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Friday, October 25, 2013

Wonderful Health Benefits of Tea

A cup of tea is not an ordinary beverage, it also has many health benefits. From easing headaches to preventing cancer risks, a cup of tea offers more health properties. Read on to learn more.

A perfect cup of tea is serve with the right amount of tea and carefully adding the perfect leaves of your choice. Also, to attain the best taste, the perfect temperature must be meet, and the knowledge of how long to steep. Aside from the aromatic flavors and suiting effects it give, a cup of tea has various healing properties. Read on to learn more about this wonder leaf.

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Black Tea

Black tea is a type of tea made from leaves of Camellia sinensis. Some popular varieties of black tea come from China (Lapsang souchong) – known for its strong smoky flavor, India (Assam, Darjeeling) – a full bodied and malty tea and Sri Lanka (Ceylon)- strong with tones of crisp citrus. Black tea is often mixed with other leaves producing blends or beverage. Among the world’s popular tea blends include Earl Grey, Irish Breakfast, English Breakfast, and Masala chai. In term of caffeine content,Black tea ranks first amongst the major varieties of tea. However, its level is just half the caffeine of coffee. Black tea is best served with a trace of honey or sugar, and a hint of milk or lemon.

Black tea is fermented, where freshly-picked leaves undergo oxidation process and develop deep flavors. Black tea is rich in polyphenols, (a type of antioxidant). Studies had shown that these antioxidants have health benefits such as cholesterol reduction, cancer prevention and protection against heart attack and stroke. Black tea is also packed with protein, potassium, manganese and some B-vitamins.

Green Tea

Unlike black tea, Green tea do away with fermentation process, thus it is considered a “pure” tea. Japan and China are two of the world’s largest producer of green teas. Green tea has many health benefits including reducing cancer risks, good for maintaining good health and weight loss. Since it contains minimal amount of natural fluoride, green tea is also good for the bones. For coffee lovers who wish to cut or go slow with their caffeine intake, switching to green tea is a good health alternative. Lastly, if you have a sore throat, try sipping a cup of green tea laced with honey.

White Tea

Unlike other tea varieties, white tea is known for its delicate and soothing flavor because dried white tea contains ‘young’ tea leaves is included in the preparation. Thus, white tea is best served without sugar or honey. Because of its antiviral and antibacterial qualities, white tea is effective in controlling some diseases including common colds and flu. Studies have shown white tea is helpful in maintaining healthy skin, in lowering blood pressure, and boosts higher amounts of ‘good’ cholesterol.

Red (Rooibos) Tea

Rooibos tea or “red bush,” is technically not a tea, but an herbal blend. This brew is prepared from fermented leaves of Rooibos or Honeybush plants local to South Africa. Red tea has a refreshing flavor that can further be enhance by adding honey. Its health benefits are manifold – no caffeine, low tanin content, and high levels of antioxidants. Studies have shown that red tea has healing properties such as; boosting immune system, slow down aging process, effective against certain types of skin ailments, relieves headache, anxiety and fights against insomnia.

Herbal Tea

Herbal tea, just like red tea, is not actually tea. It is a mixture of several varieties of tea, known for their health properties and unique flavors. Totally caffeine-free, herbal tea is served best with no added sweetener or flavor enhancer. Its health benefits lean on what herb it is steeped – lemon and balm tea eases a headache, ginger and peppermint teas ease nausea and help digestion, lavender and linden flower teas promote good sleep, and raspberry tea is said to be bring on labor in late pregnancy.

23 comments:

  1. Tea can really be very healthy and also clean up our system as well as relive stress.

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  2. I like teas but sadly I like them best when mixed with milk and I have read somewhere that adding milk to the tea destroys the nutrients and healthy contents of it.

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  3. Learned a lot about teas in this post Sir. I am only familiar with green tea and its benefits didn't know that there are a lot of varieties :)

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  4. green tea is my mom's favorite. in fact every breakfast she drinks it:) as for me, i seldom drink it as i prefer cold drinks in the morning.hihi

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  5. I am a coffee lover but I try to drink tea sometimes but I really prefer to drink coffee. Hahahahaha..maybe because I am a coffee addict. LOL.

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  6. I want my tea with milk or lemon. We call this "cha-manaw"
    http://www.mitchryan23.com/cha-manaw-lemon-iced-tea/

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  7. I love tea and I drink tea everyday (morning). It helps my whole body system perform well.

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  8. I super love tea! Hot or cold, it makes my day perfect! ♥♥♥

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  9. I am not really a fan of tea, but I like iced tea and I don't know if those branded iced tea has really a tea in it or just a flavor of it.

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  10. Different kinds of tea are useful indeed and this article holds true with it. Helpful for people who used to drink tea as their beverages. Some tea with milk is also delicious especially with crushed ice.

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  11. i like tea a lot more than coffee actually. was glad nung na-uso ang milk tea at available na ang tea anywhere :-)

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  12. Among them, green tea is my favorite coz of its health benefits :)

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  13. My favorite is green tea, even in frappuccinos, wait, do they count? LOL. If teas are to be made iced, I always add 2 packets of sugar to make it sweeter, :) I agree with the amount steeping time, I used to know that, but I've been a barista far too long. Haha.

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  14. I like green tea and lagundi. I drink teas when I know I’m getting addicted to coffee. ^_^

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  15. I totally agree! I love earl grey with milk in the morning - chai latte so refreshing! and green tea is an everyday tea for me! Also, chamomile tea - good for when you have stomach ache and many more teas...yaay to teas and tea-lovers!

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  16. This is very informative, I have never thought that there are so many different types of teas i only knew few. I do know some information about the benefits of drinking teas.

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  17. There are many great benefits from drinking different kind of teas. We love iced tea here at home.

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  18. We drink a lot of green tea in the house. I agree - it is the healthier option.

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  19. I can always go for green tea. The only thing I can have for now.

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  20. I love green tea in fact, I am drinking it now! I am trying to cut down my caffeine intake and so it's green tea to the rescue.

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  21. I love Green Tea! It aids me whenever I eat something plenty, it helps a lot in digestion. :)

    And when I drink tea, I don't add honey. I drink it as pure green tea.

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  22. I am not a fan of tea but only iced tea :-) I have tried the regular tea but just cannot tolerate the taste :-( I use many sugar compared to drinking my coffee :-) I bet it will take time for my taste bud to get use to the taste :-)

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  23. I am a big fan of green tea! Helps me when I feel very bloated. ^_^

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