List of delicious and healthy teas

Tea has been used in daily life and formal ceremonies since ancient times. Today, tea is still the most popular drink in the world, second only to water. Not only does it quench thirst and contain valuable cultural and historical values, but tea also has many positive effects on health. Each type of tea has different nutritional values. Let’s join Chinh Son Tea to list the delicious and healthy teas in this article.

What is tea?

Do you really understand what tea is? The concept of tea refers to drinks made from buds, leaves or stems, branches of the Camellia Sinensis tea plant. However, with the constant development of the beverage world, tea is also a word used to refer to drinks originating from tea plants in general and some other natural plants, flowers, and leaves.

Tea can be made from only one ingredient, tea leaves, or can be combined with many other ingredients to create a unique flavor. The basic way to make tea is very simple: soak the tea in hot water until the flavor is fully released and enjoy. People also have many other more unique ways to drink tea, such as cold brew, mixing with many other ingredients, or creating rules for enjoying tea, tea ceremony is quite elaborate and contains special meanings.

Currently, there are many types of tea for you to choose from. Each type of tea has its own origin and flavor. Let’s explore more in the next sections of the article.

Uses of tea

Tea is generally recognized as having very positive effects on human health. If alcohol brings a feeling of intoxication, coffee helps people stay awake and full of motivation, then tea tends to have a light flavor, creating a feeling of relaxation and comfort. The benefits of tea include:

• Quenches thirst, cools down and helps purify the body.
• Helps you stay awake, but does not cause insomnia or restlessness like coffee.
• Some types of flower tea and herbal tea have a sedative effect, making it easy to sleep.
• Rich in vitamin C and antioxidants, good for the immune system
  Anti-aging, beautifies the skin.
• Supports reducing fat absorption, supports weight loss.

Note that the effects of tea also depend on the type of tea, whether it is drunk hot or cold, how it is prepared, and the amount of tea used.

Delicious and healthy teas

1. Green Tea

Among the types of tea, green tea is the most popular, with its especially good effects on the body that have been scientifically proven. This type of tea is made from tea buds and tea leaves, the fresher the tea, the better it tastes, and especially the tea leaves are sterilized (the oxidation level is almost 0%). Green tea has a relatively mild astringent taste, leaving a pleasant sweet aftertaste. The tea water is light green or slightly yellow. Green tea is good for weight loss and cooling the body.

2. Black Tea

Black tea is also made from the same type of leaves as green tea, but the tea leaves are fermented nearly 100%, thanks to which the tea leaves have a dark brown color, the tea water is a beautiful shiny reddish brown. Black tea has a quite strong and rich taste, the astringent taste is still mild but deeper. Drinking a cup of black tea will make you feel comfortable and alert immediately. Black tea is very popular in the West and is used a lot in brewing.

3. Oolong Tea

Oolong tea is usually small round balls, with a slightly exposed leaf tail that looks like a black dragon (Oolong). This is a semi-fermented tea, the level ranges from 20 to about 90%, so it has a very special taste. Depending on the production area, the level of oxidation, the taste of tea and tea water can be different. But basically, oolong tea tends to be light, the tea color is clear, slightly yellow. Oolong tea is very popular in Taiwan and Japan.

4. Shan Tuyet Tea

Among the delicious and premium teas, Shan Tuyet tea is always highly appreciated. This type of tea is made from the young leaves of ancient tea trees, only found in high mountains up to 1000m above sea level. Here, the climate is special, the temperature changes continuously during the day, creating tea leaves with a unique flavor, the leaves are also covered with a layer of tiny white hairs, hence the name Shan Tuyet. This is a highland specialty that everyone should try once, with a rustic natural tea but leaving a lasting impression.

5. Jasmine Tea

Jasmine tea is essentially green tea infused with jasmine flowers. It still has the familiar slightly bitter taste of tea but has the sweet and relaxing aroma of jasmine, which makes many people fascinated. Jasmine tea is best when infused with natural jasmine flowers in early summer, in a traditional way.

6. Lotus Tea

Traditional Vietnamese lotus tea is famous for being expensive, because the flavor that this tea brings is truly “a delicacy that must be tried once”. Moreover, to make one ounce of lotus tea, people have to use up to 100 lotus flowers to get the pistil, which takes a lot of effort. Lotus tea has a delicate aroma, the delicate lotus flavor hidden in the bitter taste of premium green tea, creating a wonderful experience for the connoisseur.

7. Earl Grey Tea

Earl Grey Tea is a combination of Ceylon black tea with Bergamot essential oil, fresh, refreshing and unique. This type of tea is very popular in European countries, especially in England, used for breakfast or afternoon tea every day.

8. Matcha Green Tea Powder

Among the types of tea, perhaps matcha is in the top unique group. Matcha is a typical Japanese tea, the tea leaves are ground super finely, keeping the green color and nutrients intact when enjoyed. Matcha is considered to have a stronger effect than green tea, because when drinking you have drunk the whole tea leaf with a very high content of vitamins and antioxidants.

9. Houjicha Roasted Tea

Houjicha is also a Japanese creation, when the tea leaves are steamed and roasted to create a strong aroma. Houjicha comes in leaf or powder form, and is commonly used in Japan for all ages, children and the elderly can drink it because of its low caffeine content.

10. Herbal Tea

Herbal tea is a general name for teas that combine natural flowers, herbs, and medicinal herbs. Commonly combined ingredients are chrysanthemum, lavender, orange peel, cinnamon, star anise, essential oils, ginger, dandelion, lemongrass, etc. They are often used as a sedative, cooling drink, helping to sleep well. Herbal teas often have a mild, sweet taste, not astringent.

11. Artichoke Tea

Artichoke tea is famous for its cooling effect, supporting body purification, good for the liver and intestines. The tea has a sweet, aromatic taste that is easy to drink, not astringent at all. This type of tea is made from artichoke leaves or buds, is benign and can be drunk by anyone.

12. Rose Tea

Rose tea is usually black tea infused with rose petals, or 100% dried rose buds, with a rather strong, seductive aroma. Dried roses are also often added to many other types of tea for the purpose of creating a fragrance, making the drink more beautiful. The effect of rose tea is to help you relax and beautify your skin.

13. Butterfly Pea Tea

Butterfly Pea Tea is made from dried butterfly pea flowers, which has the effect of cooling, beautifying the skin, and reducing stress. Butterfly pea flowers do not have a prominent flavor, all are very gentle, but the special thing about this type of tea is its beautiful blue color. Butterfly pea tea is often used in brewing, combined with other ingredients to create a drink that is attractive in both flavor and appearance.

14. Chamomile Tea

Chamomile tea is famous for its calming, anti-cold, cooling effects, and for a good night’s sleep. Chamomile tea can be green tea, black tea with dried chamomile flowers, or 100% dried chamomile flowers.