Don’t know how to kill your time at home? Let us prepare a pot of fragrance black tea for your hi-tea or afternoon tea. However, before we are able to do so, we should get to know more about the different types of black tea and choose our own favorite tea.
Are you a top fan of the handshake tea? Have you ever suspect the seller might use low-quality black tea dust and artificial flavor for brewing your favorite drink? Different brands of the handshake tea using different sources of black tea, we cannot guarantee all the sellers are choosing the good quality black tea in brewing their beverages. Some of the sellers might be choosing low-quality tea dust and artificial flavor that might cause bad effects on our health in making their tea. Actually, drinking black tea should bring more benefits to our health. Therefore, to enjoys the true benefits brought by the black tea, it is better to brew ourselves.
Black tea has antioxidant properties-polyphenols like catechins, theaflavins, and thearubigin. Polyphenols help to remove free radicals and decrease cell damages in our bodies. Besides that, theaflavins in black tea able to reduce the risk of diabetes and obesity happened. Researchers concluded that several compounds in tea were shown to improve insulin level, specifically catechin called epigallocatechin gallate. Besides that, it could elevate cholesterol in our bodies as well. This is because the antioxidants group -flavonoids may reduce high blood pressure and LDL(Low-Density Lipoprotein) which could be the factors for heart disease and stroke. Moreover, black tea contains caffeine and an amino acid called L-theanine which can increases alpha activity in the brain resulting in relaxation and better focus.
Region: Northern India
Elevation: Lowland
Specialty: Reddish-brown color. Suitable served with milk and sugar. A most common type of black tea in the world, about ⅙ of the world’s tea, belongs to Assam tea.
2) Uva Tea
Region: Northern Sri Lanka
Elevation :Highland Tea (1000m-1600m)
Specialty: Top 3 of the most famous black tea in the world, Dark reddish color, strong flavor with stringent taste. Suitable to serve with milk and sugar.
3) Nuwara Eliya Tea
Region: Sri Lanka
Elevation :Highland Tea (above 2000m)
Specialty: light yellowish-orange color. Highly fragrance taste. Not suitable served with milk and sugar.
4) Darjeeling Tea
Region: India, Darjeeling district
Elevation: Highland Tea
Specialty: Top 3 of the most famous black tea in the world. Champagne of the tea by its delicate fruity and floral flavor. Not suitable served with milk and sugar. Tea with transparent red yellowish-orange color.
Photo source: Tea Forte
5) Keemun Tea
Region: China, Anhui province
Elevation: Highland Tea (600m)
Specialty: 3 of the most famous black tea in the world, smooth and fruity flavor, not suitable served with milk and sugar
Constantly drinking black tea may bring a lot of benefits to our health. Start to choose your own favorite black tea and make it as your habits now!
