White tea, Yellow tea, Green tea, Oolong, Black tea, and Post - fermented tea. What do they all have in common? They are all types of tea people drink on National Hot Tea Month. The earliest use of tea is trace back to the 10th century BC in China which was served as a beverage.
Benefits for drinking tea include reducing cholesterol, prevent cancers, reduce fatigue and many more according to he-and-she.com.
Did you Know?
- In the last 40 or 50 years tea production has expanded by over 156 percent with more than 3,000 million tons of tea produced every year.
- The aroma of black tea is complex, with more than 500 chemicals so far identified, including hydrocarbons, alcohols, and acids.
- Tea (Thea Sinensis) is an evergreen plant of the Camellia family
- More tea is drunk around the world than any other beverage
- Caffeine is one of the most important constituents of tea. Although the caffeine in coffee is absorbed rapidly into the body, this is not so with tea. The rate of absorption is much slower and the caffeine remains in the body longer, making tea more refreshing, revitalizing drink.
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