White and green teas are especially helpful. White tea is actually a green tea with minimal processing.

White tea: Agree with dr. Fowler about where "white" tea comes from. It's not fermented as the more common black teas are; green tea is partially fermented also. All are full of flavonoids (antioxidant compounds), but white tea has the highest concentration. Among its many benefits, white tea may have antimutagenic (anticancer) properties: http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmed/11448643?Dopt=abstract.