To Tea or Not To Tea
There is a world of information and mis-information out there about the health benefits of teas. But, how does a person sort it all out? ScentbySpirit.com always strive to bring you the most current and relevant studies on teas.
In our wanderings through trade journals, online resource and talking with other tea professionals, one thing that seems to be common is the potential health benefits of tea.
Visit any number of tea related sites you will see these common disclaimers or tea "primers" about tea, and specifically green teas, which are in the “spotlight” these days.
Enhances Health
Prevents Cancer
Restricts Blood Cholesterol
Controls High Blood Pressure
Lowers Blood Sugar
Prevents and Treats Skin Disease (soaking in green tea as well as ingesting)
Suppresses Aging (my favorite)
Refreshes the Body
Deters Food Poisoning
Stops Cavities
Fights Viruses
One may ask, how much tea do you have to drink to reap these benefits? Current studies indicate a minimum of 5-6 cups (6 oz servings) per day each day provide the maximum potential for these health benefits to occur.
Now, before you pull back and say “whoooaaa, that is a lot of tea drinking”, consider a few things that we recently pieced together.
Most people drink beverages now in the 16-20 oz range. So getting your daily allotment of tea, is pretty easy. The hard part as a consumer can be thinking about the costs involved if you go to a “fast food” type tea or latte stand, you may not be getting what you pay for both in value and nutrition. And the expense can be 200% or more than what you pay if you whip it up yourself!
For instance, a grande (16 oz) smoothie vapidchino (he he) with added green matcha (not just green tea, but sugars, and fillers) will run you in the neighborhood of almost $4.00 depending on your demographic. This is for 1 cup or 2.5 servings.
Nutrition lowdown on this type of drink (may vary from person to person creating your drink)
Calories?
370
Fat?
5 grams
Sodium
380 mg
Carbs?
71 (shudder)
Sugars?
64 grams
Compared to regular tea unsweetened.
Which measures up to
ZERO on all of the above Factors!
Take into consideration that:
The flavonoids contained in green tea include catechin and EGCG, which is the most powerful of all the tea flavonoids. It has been reported to be 200 times more potent than vitamin E and 500 times more potent than vitamin C as an antioxidant. One cup of green tea contains approximately 300 mg of polyphenols.
1 oz of Scentbyspirit.com tea yields up to 10 or more cups of tea.
The average price of 1 oz of our tea is $3.85 which is about .39 cents per cup.
Average wait for a “fast food tea” 3-5 minutes.
Average wait to brew your own green tea 1.5 minutes from steep to cup.
The health and cost benefits in our minds are very clear. :)
We say definitely "To Tea"
In our wanderings through trade journals, online resource and talking with other tea professionals, one thing that seems to be common is the potential health benefits of tea.
Visit any number of tea related sites you will see these common disclaimers or tea "primers" about tea, and specifically green teas, which are in the “spotlight” these days.
Enhances Health
Prevents Cancer
Restricts Blood Cholesterol
Controls High Blood Pressure
Lowers Blood Sugar
Prevents and Treats Skin Disease (soaking in green tea as well as ingesting)
Suppresses Aging (my favorite)
Refreshes the Body
Deters Food Poisoning
Stops Cavities
Fights Viruses
One may ask, how much tea do you have to drink to reap these benefits? Current studies indicate a minimum of 5-6 cups (6 oz servings) per day each day provide the maximum potential for these health benefits to occur.
Now, before you pull back and say “whoooaaa, that is a lot of tea drinking”, consider a few things that we recently pieced together.
Most people drink beverages now in the 16-20 oz range. So getting your daily allotment of tea, is pretty easy. The hard part as a consumer can be thinking about the costs involved if you go to a “fast food” type tea or latte stand, you may not be getting what you pay for both in value and nutrition. And the expense can be 200% or more than what you pay if you whip it up yourself!
For instance, a grande (16 oz) smoothie vapidchino (he he) with added green matcha (not just green tea, but sugars, and fillers) will run you in the neighborhood of almost $4.00 depending on your demographic. This is for 1 cup or 2.5 servings.
Nutrition lowdown on this type of drink (may vary from person to person creating your drink)
Calories?
370
Fat?
5 grams
Sodium
380 mg
Carbs?
71 (shudder)
Sugars?
64 grams
Compared to regular tea unsweetened.
Which measures up to
ZERO on all of the above Factors!
Take into consideration that:
The flavonoids contained in green tea include catechin and EGCG, which is the most powerful of all the tea flavonoids. It has been reported to be 200 times more potent than vitamin E and 500 times more potent than vitamin C as an antioxidant. One cup of green tea contains approximately 300 mg of polyphenols.
1 oz of Scentbyspirit.com tea yields up to 10 or more cups of tea.
The average price of 1 oz of our tea is $3.85 which is about .39 cents per cup.
Average wait for a “fast food tea” 3-5 minutes.
Average wait to brew your own green tea 1.5 minutes from steep to cup.
The health and cost benefits in our minds are very clear. :)
We say definitely "To Tea"