Six mistakes you are making, drinking your tea.
Six mistakes that are ruining your cup of tea and likely
making it unhealthy for you.
And yes, I did say unhealthy, but tea is very beneficial and
it's packed with antioxidants.
In fact, it's one of the best nutrient cosmetics.
I believe.
It's one of the best things you can take in to make you healthy and
look youthful on the outside, but likely many of you are drinking it.
I know I was, did you know this little fact other than water?
Tea is the most frequently consumed beverage worldwide.
Amazing stat.
Dozens of studies and thousands of years, of course, of anecdotal
evidence have found that antioxidant rich tea has numerous.
Beneficial effects on health, including the prevention.
Many diseases such as cancer, diabetes, arthritis, cardiovascular disease,
stroke, obesity, and on and on.
The number one mistake you may be making with your tea
drinking is having two hot water.
If you hear the kettle boil, that's a stoke boil and it's too hot.
The heat can actually make the delicate tea, leaves taste bitter and less sweet.
Not only.
But too hot of water can destroy the delicate health-promoting
compounds like catechins.
For the perfect cup of tea, you want your water to be just under a rolling boil.
You can eyeball that as to when there's just those little bubbles start to form
along the sides of the kettle, then you know you're at the right temperature.
As you may expect, every tea is a little different.
Let's go through a couple.
Number one, green tea may be the most popular.
That should be around 100.
To 185 degrees Fahrenheit.
Number two, black tea.
That should come a little warmer to around 206 degrees.
Now, safe drinking temperatures for the body to avoid cancer, and
there are studies of esophageal cancer is around below 150 degrees
Fahrenheit, so temperatures above that have been associated.
Esophageal and stomach cancer, so keep that in mind.
Too hot of beverages are not good.
The number two problem you might be running into with your tea
drinking is that you're steeping it for too long or not long enough.
Let's talk.
Stop setting it and forgetting it like temperature.
The length of time you steep your tea will vary depending on the leaves.
White teas should steep between one and three minutes.
Green tea for three.
Black tea for three to five.
Longer and your tea will become bitter as it releases tannins.
And you've heard of tannins before?
Yes.
The same compounds are in wine.
Number three, problem with your tea drinking is you're not using loose leaf.
There could be chemicals even getting into your tea.
Yep.
You may be boiling and heating chemicals from the tea bags that get into your tea.
Let's look at this.
The tea bags may be convenient, but tea bags aren't the best
way to reap the benefits of tea.
Your standard grocery store teabag contains the leftover broken tea
leaves called the Dustin Fanning.
Those that didn't qualify to be used as the loose leaf tea.
These finally broken tea leaves have less essential.
And release more bitter tannins than the whole leaf tea.
If you don't have the patience for loose leaf tea, no problem.
Look for bruises that are packaged in pyramid sachets.
These are typically higher quality teas, and the bag is specifically
designed to allow for proper water flow.
It also has a leg up on the traditional teabags since those flat tea.
Are often bleached paper, which can add those chemicals I talked
about and off flavors to your tea.
So be mindful for that.
Go for loose tea if you can.
Number four, problem you might be running into with your tea is
you're not reusing your tea bag.
Yes.
Loose leaf teas are meant to be re steeped.
It's okay.
It saves you money as well.
With high quality teas, you'll actually get the benefits of unique flavors
after two or three steeps flavors that you wouldn't taste after just one use.
In order to do this properly, don't let your tea leaves stew
once they have been infused.
Make sure that when you remove the tea leaves from your.
You let them drip dry.
It will prevent the leaves from becoming bitter.
If you do steep your tea multiple times, be aware that you'll be extracting
more caffeine every time you do it.
The number five problem you may have with your tea drinking is that
you're not using high quality water.
Very important what we put into our body.
For the absolute best cup of tea, you'll want to use filtered water.
Tap water is disinfected.
You see with chlorine.
Many of you know this and it may contain sediment.
As well as minerals and basically many compounds that can contribute
to untoward flavors in your tea.
I personally use a cong and water filter and use basic water with a pH of nine.
Bonus tip, if you need to use tap water, just make sure to use.
Cool, not hot.
While it's true that using hot water will bring the water to a boil
faster, it adds impurities from your.
Water heating system and pipes, the number six T error that you might be making.
Is you're not using the right cup.
Yes, the cup, because you steep tea at a relatively high temperature, you'll
want it to cool down before you drink it.
The larger surface area of a wide mouth cup, as opposed to the standard small
mouth cup that allows the top of your tea to cool down enough so you can drink it.
The shallowness of the cup will also.
How much tea you pour in at a time.
That way when your tea is at the right sipping temperature, the whole cup will
be at the right temperature throughout.
Who knew they had special cups for drinking tea?
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