Tea when and what to drink. Recommendations of an expert on the use of black tea: composition, properties, rules of brewing, contraindications


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How to drink tea? Tea drinking is very developed in our country. It would seem that we may not know? However, once in the culture of other countries from China, tea harbors secrets that all lovers of this drink should know.

The first ban - tea on an empty stomach. When you drink tea on an empty stomach, the cold nature of tea, penetrating inside, can cool the spleen and stomach, which is similar to the "penetration of a wolf into a house", in China since ancient times advised "not to drink tea on an empty heart."

We chose a trip to one of the mountains around Taipei and tea in a good tea house with a very Chinese atmosphere. On the second floor there are water channels that meander all over the floor, filled with golden fish and stone steps, through which we must pass in order to enter the more reserved room, where we will have our tea. We can choose as an addition to tea beans, melon seeds, dried tofu, rice cakes or canned or dried fruit. We chose the seeds of watermelon, dry mango and pickled prunes with tea leaves.

The sweet taste of the accompaniment complements the taste of tea. As long as tea is served, we can present ourselves in ancient China. According to many Chinese, drinking tea during or after a meal helps speed up digestion. It is said that to some extent it helps prevent weight gain. If this is true, this is a real benefit! Recently, researchers also stated that green tea  may actually be anticancer. Another advantage of using semi-finished tea and green tea is that they leave a sweet and pleasant taste in the mouth.

The second ban - on burning tea. Too hot tea strongly irritates the throat, esophagus and stomach. Prolonged consumption of very hot tea can lead to painful changes in these organs. According to foreign studies, frequent use of tea with a temperature above 62 degrees leads to an increased vulnerability of the stomach walls and gives symptoms of various diseases of the stomach. Tea temperature should not exceed 56 degrees.

Loved by some, ignored by others. The truth is that we should all drink at least one cup of tea or infusion per day. This drink brings numerous health benefits and makes the body literally work. And even some people say that it is better than water, because it has antioxidants.

Studies show that in older people, tea consumption can prevent bone fractures in cases of osteoporosis. They also reduce the level of acid production, helping to prevent periodontal disease. White tea also helps keep your teeth healthy, because it is rich in fluoride, and reduces bacteria and the risk of tooth decay.

The third ban is on iced tea. While warm and hot tea invigorates, makes clear the mind and eyes, cold tea gives side effects: cold stagnation and sputum accumulation.

The fourth ban is on too strong tea. High caffeine and tannin content in strong tea can cause headaches and insomnia.

This is due to the fact that the flavonoids present in the drink have the ability to accelerate the metabolism and prevent the formation of fatty deposits. A good example of tea with these properties is green tea, which is also known for its benefits for detoxification. In turn, mint tea will help to improve the digestive process, which will ease the problems associated with the stomach and intestines.

A German study states that it is possible to substitute medication for anxiety with valerians and obtain excellent results. A preliminary study of 69 people completed these benefits. If you're looking for the soothing and soothing effects of a drink, rely on chamomile tea, for example. The herb reduces stress and anxiety, has a diuretic, antiallergic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-diarrheal and anti-spasmodic action.

The fifth ban is for long brewing of tea. If tea is brewed for too long, tea polyphenols and essential oils begin to oxidize spontaneously, which not only deprives the tea of ​​transparency, taste and aroma, but also significantly reduces the nutritional value of tea due to the oxidation of vitamins C and P contained in tea leaves, amino acids and other valuable substances. In addition, while infusing, the tea is exposed to the environment, if the tea languishes for a long time in heat, the content of microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) increases significantly.

Try to drink green tea with blackberries, which increases metabolism and facilitates the reduction of abdominal fat. There are also homemade recipes. This drink, in addition to strengthening the immune system, is a powerful anti-inflammatory, characteristic that helps to say goodbye to headaches.

This match is here to stay, it is no secret to anyone. And you must have gone so far, because you read somewhere how powerful tea is perfect for your health and weight loss, but no one talks about whether it can be consumed by people under certain conditions and Matcha tea.

The prohibition of the sixth - on repeated brewing. Usually, after the third or fourth tea leaves, little is left. Experiments show that the first infusion draws about 50% of the useful substances from the tea leaves, the second - 30%, and the third only about 10%, the fourth tea leaves adds another 1-3%. If you continue to brew tea further, then the infusion may also produce harmful components, since the harmful elements contained in very small amounts in the tea leaves enter the infusion last.

The truth is that teas are medicines, only natural and handmade. And, like any medicine, there is a contraindicated match tea, and its consumption can do more harm than good in certain people and situations. Being rich in caffeine, it should be avoided: hypertensive, suffering from insomnia and sensitive to caffeine, which deals with gastritis and an ulcer, restless, restless people and hearty people.

Tea matches are contraindicated for babies, pregnant women, and the elderly until a certain point. This is given to his extensive list of antioxidants, amino acids and other agents. Because of its direct effect on nutrition, it cannot be consumed without the opinion of your physician, since he may have prescribed you some medicine or a list of products that will not be well combined with compliance.

