Tea Myths: 10 Myths Many People Still Believe
The history of the tea ceremony began in Eastern culture.
Lovers of this aromatic drink often strive to follow the tea ceremony, but very often make mistakes.
Myth 1.
The highest grade tea is picked exclusively by hand. In reality, this statement cannot be called completely true.
Myth 2.
If you want to brew tea according to all the rules, then you must use a porcelain teapot. In fact, for brewing green or red tea, it is really better to take porcelain dishes.
For other types of tea, you can use any kind of dishware – clay or glass. You shouldn’t brew tea only in metal dishes, because such dishes oxidize and ultimately simply spoil the taste of the drink.
Myth 3.
The best taste of tea is that which is grown high in the mountains. That's exactly it. In the mountains, the tea bush grows much slower than below.
Clean air helps tea leaves accumulate a huge amount of valuable substances. But in the mountains there are low temperatures, and only a couple of harvests can be obtained per season, while in lowland areas the number of harvests per year reaches six. That is why highland tea is more expensive than that collected in the lowlands.
Myth 4.
Green and black tea grow on different bushes. This misconception is very common among fans of the tasty drink.
In fact, all varieties of tea leaves are collected from one bush - like green, red, black, green or white tea. Manufacturers can get any type of tea thanks to special drying, fermentation and withering of the finished raw materials.
Myth 5.
Tea bags are filled with the lowest quality tea. This myth can be considered true in most cases. If a company truly respects itself and its customers, it will never sell tea in bags.
Often, well-known companies sell tea in pressed tiles. But tea bags almost always contain, so to speak, waste from quality production - tea dust, crumbs and broken pieces of tea.
Myth 6.
If you want to brew excellent tea, you need to use only boiling water.
It is important to consider that the less fermented the tea is, the lower the temperature of the water used to brew it can be. For example, to brew black tea, it is not necessary to pour boiling water into the teapot - it is enough to heat the water to 90 degrees. Green tea will brew even at a lower temperature - from 70 to 75 degrees.
Myth 7.
The quality of tea directly depends on the packaging it is sold in. In fact, tea very actively absorbs the smells of nearby products. That is why the packaging of tea is important.
Expensive tea varieties are usually always packed in tin or wooden cans. In the modern world, manufacturers can pack tea in the cheapest packaging option - cardboard or cellophane. English and French manufacturers have proven themselves to be the best in tea packaging.
Myth 8.
Green tea can cure cancer. In reality, this myth is nothing more than a common assumption.
Scientists are still conducting research on whether tea helps neutralize tumors. Some evidence of this has already been found. So the high antioxidant content in green tea really does protect the body from free radicals, and, accordingly, from the formation of cancer cells.
Myth 9.
If you eat something sweet, you should only wash it down with tea. Not all nutritionists support this statement, but there is some truth in it.
So, tea contains vitamin B1, which helps to break down carbohydrates contained in sweets faster. Be that as it may, researchers still have something to work on and think about why many people are used to washing down desserts with a hot drink.
Myth 10.
Pregnant women should not drink tea. This statement was made up by those who believe that a pregnant woman's body should not drink tea because of the small amount of caffeine in it.
It is really better not to drink coffee because of the threat of miscarriage that it provokes. But a small amount of tea is not capable of harming a woman to bear a healthy baby. You need to drink no more than 2 cups of tea a day, and then you can not worry about the harm of tea for pregnant women.
