Tea is one of the most popular drinks and is easy to find in restaurants, cafes even when visiting. Besides its delicious taste, tea also contains benefits for the body. Moreover, tea has a variety of types that you can choose with each taste. Tea has various types of various health benefits.
In addition, tea is a delicious drink to drink cold or warm. Warm tea or ice tea can be a beverage menu. Especially at certain times, such as watching the sunset, watching the rain, being scorching hot, or even when you want to start an activity.
Seeing the health benefits, do not be surprised if the activity of drinking tea became a habit.
Here are some types of tea:
1. Basic varieties
All teas come from only one plant called Camellia Sinensis. But based on the type of tea leaf picked and the degree of oxidation or processing, tea is classified into five main types: Black, Green, Oolong, White.
· Black Tea: The colour is more concentrated due to the oxidation process which produces a higher caffeine content, the taste is not much different from ordinary tea.
Black tea is a solution for those who don’t want to drink coffee but need the benefits of caffeine.
· Green Tea: This tea is made from tea leaves by steaming through the drying process first.
This tea is suitable for entering into a wide variety of teas that can reduce weight.
· Oolong tea has similarities with black tea. The fermentation process is very short, so it can give a strong taste to this tea.
· White tea: comes from the same tea leaves as black tea and green tea, but white tea is taken from young tea leaves with a different processing method, so as to produce a taste and aroma that is quite unique.
2. Flavored tea
The tea flavour is made by adding flowers, herbs, fruits, and other natural flavours to black, green, or oolong tea.
Some types of tea taste more common.
· Earl Gray: is the most popular English flavoured tea. It was prepared by adding an extract of bergamot, orange fruit to black tea. It was made in the 1800s to mask the taste of cheap tea and to imitate it as expensive tea. Although many supermarket shelves are still filled with cheaper varieties, it is now possible to buy premium Earl Gray that has been made by infusing the best mix of black tea with the best Italian bergamot.
· Jasmine tea is a tea that is infused with jasmine fragrance. This is the most popular Chinese fragrance tea. The method of infusing jasmine flowers into tea is very tiring and takes several days. Tea is stored with flowers in a special room with controlled humidity. This is done at night because that’s when jasmine blooms. This process is repeated for several nights to get the right level of aroma.
· Other flavourful tea: The world of flavourful tea is only limited to the imagination of tea makers. Some examples of more creative flavoured teas include our Divine Elixir which is a mixture of green and white teas with lychee and peach flavours or our Lemon Ginger tea which is black tea with natural dried pineapple, lemongrass, Pieces of ginger, calendula and sunflower petals.
3. Herbal tea
Herbal teas are the only type of tea drink that does not contain leaves from the camellia plant. Technically, herbal tea is taken leaves, roots, seeds, bark, and flowers that have medicinal properties.
Herbal infusion tea: consists of pure herbs with added flowers and fruit. Very good when served hot or cold.
· Tea leaves: The leaves of some non-tea plants are very good herbal teas.
Peppermint Tea.
Peppermint plants produce dry leaves that have a bold, strong, and refreshing taste. This tea contains many benefits including relieve headaches, help with digestion, and reduce menstrual cramps.
Moringa tea is made from dried leaves and made into powder. Moringa tea has a mild taste with the aroma of grass.
This tea contains nutrients that are rich in vitamin C, vitamin B, and antioxidants. Moringa leaf itself is believed to reduce blood sugar and cholesterol levels.
Kratom tea.
Kratom is a plant that is popular in Kalimantan and another Southeast Asian mainland such as Malaysia, Thailand, and Myanmar. Kratom’s popularity is due to its function which can be used as medicine.
Communities in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, especially Papua, have used kratom for centuries to treat coughs, diarrhoea and other chronic pain. Besides that to increase energy and sexual desire.
Kratom leaves are usually dried and crushed or made into powder. Generally, kratom powder will also be mixed with other leaves so that the color can be green or light brown.
Kratom is easy to obtain and to buy kratom powder is already available online.
· Flower Tea: Chamomile, chrysanthemum, dandelion flower types that can be processed into tea.
Chamomile tea can help our body feel relaxed so it is commonly used as a quality lullaby. Referring to a study, flower-scented tea, slightly sweet, and mild taste is able to treat anxiety and sleep disorders.
Chrysanthemums come from East Asia and are often found in China. Chrysanthemum leaves are processed and made chrysanthemum tea. The resulting aroma is very light and feels a little sweet.
For easterners, chrysanthemums can be used as traditional herbal medicines which are believed to have anti-inflammatory properties.
The production process is only enough to roast dandelion roots. The taste is very light and has a slight floral taste. Its properties are to maintain digestive health, strengthen immunity, improve bone health, and reduce the risk of liver disease.