Ban the seventh - for tea before meals. A large amount of tea, drunk before a meal, leads to the dilution of saliva, food begins to seem tasteless, in addition, the digestion of protein by the digestive organs may temporarily decrease. Therefore, drink tea 20-30 minutes before meals.

The eighth ban - tea immediately after a meal. Any abundant drink immediately after eating leads to a significant decrease in the concentration of gastric juice, and this slows down the digestion and disrupts the work of all the digestive organs. If you want to drink tea after a meal, wait 20-30 minutes.

The calculation is no different for products. If you have a cup of tea in the morning, and in the afternoon you want to eat the cake, which is in the ingredients, pay attention to how many grams of the match they give you. As unbelievable as a product, nothing should be consumed in excess. And if the recommendations indicate the amount in grams, why not be careful? In addition, remember that you consume various substances that will cause your body to react.

The consequences are as follows: Insomnia, due to the high caffeine content. Diarrhea and heartburn due to antioxidants, which directly affect the metabolism and absorption of fats. However, if he has already swallowed what you swallowed, what is left to absorb? Headache, also due to high caffeine content.

The ninth ban on drinking tea with medicines. Tannins contained in tea, when split, form tannin, from which many drugs precipitate and are poorly absorbed. Therefore, the Chinese say that tea destroys medicines.

Ban the tenth - on yesterday's tea. Daily tea does not only lose vitamins, but also becomes an ideal breeding ground for bacteria. But if the tea is not spoiled, it can be used in therapeutic purposes, but only as an external agent. So, tea infused for 24 hours is rich in acids and fluorine, which prevent bleeding from the capillaries, so yesterday's tea helps with oral inflammations, pain in the tongue, eczema, bleeding gums, superficial skin lesions, ulcers. Washing the eyes with yesterday's tea helps to reduce discomfort when blood vessels appear in the proteins and after tears, and rinsing the mouth in the morning before brushing your teeth and after eating not only leaves you feeling fresh, but also strengthens your teeth.

You will probably feel satisfied, but your stomach is empty, so you will feel pain. Of course, with so many pains occurring simultaneously, there will be no painkiller generated by the plant that solves it. If you feel bad after taking tea, stop taking it. He can do what he promises, and what he promises, can sometimes be incompatible with your needs, but rather what you need to avoid. If you read all the contraindications, if you were able to destroy it and did the same, consult a doctor.

Only a deaf and a blind man does not know about a healthy lifestyle. Many people tend to support their body with healthy products. One of them is green tea. How to properly brew and drink today and we'll talk.

The benefits of green tea

The benefits of green tea are enormous. It contains many vitamins and trace elements - is a natural antioxidant. This means that with regular use, we can improve the complexion, preserve the beauty of the skin.

Something is wrong with your health, and it is likely that you do not know what risks you are using. Now is yours. Serving tea or coffee is an art. Enjoy it too. Gastronomic art and public art. We have described this beautiful ceremony in it. We focused on serving the hostess.

Art and way to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee

This time we will look at the topic of visitor perspective. We do not like tea as much as the British, and therefore an invitation to tea is less common in France. When we invite our friends for tea, we worship the Anglo-Saxon Protocol. The trend of mini-coffee, imported by George Clooney, slipped somewhat on national soil. All dishes are used in advertisements; as many cups-caps appear in our stores. Too bad. When you have tea or coffee, the cup handle should always point at 3 o'clock. Even if you are cold, do not wrap your arms around the cup. For the right people: hold the cup with your right hand and the saucer with your left hand. Conversely, for left-handers. Remember to keep a saucer if you drink tea. Only for coffee can a saucer stay on the table. If you are standing, it is even more important to keep the saucer. Never point your finger. Fold it inside your palm. Tasting his tea does not require a small finger. For women: choose a shade of bare color. It is impossible to leave greasy marks on the edge of the cup. Then, removing it, wipe the last drop on the edge. Put a spoon on a saucer or, better, on a plate to try if you have one. It is impossible to drink with a spoon in a cup. The most French-French ritual is coffee. . At home, at work or in close friends we can drink tea in some way and in different poses - from a disposable cup with feet on a stool from a bowl with a tasting of paints, Serbs.

Use green tea and in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. It strengthens blood vessels, maintains their elasticity.

Can be used as antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial agent.

It is believed that green tea reduces the activity of cancer cells.

To get the healing effect you need to drink it without sugar, you can sweeten with honey.

But when we are in a restaurant, at an official meeting, in a stylish party, visiting sophisticated people or somewhere else, there are several requirements that we would be better advised to take care not to feel. Which pot to drink depends on our personal preferences, as well as on the dishes in the kitchen. It is important to know, however, that the taste of tea changes if it is drunk from a plastic or wooden cup or cup. Therefore, ceramic, porcelain or glass products are preferred. The thickness of the glass walls is chosen depending on whether you want to drink tea cooler or want it to be hot for a long time.

Are there any contraindications to the use of green tea or is everything so rosy?

Contraindications

In fact, the whole thing in moderate use. In large doses, the drug becomes poison.

Polyphenols that protect us from cancer and strengthen blood vessels in large quantities, oppress the liver.

And the excess amount may even lead to "tea intoxication." It manifests itself in the form of headache, nausea, dizziness.

