Tea and Health
Yes, tea is healthy. If you want more detail, though, be prepared for a lot of marketing hype that’s not backed up by science.
This is a subcategory of Tea Science, which explores the diversity of tea styles and varieties.
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Is Your Tea Gluten Free?
The answer to this question should be easy. Tea leaves come from the Camellia sinensis plant. It is not grain. It contains no gluten. For those casually following the gluten-free lifestyle, that answer should be enough. But for those with celiac disease, a bit more detail may be required.
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What’s the Healthiest Tea?
Unlike some of the other questions I address here, this one has a very straightforward answer. The healthiest tea is the one you’ll actually drink.
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Tea, Hydration, Elevation, and Good Moods
I have heard it since I was a kid: Drink plenty of fluids means water. It doesn’t include caffeinated beverages like tea. That statement didn’t come with much explanation when I was little. Later, Mom explained that only clear liquids count. I couldn’t figure out why 7-Up was okay when I was sick, but iced
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Kombucha: A Tea Guy’s Perspective
Several times in the last couple of years, people have come in to the tea bar and asked if we have kombucha. The first time, I did a quick Google search, looked at the process required to brew it, and said no. After the third time, I figured I should look a bit deeper into
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Tea and relaxation
If you’re looking for a whole afternoon of spirited discussion, ask an herbalist, a tea expert, and a doctor about the relaxing properties of tea. Any such discussion is immensely complicated by the dizzying variety of tea available, the thousands of herbal blends (“tisanes”) that herbalists call tea, and the dearth of comparative scientific studies.
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