Everything Tea
Tea - Who doesn't like a good cup of tea? It is cheap as dirt and comes in all kinds of flavors: black, green, herbal. Really, you can make tea out of almost any kind of plant. Here are a few of the advantages:
- The antioxidants in tea are beneficial to prevent cancer.
- Some teabags (National tagless at Walmart) only cost a penny, literally, so it is one of the cheapest caffeine fixes on the planet.
- By drinking a cup of tea every few hours you regulate your caffeine for maximum benefit, unlike coffee that causes a peak followed by a crash.
- Herbal teas are homegrown remedies for many ailments from insomnia to sinus congestion.
Here are some links to great tea informational sites on the web:
Tea Website list
Fog Tea
Rate Tea
Tea Review blog
Tea Time with A.C. Cargill
Teaviews
Learn About Tea
Tea 101
Loose Leaf Daily
The Most Popular Flavors of Tea
All About Tea
Here are some links to sales sites for assorted teas:
Special Teas
World Tea Guide Directory
Adagio Teas
Republic of Tea
Teavana
California Tea House
Thunderbolt Tea
2B A Snob
Stash Teas
Good 4 You Herbal Tea
Enjoying Tea
Twinings USA
Celestial Seasonings
Good Earth Teas
Lipton Tea
Girnar Tea
Green vs Black Teas:
Historically, green tea is an eastern choice and black tea is a western choice. It turns out they are made from the same tea leaves and the difference is in the processing. Green tea is less processed, has a grassy flavor, less caffeine and has an antioxidant called EGCg that is processed out of black tea. On the other hand, black tea, which goes through an extra step, has more flavonoids known as phytonutrients. There has been no definitive study that proves green tea is better for you than black tea. It does stain the teeth less but costs more, at least in the US, where black tea is more mainstream. Here are some links that go into more detail on the differences of black vs green tea:
WebMD - antioxidants in Green and Black Tea
Professor's House
David Hayden's View on Green vs Black Tea
HealthCastle - Health Benefits of Tea
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