How should i drink green tea im drinkin it warm at the moment?!
How should i drink green tea im drinkin it warm at the moment?
is that ok
Answers:
More important is how do you prepare it.
For green tea brewing, a lower temperature 65 to 80 degrees Centigrade (150-175 degrees Fahrenheit) is recommended. Steep for about 2-3 minutes. Use 1 teaspoon of tea for every 8-12 ounces of water depending on your taste. Low temperature can preserve the green color, flavor, and nutrition of high-end green tea. Put tea leaves into the teapot first; pour in the medium temperature water ( or you can pour 70% of hot water first, and immediately followed by the 30% cold water at room temperature); then, leave the tea pot or tea glass open to air so that the quality preserved. Leave the tea pot open is critical to green tea/white tea preparation. Never boil/cook the green tea leaves!
you can add milk and/or sugar or sweetener to it. Enjoy it however you like. Or you could drink it straight with nothing in it, and enjoy the subtle flavor. I like to sometimes put it over ice and have iced green tea, how cool is that?
Here is an extract from the first link that is incredibly useful:
Avoid the adverse side effects of green tea. 10 easy-to-follow NOT-TO-DO to get the best out of green tea, or any other tea.
1. Don't drink tea when it is scalding hot.
Chinese tea experts generally recommend drinking tea between 56 to 62 degree Celcius. Drinking very hot tea is harmful to the digestive system.
2. Don't drink tea when it turns cold.
Leave freshly brewed tea for a while and you'll notice that its colour darkens and its fragrance fades. This is because tea compounds become oxidised a few hours after brewing - so drink while it is hot.
Nutrients like catechins, theanine, vitamin C and B diminish over time.
Tea contains amino acids. Leave it even longer and bacteria starts to breed.
In Asia, folk wisdom says that one should never drink tea that has been left overnight.
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, cold tea is "damp" and gathers phlegm.
3. Don't drink tea full-strength.
This applies only when you are brewing loose-leaf. Teabags are generally too mild to cause any problems.
A typical cup of tea contains 2 to 3 grams of leaves. A full strength can have as much as 15 grams of leaves.
Generally speaking, it is better to have less than more leaves when brewing tea.
Full-strength tea contains concentrated caffeine and causes side effects.
Tea polyphenols can stimulate the production of gastric acids, resulting in stomach upset.
4. Don't over-brew your tea.
In Asia, it is common practice to multiple infuse tea leaves. Most tea can be infused up to three times.
The chemical composition of the brew alter with each infusion. Over-brewed tea not only tastes awful, it is considered harmful.
5. Don't drink tea on empty stomach.
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, drinking tea on empty stomach cause the "coldness" to enter the lung and stomach system.
6. Don't drink tea around meal times.
The alkaline nature of tea conflicts with the acids produced by the stomach. Drinking tea around mealtimes can cause indigestion for those with sensitive stomach.
Tea reduces the absorption of non-heme iron, causing problems to those prone to iron deficiency anemia.
Tea reduces the absorption of thiamine, or vitamin B. Thiamine deficiency leads to a condition known as beriberi. Once common to sailor, beriberi is now relatively rare in the Western world except for alcoholics.
7. Don't mix tea with medications.
Tea can interfere and interact with certain medications. As a safety precaution, avoid drinking tea for at least 2 hours after taking medications to prevent the adverse side effects of green tea.
8. Don't mix tea with alcohol.
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, drinking tea and alcohol together is harmful to the kidney system, causing constipation and problems to sexual organs.
Similarly, as a safety precaution, to prevent the adverse side effects of green tea, avoid drinking tea after a heavy drinking session.
9. Don't drink tea when suffering from fever.
Drinking tea won't get rid of high temperature.
As a mild stimulant, tea may further increase the body temperature. The body cools down by sweating - tea tannins actually inhibit this effect.
10. Don't drink too much.
Many population studies documenting the health benefits of drinking green tea are based in Asia, where people typically drink 3 cups of green tea a day.
Studies conducted by Imai suggest drinking as many as 10 cups a day to benefit from green tea. Hence most experts recommend drinking between 3 to 10 cups a day.
For most people, we recommend 3 to 6 cups.
Individuals with special conditions should drink even less or avoid green tea altogether to avoid the adverse side effects of green tea.
What can go wrong drinking too much green tea? Caffeine intolerance and minerals overdose.
The second links contain some advice on drinking green tea with milk or ginseng.
They also offer a free ebook - enjoy!
Julian