About The "Camellia Sinensis"

Not only tasty and delicious when served warm, these beverages, as have many well-known people turned out to have many benefits.

Drink tea comes from the leaf of a plant called latin "Camellia Sinensis". The word "Sinensis" in Latin means China. While the "Camellia" is taken from the Latin name of Rev. Georg Kamel, SJ (1661-1706), a Czech-born preacher who became an expert botanist and missionary. Although Kamel did not find this plant and the name, Carolus Linnaeus, the creator of the system of taxonomy still used today, chose his name as a tribute for his contributions to science Kamel.

Old name for the tea plant include "Thea Bohea", "Thea Sinensis" and "Thea viridis". "Camellia Sinensis" came from mainland South and Southeast Asia, but now cultivated throughout the world, both tropical and subtropical regions.

Benefits of Tea

Benefits include tea as an antioxidant, repairing damaged cells, smooths the skin, slimming, prevent cancer, prevent heart disease, reduce cholesterol in the blood, the blood circulation. So, do not be surprised if the drink is touted as a beverage rich in benefits.

The content of Useful Substances in the Cup of Tea

If we drink a cup of tea, then we at least know what useful substances that exist in a cup of tea we drink. Any substance contained in tea making is known as a beverage rich in benefits? Here are some key beneficial substances contained in a cup of tea.

Polyphenols

Polyphenols in tea form of catechins and flavanols. These compounds act as antioxidants to capture free radicals in the body is also effective in preventing the growth of cancer cells in the body. Free radicals in our bodies due to environmental air pollution and also from the food we eat.

Vitamin E

In one cup of tea contains vitamin E as much as about 100-200 IU a day which is a necessity for the human body. This amount serves to maintain a healthy heart and smooth the skin.

Vitamin C

This vitamin serves as an immunity or resistance to the human body. Besides vitamin C also functions as an antioxidant that is necessary for the human body resistance to disease.

Vitamin A

Vitamin A in the form of beta-carotene in tea is a vitamin that the body needs can be met.

Substances that are Not Good in Tea

Although known as a nutritious beverage, tea was also have the substances that are less useful for the human body, and even tends to harm. Substance is caffeine. Caffeine in tea (tehine) may cause delays in the process of absorption of food. Limit caffeine is safe to consume in a day is 750 mg / day, equivalent to 5 cups of tea a 200 ml.

Avoid that is worth while Drinking Tea

• Do not drink tea during or after meals because they contained substances in food can be stolen by the substance stimulant tea.
• Do not drink tea on an empty stomach because it can increase stomach acid production.
• Avoid drinking tea laced with sugar because it causes the substances they contain to be reduced.
• Do not drink tea all night because it has many substances that are oxidized and stale so the impact is not good for the body.
• Avoid drinking tea during pregnancy and lactation. Because caffeine and stimulants in tea can stimulate uterine contractions. In addition to nursing mothers would disrupt production of milk-producing glands or breastfeeding mothers.

The Good Ways to Brewing Tea

Although impressed by the simple, how to make tea is also an important thing. Errors in brewing the tea can cause not provide optimal benefits for people who drink it. To make tea, use boiling water temperature 80 degrees Celsius, do not use water with a temperature higher than 80 degrees because it can make us lose the benefits of tea.

In addition, the tea can be mixed with milk. Tea mixed with milk can reduce the stimulant effects of tea because the milk will bind calcium stimulant substances in tea. Another way is to add lemon that often we know as the "lemon tea". Lemon will provide protection for digestion, because the citric acid in lemon prevent the crust on the intestinal wall.

The way people drink tea in the world differently. There are so long and served in cups. There is also a special ritual. For example in Britain, members of the United Kingdom has a habit of drinking a cup of tea every afternoon. In China and Japan, the ritual of tea drinking is done through a special way and not haphazardly. How about you? (Bangga Heriyanto)