Coffee and Tea

The controversy whether tea is older than other beverage like coffee, beer or wine could not be solved easily. The tea supporters consider it to be the oldest drink while beer supporters argue that the use of beer is supported by 10000 years of history while tea is supported merely by 5000 years.

Let us put controversies aside! When we use common sense, we have to accept that tea is the oldest drink. The leaves of tea or several other herbs had been used worldwide by thousands of tribes. The preparation of tea is simple in comparison to more complex preparation of beer or wine.

How Popular is Tea?

All right, tea is the oldest drink and let us find out how popular it is all over the globe. The enormous popularity of tea could be gauged by its annual worldwide production targeting around 2 billion pounds. And realize that how many cups of tea we make with one pound of tea. Year in and Year out, we consume 2 billion pounds of tea every year.

How Much Caffeine is in Tea

Even though tea leaves have 1-3 % of caffeine that is two times or more than coffee beans. But the net amount of caffeine in a single cup of coffee is 100 mg that is considerably more than 60 mg in a cup of tea. The difference is due to preparation methods – coffee beans or powder dissolve completely in a mug whereas tea is only partly utilized.

Is Tea Healthy?

The health benefits of coffee and tea are the result of many similar compounds. Antioxidants,…………….. Caffeine has also shown its beneficial effects on body and mind when used in moderate amounts.

Why do people use tea with such great fondness? It couldn’t be history or economics or science or medicine behind tea. Perhaps tea is simply a wonderful drink, perhaps tea fulfills the various demands of masses.

When is Best to Drink Tea

Whether you want a robust pick me up in the morning, or a relaxing hot cup at night, tea is – dare we say it – perfect. It clears out the cobwebs and at the same time relaxes. Iced or hot, green or black (or Oolong, which is in between), or even red or white (yes, they exist), tea tastes great and makes you feel wonderful.

Drinking tea has been a perpetually delightful personally and socially right from the unknown nooks of past to modern times. People do use other drinks like beer or coffee or wine as well but none is close to tea. We can find something like beer ceremony in very few cultures except college students occasionally.

Tea ceremonies are not exclusive to Japan. English love tea every afternoon. Many clubs are devoted to tea in New York. East and West have many differences and tea is one definite measure to bridge that gap. But all over the world – China, Turkey, Russia, Australia, the U.S. and the UK, and all the points on the map in between enjoy a cup of tea.

Enjoy Tea

So wherever you are, you can now have a Wu Yi in a Yixing clay pot or a Rooibos in a Danish glass cup. You can enjoy a lemon grass tisane or even a blueberry vanilla Ceylon. What you can’t do, if you are among the over one billion tea drinkers in the world, is to resist a perfectly brewed cup of the world’s finest drink – Tea.

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