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Basic Components and Efficacy of Tea

Tea News · Nov 04, 2025

 一.Tea basic components:

Catechins: Commonly known as tea tannins, they are unique components of tea, with a bitter, astringent taste and收敛性.

Caffeine: Has a bitter taste and is an important component of tea flavor.

Minerals: Tea contains rich potassium, calcium, magnesium, manganese, and other 11 minerals.

二.Functions of tea basic components:

Catechins:

Commonly known as tea tannins, they are unique components of tea, with a bitter, astringent taste and收敛性. In tea soup, it can combine with caffeine to mitigate the physiological effects of caffeine on the human body. It has antioxidant, anti-mutation, anti-tumor, lowering blood cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein content, inhibiting blood pressure rise, inhibiting platelet aggregation, antibacterial, anti-product allergy and other effects.

Caffeine:

Has a bitter taste and is an important component of tea flavor. In black tea soup, it combines with polyphenols to form complexes; after the tea soup cools, an emulsification phenomenon forms. The unique catechins and their oxidation condensation products in tea can slow down and prolong the excitatory effect of caffeine in the body, so drinking tea can keep long-distance drivers alert and more enduring. Minerals:

Tea contains rich potassium, calcium, magnesium, manganese, and other 11 minerals. The tea soup has more cations and fewer anions, belonging to alkaline food. It can help maintain body fluid alkalinity and keep healthy.

1. Potassium: Promotes the excretion of blood sodium. High blood sodium content is one of the causes of hypertension, so drinking more tea can prevent hypertension.

2. Fluoride: Has the effect of preventing tooth decay.

3. Manganese: Has antioxidant and anti-aging effects, enhances immune function, and helps in the utilization of calcium. Because it is insoluble in hot water, it can be ground into tea powder for consumption.

Vitamins:

1. Carotenoids: Can be converted into vitamins in the human body, but need to be consumed with tea powder to supplement.

2. B group vitamins and vitamin C: Are water-soluble and can be obtained from drinking tea.

Other functional components:

1. Flavonols have the effect of enhancing capillary walls and eliminating bad breath.

2. Saponins have anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory effects.

3. Gamma-aminobutyric acid is produced by forcing tea leaves to undergo anaerobic respiration during the tea processing, known as Gabaron Tea can prevent hypertension.

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