To keep coffee from drying out store it in the freezer or refrigerator in a air-tight container.
Store tea in a container with a tight sealing lid to guard against moisture and to prevent tea from drying out. Keep in a cool place.
Drinking one cup of tea a day could cut the risk of heart attack by 44%, according to recent research. Investigators say the benefcial results probably are due to the powerful amounts of natural substances in tea known as flavonoids, vitamins-like nutrients that make blood cells less prone to clotting. Flavonoids also are one of the most powerful antioxidants, or substances that offset the damaging effects of oxygen in the body.
A study found compared to non-coffee drinkers, men who drink more than six eight-ounce cups of caffeinated coffee per day lowered their risk of typ 2 diabetes by about half, and women reduced their risk by nearly 30%, according to the study of Annals of Internal Medicine. Experts said more research is needed to establish if it really is the coffee - or something else about coffee drinkers - that protects them.
A nice warm cup of tea could just be the right medicine for bones with a 'weak heart and muscle'. A new research now says that gulping a few cups of tea may help the bone build some strength.
If you don't add sugar or honey tea only has 2 calories per cup.
Tea does not contain vitamin-K, so people taking anti-clogging drugs need not worry.
There are three major classifcation of tea - Black (fermented), Green (unfermented) & Oolong (semi-fermented).
All tea comes from one flowering evergreen shrub, Camellia sinensis regardless of where it is grown. The variations of tea are caused by differing conditions in the tea-growing countries-geographic characteristics, when and how it is plucked and what is done to the leaf after it is plucked.
Herb teas lack the polyphenols of Camilla sinensis and do not have the same potential health benefits.
