Such different tea: the secrets of the beverage from the tea expert
Tips Health / / December 19, 2019
You hid a blanket, turned your favorite movie or TV series and took a mug of hot tea. It is so often held in the evening in the cold season. And if the choice of your favorite TV series and plaid, we can not help, then the tea situation is different. We asked a few questions Alexander Platonov, A tea expert and the owner of the network of tea boutiques "Artisan». He spoke about the types of tea, its benefits, and gave lots of advice.
- Tell us about the kinds of tea. Personally, I know of only black and green. It's all or are there others?
- Although there are several typologies, I share the tea into six types: black, green, white, herbal blends, fruit mixes, exotic drinks. For black teas I include Darjeeling, Assam, aged Yunnan, Ceylon and other teas in black slate. By green - Oolong, Sencha, Gunpowder from different regions of the world. White tea - is not so much the variety and type of fermentation, but I highlight it because of its special properties.
By herbal teas are all mixtures which contain more herbs or just they. Fruit mix - a "tea" from hibiscus, rose hips, dried fruits and berries. For exotic drinks are Rooibos, honeybush, mate, lapacho. It is important to understand that the color of the tea leaf is not determined by the type of bush, but a way of tea harvested and the degree of fermentation.
- Is there any of the health benefits of tea? Or is it just a nice drink?
- "Everything is poison, and all medicine." With tea, you can bring health and a great benefit and great harm. It is therefore important to know its properties. If I was on a desert island and could take only one tea bag, I would choose long Puer. This tea is the maximum fermentation, for many years he kept in the ground and becomes a specific smell and taste. It normalizes blood sugar and cholesterol, and invigorates stronger than coffee. It also lowers the acidity, improves the functioning of all body systems.
If I could take 10 bags, they would all be with pu-erh! But if you could take three different, then I would take a second good oolong. This tea possesses anticancer activity, toxins, also combats cholesterol aids digestion. But on an empty stomach, and large amounts of green tea can be dangerous its acidity, especially for stomach and tooth enamel. The third bag would be with spiced tea, as spices in too much use and enjoyment!
- What can be added to tea, in addition to the usual and not very useful Sahara?
- A good tea does not need sugar, lemon and other additives. Only the pure can really rasprobovat its taste and aroma, guess shade. Yunnan smell of smoke from the village at the foot of the hills of tea, Ceylon tastes like mountain honey, Assam tart, and it has notes of wild plum. Why deprive yourself of this pleasure?
- How to make tea?
- Black tea to brew with boiling water and infuse for 3-5 minutes. Green tea is brewed with water 80-90 ° C, and insist on the taste.
- You might encounter unusual teas. Tell us about them.
- unusual can be considered exotic teas. I highly recommend everyone to try rooibos, Honeybush, Lapacho, properly brewed a good mate. Rooibos and Honeybush can drink at night, they do not have an invigorating effect, they contain a lot of vitamins. Mate, on the contrary, very much invigorates, it promotes harmony and concentration. Unusual happens preparation of tea leaves, I mean twisted and related teas - balls, gems, sockets. Watch how the ball spins up the green and from the swim two garlands of flowers of clover and ylang-ylang - is an aesthetic pleasure.
- Price = quality? Does it make sense to buy the most expensive tea?
- Life is short - it makes sense to buy only good tea, but it is expensive. The normal price for a nice tea in Moscow from 500 rubles per 100 grams and up to several thousand. But by itself the high price does not guarantee anything. Trust your taste, buy tea only good tea shops if the Internet, then those who have retail outlets, as retail checked for safety certificates.
Internet providers from China may bring a dangerous tea for chemical, radiological, bacteriological criteria. Who was in China, I well understand. There is, as best samples of tea, and the most insecure.
- Give some "tea" advises readers.
- Green tea made less than 2 minutes, will brace, over 5 minutes - calm. This is due to the fact that, first released caffeineAnd then the tannins.
- If you want to cheer up sharply, drink a cup of strong long-term Puer, he invigorates stronger than coffee.
- Hangover instead of brine will help Hibiscus, also known as hibiscus, but this advice is not for people with high acidity in the stomach. These people will help Puer!
- Chamomile to help with Hibiscus colds.
- If you are breathing bad air and a lot of standing in traffic jams - drink oolong.
- If the opened brewing green tea leaves have irregular brown edges - this tea machine assembly, red price him - 200 rubles per 100 grams! Good tea - it is the top three leaves collected manually.
- Chinese teas are divided by the color of the sheet, and the color of tea leaves. Therefore, they call black red, and some black and green in appearance - yellow.
- Clay pots are suitable only for natural tea without fruits and berries, gourmet keep separate tea for each favorite brand of tea.
- Main life hacking - by all and for all just drink Puer. This is most useful in the world of tea!