As is well known, drinking tea is beneficial to health, especially when persisted in over the long term. The key to using tea for health preservation lies in mastering the best times to drink tea. Drinking the right tea at the right time can achieve twice the result with half the effort. Here, Editor Xiong Er unlocks the code to healthy tea drinking for you.
Different seasons call for different tea leaves to drink, and different body types should also choose teas that suit them. Today, Editor Xiong Er unlocks for you the best times to drink tea during the day.
There are three times during the day when drinking tea is most beneficial for health.
1. Drinking tea in the morning: After a whole night's rest, the body has consumed a large amount of water, and blood concentration increases. Drinking a cup of light tea can not only quickly replenish the body's needed water and cleanse the stomach and intestines but also lower blood pressure, dilute the blood, and benefit health. It can also prevent and treat constipation. However, note that when drinking tea in the morning, never drink strong tea; it should be lighter than usual.
It is better to drink black tea because black tea promotes blood circulation in the body while also dispelling coldness from the body and ensuring ample blood supply to the brain. Drinking a cup of black tea after breakfast every day, possibly with milk added, is recommended. It is important to note that morning tea must be consumed only after breakfast because tea contains caffeine. Drinking on an empty stomach allows the intestines and stomach to absorb too much caffeine, leading to symptoms such as palpitations and frequent urination.
2. Drinking tea around 3:00 PM: Drinking tea at this time helps regulate the body, enhance resistance, and even prevent colds. This tea time is the most important of the day, commonly known as afternoon tea, now referred to in the Chinese tea community as "Shenshi Tea." For some people with "three highs" (high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol), persistently drinking afternoon tea can achieve effects that even medication cannot.
We strongly recommend drinking green tea or oolong tea in the afternoon. Generally, the body's liver fire is旺盛 at noon, and drinking green tea or oolong tea can alleviate this symptom. Oolong teas, such as Tieguanyin (light fragrance type), are cool in nature and enter the liver meridian. They can clear heat from the liver and gallbladder, detoxify the liver, and the tea leaves are rich in vitamin E, which has anti-aging effects. Green tea enters the kidney meridian, promoting diuresis and turbidity removal, leading to smoother urination. Green tea also contains the richest amount of tea polyphenols, which have significant antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.
3. Drinking tea around 8:30 PM: Many people misunderstand drinking tea at night, fearing it will affect sleep. Actually, this is not the case. This time is when the human immune system is most active. If you can brew and drink a pot of tea, the body can easily repair and restore the immune system and regenerate cells. However, never drink green tea or light fragrance Tieguanyin, because green tea is non-fermented and has a certain stimulating effect on the body, and light fragrance Tieguanyin is similar in nature to green tea. Also, non-fermented white tea and raw Pu-erh should not be consumed. Instead, choose to drink dark tea or ripe Pu-erh, aged Tieguanyin, aged white tea, Liubao tea, or Fu brick tea. These teas are mild and warm in nature and will not affect normal sleep. Moreover, drinking fully fermented teas after dinner can help break down accumulated fat, warming the stomach and aiding digestion.
If you can persist in drinking three infusions of light tea at these three times every day, you will not only improve your physical health but also maintain a peaceful and good mindset in work and life.
Editor: Tea Bubble Network, Xiong Er