After choosing the right tea, how to make it play its greatest role is also a science. Different teas have different storage, brewing and drinking methods.
Storage: Tea leaves are most afraid of moisture and odor. Tin bottles, porcelain pots and colored glass bottles are the best storage containers. Secondly, we should use tin cans, wooden boxes and bamboo boxes. Plastic bags and cartons are the worst. The container should be dry, clean and free of peculiar smell. Stored tea should be stored in a dry and ventilated place, not in a damp, high temperature, unclean and exposed place. These places can't have camphor, medicines, cosmetics, cigarettes, washing products and other irritating items. The new green tea of that year can also be sealed and put into the freezer, which can be kept for 3-6 months.
Brewing: the longest time for tea washing 15 seconds. "Now everyone likes to wash tea when drinking tea, but I don't approve of excessive washing tea." In the experiment, we found that the leaching rate of effective components in green tea is more than 70%, and that in black tea is more than 60%. In other words, washing tea too much will lose a lot of nutrients. If tea leaves must be washed, the washing time should not exceed 15 seconds. Green tea and white tea, it is best not to wash. "But there is one exception. People who are sensitive to caffeine can wash it before drinking tea, because the caffeine in it is leached faster than tea polyphenols, and quick washing can remove some caffeine. "
Drinking:12g per day is most suitable. For ordinary people, it is advisable to drink about12g of tea every day and brew it for 3-4 times. People who eat more greasy food and drink a lot of tobacco can appropriately increase the amount of tea. Pregnant women and children, neurasthenia, tachycardia, should be appropriate to reduce the amount of tea. With the popularity of kungfu tea, people drink tea "more and more hot", which is very wrong. "People drink tea for health care, but drinking hot tea will increase the incidence of cancer such as esophageal cancer, which is not worth the candle.
The best temperature for drinking tea should be about 60 degrees, not more than 70 degrees. In addition, you can drink different teas at different times of the day: drink a cup of pale green tea in the morning to refresh your mind, clear your heart and soothe your nerves; Drinking jasmine tea in the morning has a pleasant fragrance and can improve work efficiency; Drink a cup of black tea in the afternoon to get rid of difficulties and refresh yourself; Getting together with friends or family at night and making a pot of oolong or Pu 'er will not affect sleep. We might as well try this arrangement of drinking tea some day. Tea can also exert waste heat. It is no exaggeration to say that tea is full of treasures. As long as it is used well, "expired" tea leaves can exert residual heat.
One is overnight tea. There is no harm in drinking overnight tea, but tea leaves are easily oxidized, so there are often refreshments on the cups of overnight tea. In addition, the temperature is high in summer, and tea leaves are easily contaminated by bacteria, moldy and rancid, leading to diarrhea, so it is best not to drink overnight tea in summer. If you don't want to pour it out, you can also use it for the following purposes: 1 Overnight tea is rich in acid and fluorine, which can not only prevent capillary bleeding, but also play a role in sterilization and anti-inflammation, such as oral bleeding and facial bleeding, and can be used for bathing and gargling; 2. Wash your hair with overnight tea to treat scalp itching; Bad breath annoys many people. If you gargle with overnight tea three times a day, you can eliminate the trouble of bad breath.
The second is old tea and tea residue. Longjing and other green tea people pay attention to drinking the new tea of that year. If they don't finish it, these teas can also play a role:
1. Cook. When stewing meat or cooking other greasy and fishy dishes, you can put some tea leaves, which can remove oil and greasy;
2. Tea dregs can be dried and put away, and made into tea pillows with old tea, especially suitable for summer use. If the amount of tea is not enough, you can also make a small tea bag and apply it to your eyes, which can alleviate visual fatigue;
3. After the soaked tea leaves are dried, they can be scattered in damp places at home, such as under the bed, which can absorb moisture.
Tea suitable for long-term drinking
Chrysanthemum tea made of white chrysanthemum and fine oolong tea is a necessary tea for office workers who are exposed to electronic pollution every day. Because chrysanthemum morifolium in tea has the function of detoxification, it can resist and eliminate the gas, harmful chemicals and radioactive substances accumulated in the body.
Decompression tea is made of herbs and is used to relieve anxiety and anger. Stress in work and life, especially short-term mental stress, will cause vasoconstriction, deficiency cold and fat accumulation. If this vicious circle continues, it will lead to obesity. When you feel stressed, drink a cup of decompression tea from time to time to reduce the load on blood vessels and prevent your delicate figure from becoming bloated. Special note: drinking before going to bed will make you sleep more stably, but don't worry, drinking during the day won't make you confused.
The hotter the atmosphere, the more people get drunk. Wake up early and drink the same amount of oolong tea. It can prevent the body from catching cold, ingesting alcohol and accumulating cholesterol in the body, bringing heat.
Smoking feels good, but once you get sick because of smoking, it's too late to regret it. Beautiful women and handsome men who smoke like hell, for the sake of health, let's give up smoking quickly. When you want to take a sip, take a sip of virtual aloe tea, which is similar to the unique bitterness of cigarettes and is the best substitute for gluttony.
Gouqi tea is actually a kind of Chinese medicine. If a person has no stool for three days in a row, buy some wolfberry tea without special bitterness to drink, because wolfberry can pick out the stool attached to the intestinal wall.
In order to keep a beautiful figure, women should say goodbye to sweets. But when you are always greedy, if there is a kind of tea with pure sweetness and low calorie, will you drink it? Lohan fruit tea is such a good drink.
