types of tea

Tannin in Tea- What You Need to Know, Benefits, Side Effects.

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Tannin in tea is a phenolic compound that has astringent and anti-inflammatory properties.

Have antioxidant action that protects cells against free radicals, and reduce the risk of degenerative diseases,

However, we should not abuse foods rich in tannins, since, in excessive amounts, they can reduce the absorption of nutrients.

Such as iron or proteins, and be the cause of insufficiency.

It is considered an antinutritive substance since its binding with proteins and subsequent coagulation interfere with its digestibility reducing the absorption of certain minerals.

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12 Awesome Uses For Tea Bags.

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Most tea lovers daily miss out on something that can be useful and has multiple uses and today we’ll show you 12 awesome uses for tea bags.

The tea bags already used seem to be something that is no longer functional, but the truth is that it has several really surprising uses.

Despite being used are still organic product and their properties remain.

We know that tea, made with various types of herbs, is often used to control the nervous system, relieve stress, and decrease different types of ailments.

However, beyond this, the sachets used in its elaboration can be used in multiple ways at home, since they retain some of their properties.

Some even promote their reuse, as they represent a greener way to carry out some activities.

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Yerba Mate Plant- How To Grow it, Make it and Drink it.

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The Yerba Mate tea is a beverage from South America, very popular in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay.

The “Gauchos” (Argentinean cowboys) adopted the Yerba Mate as part of their culture.

As well as riding and wearing leather clothing.

They took mate in a group, for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and before bedtime.

Yerba Mate is cultivated in Argentina, Paraguay, and southern Brazil, where the conditions of the land, temperature, and humidity are ideal.

Like those gauchos of yesteryear, the mate is part of the daily life of an average Argentine.

It is consumed, not only for its properties as an infusion but for its role as a social bond.

Mate is an herbal infusion that is prepared with Yerba mate, made from a plant called Ilex Paraguariensis. It has a slightly bitter taste and although there are several ways to take it.

The most traditional is hot primed mate, which is prepared by adding hot water to the Yerba mate in a special container and taking the infusion through a thin tube called a bulb.

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What is Tea? Everything You Need to Know!

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The popularity of tea is only surpassed by that of water worldwide. Despite the fact that coffee is more popular than the tea itself.

The reason for this fame is that it is an ancient infusion as pleasant as beneficial for the body thanks to the properties of different types of tea.

That is why there are plenty of arguments to praise it ahead of its most direct competitor in the mornings and after-dinner tables.

Even more so when the reason for its intake, above its simple and joyful tasting, is found in caffeine.

That alkaloid helps us cope better with our days and that is also present in Camellia sinensis, as the tea plant is known scientifically.

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Is milk and tea good for you?

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Milk and tea is simply tea with added milk. This creates a milder flavor and slightly sweetens the tea.

It’s a popular way to serve tea in many parts of the world and is an easy way to brew a different cup of tea.

In Europe, it came from the hand of the English, who to soften the taste of Assam black tea, the one that was mostly consumed with the arrival of Indian tea in England, decided to add a little milk to this infusion, which, little by little, began to become a common way of consuming tea in this country.

However, in the rest of Europe, the tea consumed came from China and Japan, whose flavors are much milder than those of India or Africa; a fact that made that, for many years, milk tea will only be taken in England.

Milk is one of the most popular tea additives in the world. Because of its natural sugars (known as lactose), it adds sweetness.

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What’s yellow tea good for?

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Despite its low popularity, Yellow tea is discovered every day by more people, who find in it a very different flavor from the rest of teas and many benefits.

It has a defined body, with a somewhat bittersweet taste, which is present at the tip of the tongue.

Ideal for those who do not like the typical taste of tea.

Also called the tea of the Five Dynasties, it was created by Buddhist and Taoist monks, who, for many years, were the exclusive consumers of this type of tea.

It comes from China, a country that is currently the only one that produces and markets it.

Although it does not have much popularity among the Chinese, it does have a long tradition.

The variety owes its color and flavor to the processing to which the leaves of Camellia sinensis are subjected.

These are exposed to a fairly short fermentation that is stopped with dry heat.

When the catechins present in tea are oxidized, they produce theaflavins, also called “yellow gold”, hence their peculiar yellowish color.

The most precious of them all is the Jun Shan Yin Chin. Other types are the Chun Shan Yin Zhen, Huang, and Mao Chien.

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Is Red tea good for your health.

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Red tea or Pu Erh tea originates from the Pu-Erh area, a village in China located in the southwestern part of the country, in the Yunnan district.

This is where these trees grow and according to the stories, there are trees thousands of years old.

It is a perfect region for growing tea as there is no frost and its climate varies very little throughout the year.

Yunnan is mountainous, so it’s called “the tea mountains”

Red tea or Pu Erh tea is made from the leaves and stalks of Camellia sinensis.

A plant from which many other teas are put together.

In the case of red tea, it is characterized by having a sweeter taste than the rest and being stimulated by having theine and caffeine.

In addition to providing a wide variety of health benefits.

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How to make turmeric tea. Plus benefits.

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Turmeric is a spice native to India that is valued for its slightly spicy taste and medicinal properties. However, it can also be consumed in rich turmeric tea.

Among its uses within gastronomy, it stands out as the main ingredient of curry, golden milk, or yellow rice.

It has been attributed to anti-inflammatory virtues, antioxidants, digestives, carminatives, hepatoprotective, liver-level detoxifies, antiulcer, cardioprotective, and, in some sources, is also noted as an antitumor.

The liver, heart, digestive system, immune system, and skin are the great beneficiaries of possible treatments with turmeric.

It has been shown that the compounds (curcumin) in the turmeric root have very favorable properties for the proper functioning of our organisms.

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What teas are low in caffeine?

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Making a list that accurately refines the types of teas low in caffeine is almost impossible.

Caffeine in tea is certainly a controversial topic because belief-based misinformation abounds.

Many of them are spread by trademarks that only intend to use them to sell more.

Let’s see what is true and myth, if there are teas with low caffeine, and if we can differentiate them.

Surely you get some surprises. Take this article as a series of recommendations that you should compare to your own tolerance for caffeine.

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