Wonderful & Strange Facts from the World of Tea: Tea Facts - 3

Flavonoids & Polyphenols

Tea contains health-promoting flavonoids & polyphenols.

Flavonoids protect human cells from oxidative stress, a negative metabolic situation, and have an anti-inflammatory effect. The longer you let your tea infuse (don't overdo it :) ), the more flavonoids it contains!

Polyphenols are rich in antioxidants and thus also have anti-inflammatory benefits-green tea is said to contain the most polyphenols.

Milch im Tee

Some people (frequently the British) tend to add milk to black tea. Most are of the opinion that, like adding sugar, this is primarily for taste.

In the UK, however, milk was originally added to black tea to prevent the porcelain cups from cracking. It is said that when tea in the 18th century. Century imported to Britain, the conventional porcelain tableware often could not stand the sudden heat of the tea, so milk was added first to cool the tea. In addition, it is believed that adding milk to tea became so popular because tea was very expensive that most people filled their cups with cheap milk, adding only a shot of valuable tea.

By the way: a strong cup of strong, black tea with milk is called a builder's tea in the UK.

Ancient tea traditions

The oldest tea leaves in the world can be found in China and are well over 2,000 years old. Remains of tea leaves were found in the mausoleum of Jing Emperor Liu Qi. The tea, which was found in the emperor's tomb, has been described by archaeologists as being of "very high quality" and shows that the tea traditions until before 141 BC. Back when he died.