Edema, especially facial edema, will affect your working condition. The treatment of edema is mainly to eliminate excess water in the body and achieve the effect of detumescence. On the days of edema, insisting on drinking mugwort tea has the effect of diuresis and detoxification, which is to dry hands and reduce swelling.
Most China teas can promote fat metabolism, and Pu 'er tea is an expert in eliminating excess fat. The elements contained in tea can enhance the decomposition of abdominal fat.
spring
Petal tea should be drunk in spring: the scene is docile and the yang is rising. Petal tea with strong senses and strong fragrance should be chosen, which is helpful to dispel the cold evil accumulated in the body in winter, generate the yang of the human body, nourish the liver and benefit the gallbladder, and dredge the meridians, such as roses, jasmine and chrysanthemums.
summer
It is advisable to drink herbal tea in summer: the scene is hot and the yang is strong. It is advisable to choose flowers and plants with sunken tea, bitter taste and cold feeling, such as green tea and mint tea, to quench thirst and nourish the stomach.
autumn
Fruit is suitable for drinking tea in autumn: the scene is dry, the yang is fading, and the yin is rising. It is advisable to choose astringent fruits for tea, such as kumquat, pineapple and oolong tea, in order to remove residual heat in the body, relieve cough and eliminate phlegm, moisten lung and nourish yin.
winter
Roots are suitable for drinking tea in winter: the scene is cold and Yin Qi tends to flourish. We should choose the roots with moist tea and pungent tea taste, such as asparagus, black tea, Tieguanyin, etc.
In the Tang Dynasty, Lu Yu wrote the Book of Tea, saying that tea can be "enjoyable"; Mao Wenxi's Tea Spectrum in the Five Dynasties said that tea can "benefit thinking"; The Compendium of Materia Medica written by Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty said that tea can "make people think and read it"; Tang Ye Materia Medica by Wang in Qing Dynasty said that tea can "clear the brain"; In the Ming Dynasty, Li Tucai's Illustration of Materia Medica said that tea can "wake up"; Wang Qing Meng Ying's "Diet Spectrum and Taste" says that tea can "wake up"; Song Yuzai's Collection of Ancient and Modern Events, Ming Miao Xiyong's Classic of Materia Medica, and Wang Qi's Three Talents claim that tea can be digested, eaten overnight and digested respectively.
A cup of tea is a world, and the fragrance of years can be more touching. A cup of tea in your hand is like recreating thousands of worlds. Let health be around you and you can do it anytime, anywhere.
Tea culture and drinking tea should be avoided.
There is an old saying in our country: "Seven things to be a master, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea", which shows that tea is essential in our people's lives. However, people only know that drinking tea is fun and beneficial to human health, but they don't know that drinking tea is learned, such as adapting to people and time.
Tea has a good effect on refreshing the brain and promoting digestion, but two elements in tea-tannic acid and caffeine-have become uncertain factors for some patients with diseases. Therefore, drinking tea is not suitable for everyone, and the concentration and measurement of drinking tea should be different for everyone. This should be judged according to different physical fitness, age, work nature and living environment.
Physically speaking, healthy adults can drink red and green tea. For the elderly who prefer not to drink alcohol for life and not to drink tea for three meals, they should drink black tea, or indirectly drink a cup of green tea or scented tea. Proper tea drinking is beneficial to prolonging life, but tea should not be too strong. For women, light green tea is usually suitable, but women in menstruation, pregnancy, labor, lactation and menopause are not suitable for drinking tea, let alone strong tea. For children, we should pay attention to moderation and never drink too much tea, especially for younger children. For some patients, drink tea carefully, and it is not advisable to drink tea when you have a cold and fever; Nervous people should drink tea selectively; Patients with ulcers drink less tea; Cardiovascular patients should drink light tea in moderation; Patients with hypoglycemia should not drink tea; Vegetarians and thin people drink less tea.
From the nature of work, manual workers, soldiers, geological prospectors and people who are often exposed to radiation and toxic substances should drink some strong tea; Mental workers should also drink some high-grade green tea to help them think.
Drinking tea is good for health, but there are four seasons. A year can be divided into spring, summer, autumn and winter, and tea can also be divided into cold, hot and cold. Ancient health experts believed that in order to achieve the ideal effect of drinking tea, we must drink it according to the characteristics of the four seasons' climate, the efficacy of various teas and the adaptability of human physiological metabolism, so that "drinking tea is different from the four seasons". It is generally believed that drinking scented tea in spring is long, drinking green tea in summer is cool, drinking green tea in autumn can moisten dryness, and drinking black tea in winter warms the heart.
In addition to the above two points, it should be noted that drinking strong tea for a long time can easily lead to osteoporosis in the elderly, and drinking strong tea before going to bed will affect the quality of sleep. Drinking strong tea after drinking will add fuel to the fire. Never drink tea to take medicine or drink tea on an empty stomach.
Although advertisements in today's world are full of Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola and Nestle instant coffee. There are many kinds of the most fashionable drinks, but there are also many problems.
As an ordinary beverage, China tea, one of the "three major beverages" in the world, still ranks first in the world beverage market, and has become the most influential "beverage" because of its long history and unique and comprehensive health care effect. When tea became a culture, it got a brand-new definition. When tea changed from a single drink to an affordable and convenient health drink, it made a leap in essence. At the same time, it has changed the situation that Chinese traditional tea culture only pays attention to the fun of tea but not the function of tea, improved the connotation of tea culture and made tea truly one of the three major drinks in the world.