Green tea invigorates, strengthens health and even helps to lose weight. But that this drink showed all its useful properties, you must be able to properly brew and drink it.
Green and black tea produce from the same tea leaf, but the difference in the technology of their production determines their different biological value and taste. To produce green tea, the raw material is subjected to heat treatment, at which enzymes of the tea leaves die, which allows to keep from oxidation the substances contained in the tea leaf. Black tea loses some of the healing properties during the fermentation process. Therefore, the chemical composition of green tea is closer to the tea "natural" sheet.
The content of water-soluble parts in green tea is higher than in black. Among them are important amino acids for the body, trace elements such as fluoride, iodine, iron, a lot of minerals, including phosphorus and potassium. Entering the fight with free radicals, green tea catechins stop the aging of the body and protect it from cancer. Tea also has an anti-inflammatory effect. For those who want to lose weight, it is difficult to find a more suitable drink. Green tea prevents diseases associated with metabolic disorders. The presence of tea tannin in it facilitates digestion and activates the work of the gastrointestinal tract. Green tea dilates the blood vessels of the brain, improving its blood supply and nutrition with oxygen. Due to the complex influence of green tea on the nervous, respiratory and cardiovascular systems, the overall vitality and performance are increased.
Brewing tea, we must remember a few simple rules.
Water for tea can not be boiled twice. Fill in the teapot is better not boiling boiling water, and slightly cooled after boiling water temperature of 60-80 degrees. Before you put tea in the teapot, it must be warmed, otherwise the water, poured into cold dishes, will cool and brewing tea will go wrong. It is necessary to make sure that the kettle is warmed evenly, from all sides. This can be done by rinsing it with boiling water. Ideally, if the kettle is heated to the same temperature as the water that you are going to pour into it.
Green tea can be brewed several times, and every time the drink will have a different taste. In the first brew, pour water on about a third of the volume of the kettle. Fill the water, close the kettle with a lid as soon as possible and cover it with a napkin or towel, so that the aromatic oils do not evaporate. The time of tea brewing depends on the hardness of the water and is from 2 to 10 minutes. The first welding is about 2 minutes. After 3-4 minutes, you can repeat the tea leaves. Now you need to pour water to half a teapot and brew tea 3-4 minutes. With the third pouring, boiling water is poured into 3/4 of the volume, it is insisted for 2 minutes and the brewer is filled with water up to the top.
A sign of proper brewing is the appearance of foam. It should be stirred with a metal spoon to make it enter the tea broth. If the foam has an unpleasant smell, it is removed. After that, the drink can be poured into cups. It is better to prepare a decoction of the desired fortress at once, in order not to boil it with boiling water.
For all the usefulness of green tea, we must remember that drinking it does not cost more than half a liter a day. Green tea invigorates no worse than coffee, so it should not be consumed at night. In the tea you can add a little sugar (the main thing here is not to overdo it, otherwise excessive sweetness will kill the taste and aroma of the drink), but it is better to drink it with a snack with sweets such as honey and raisins.