10 Things to Know about Green Tea

After so many scientific articles I published here in the last period, finally someting not so serious. But not less important because green tea I want to write about today, is a drink we use every day of our lives.

Among all the types of green tea I prefere those with jasmin that generally comes from China. Yesterday I knew about the very special green tea that comes from Japan. I was surprized, I did not imagine that the tea can grow in Japan too.
It was a precious medicine first, untill they learnd to grow these plants in great quantities. Even Japanese architectural style was influenced by tea culture!


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Green Tea helps if you have rheumatism, if you are tired and if you have problems with the eyes.
But one writes it's bracing, other writes it's calming. Where is the truth?

Here are some rules you have to know to drink good and healthy tea.

1- it's good to drink tea at leasst 1 hour after meals.
2- never drink tea 15 minutes after it was made.
3- if you drink it 2 min after, it is bracing
4- if you drink it 5 minutes after, it is calming
5- if you take it with milk or honey, it becomes calming but you have to pour tea in milk and not contrary. 1 part milk and 2 parts tea. It's diuretic, so avoid to drink it in the evening.
6- the best grean tea consists from big leaves.
7- avoid tea if you have cardiovascular deseases
8- avoid tea with ginseng if you have tumours and if you are a woman after 50
9- great quantities of grean tea can cause liver and kidney problems
10-if you have low blood pressure or different digestion problems, it's better to avoid grean tea too.

Moral:
Green Tea is excellent drink if you make it light enough and take not more than 2 cups a day.