The size of the cup is inversely proportional to the quality of the tea. Good tea  has a very rich aroma and taste and is therefore taken in small quantities to satisfy all senses. In Japanese tea ceramics, traditionally small porcelain cups are served, served with green or black tea. His name is due to the fact that only kings, emperors, senior aristocrats, who usually wore purple clothes, had the privilege to try it.

It comes from 6 bushes at the age of 350 years, giving an annual harvest of no more than 500 grams. When you drink tea in the company of sophisticated people, it is unacceptable for the Serbat. He drinks in small sips, not breathing to cool. Cup with a saucer served at the height of the lips, and then sipping. The handle should be elegantly wrapped. Loose fingers should not protrude, but should be destroyed as much as possible. An appropriate exercise for raising the arm in this position is to hold a pen or pencil while removing the glass.

On average, you can safely drink 4-6 cups of tea of ​​medium strength without harm to health.

But if you think that brewing a bag of boiling water, drawn from the tap, you will get a healing effect, then you are greatly mistaken. Green tea needs to be brewed properly.


To put sugar or not depends entirely on our personal preferences. Of course, the quantity should not be suppressed simply because it makes a bad impression if we reach the sugar bowl 7-8 times. Tea is mixed thoroughly to prevent walled glass with a spoon. This avoids annoying tingling. Once the spoon is in use, it must be removed from the cup and placed on the side of the saucer. Wrong pulling it if it is still inside it. If there is some breakfast or pastry for tea, it is eaten, with small bites breaking its arms.

How to brew green tea?

What is green tea? These are the youngest leaves (4-5 of the upper leaves of the branches), which are quickly dried in the shade. Therefore, they save as much as possible beneficial features  tea bush And to get them you need not just pour boiling water over the leaves, but do it right. First, you need the right water.

If the dessert is a cake or syrup dough, and a special fork is not used, a teaspoon is used. If lemon has tea, it must be pre-cut into slices. Place the lemon slices in the tea and gently squeeze the juice with a spoon. Then the slices are removed and placed in a saucer.

For good taste of tea it is important, with what water it is brewed. A wide but erroneous practice is to pour the tea into boiling, just hot water. For better taste, black tea should be poured with water 90 ° and green. The correct temperature can be measured with a kitchen thermometer that fits in the liquid. Tea leaves are poured with a small amount of water. When they swell, it is even more. The bottle is left for about 5 minutes and the container is covered with a napkin or lid with a hole so that it can separate from its flavor.

Water

For healthy, tasty and "correct" green tea you need soft water. Just from the tap with impurities and additives, water does not fit. You can buy soft bottled water in the store or clean the house with special filters.

There is another way to soften the water - freeze. Type water in a plastic bottle and put it in the freezer. When it freezes around the edges of about 2 cm, reach for it - you need to drain the unfrozen water, and melt the ice. This will be soft water.

Teapot

For proper tea, the teapot must be well warmed up. Warm it up with boiling water for a few seconds. The cold kettle takes heat from the tea and does not allow the useful substances to stand out in the first brew.

Ideal for brewing green tea is clay pot. Clay gives the sheet to "breathe", retains heat well and is chemically neutral.


In the absence of such a kettle, you can use porcelain, faience or glass. But they will not allow the sheet to "breathe."

You can not brew green tea in a metal or plastic container!

Boiling water

It is important to catch the right temperature for brewing green tea. Suitable will be from 60 to 90 degrees.

First you need to bring the water to a boil, but do not boil - it should be 95 ° C. How to determine - we closely monitor the water, when it is noisy, air bubbles rise upwards - this is the temperature we need. Remove from heat and let the kettle stand and cool slightly.

Too high brewing temperature will spoil the taste and destroy the nutrients.

Brew

Finally we got to making tea! Proper water, kettle and boiling water are ready.

  1. Pour the tea leaves into the teapot with a clean, dry spoon, pour in hot water and immediately pour it away. Rinse the leaves.
  2. Now we pour the right amount of water into the kettle - usually an incomplete glass of water is poured onto a teaspoon of dry tea leaves.
  3. Close the lid and give the tea to infuse. The usual time is from 30 seconds to 3 minutes. It is not recommended to leave green tea for longer, as it can become bitter and cannot be brewed a second time. When re-brewing time increases.
  4. Now you can pour into cups. if you were preparing a drink for several people, then you need to pour in a circle. So that everyone will get a uniform tea.
  5. Enjoy your tea party!


  • Green tea can be brewed many times. At the same time, with each new brewing, it is filled with new useful substances. Usually, tea leaves are reused 4-5 times.
  • Do not expect the tea to become a certain color. In all varieties, they are different - from very light to golden and amber.
  • You can not drink cold green tea. There are no useful substances in it, the essential oils evaporate, the vitamins disappear.
  • For storage of dry tea, use sealed dishes. Paper bags and cardboard boxes easily let in odors. And tea absorbs them quickly.
  • To enhance the benefits and taste of tea, add a little honey. this increases the amount of soluble glycosides, which help improve immunity and resist colds.

Video about the proper brewing of green tea

Enjoy your tea with properly brewed and healthy green tea!