Encyclopedia of Tea, 16 Cold knowledge of Green Tea

Green tea, China's national drink, is the first of the six major health drinks recommended by the United Nations. Why does green tea have such a high status? Today, the editor shares with you 16 cold knowledge about green tea.

Do you know all the common sense of green tea?

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China is the hometown of tea. Tea drinking was said as early as 3000 years ago in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. Huayang Guozhi, the earliest local history book in China, first recorded the history of growing tea in China, which proved that Emei Mountain and Mengding Mountain in Sichuan were the earliest areas in China to grow tea. In terms of production, however, it is India, not China, that ranks first.

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At present, nearly 3 billion people in more than 160 countries and regions around the world like to drink tea, but the order of tea-drinking countries is as follows: Turkey, Ireland, Britain, Russia, Morocco, New Zealand, Egypt, Poland, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the Netherlands, Australia, Chile, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, Hong Kong, China, Ukraine, China. (ranking per capita tea consumption and pounds per capita in the world).

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Japanese tea trees were brought from China, and the Japanese tea ceremony was developed after Lu Yu's Tea Sutra was introduced into Japan. Zen Tea, written by Zhaojue Temple's famous monk Yuan Wu, was blindly introduced into Japan for more than 300 years, and is still regarded as the most valuable by the Japanese tea ceremony.

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Matcha, which flourished in Japan, originated at the end of the Sui and Tang dynasties in China, in which the tender leaves of spring green tea were killed with steam, preserved as cake tea, and then ground into powder when eaten. When the Chinese invented the method of stir-frying green tea in the Ming Dynasty, they abandoned the final tea and used the brewing method, which could not only appreciate the natural beauty of green tea, but also fully enjoy the fragrance of green tea.

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There are more than 30000 teahouses in Chengdu, and more than half of Chengdu's business is done in teahouses! People in Chengdu love green tea and scented tea, most like bamboo leaf green and Bitan snow produced in Sichuan, Chengdu people drink tea every year can fill seven West Lake.

Why green tea is the healthiest

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Green tea is the national drink in China. A survey of the longevity of centenarians found that 40% of centenarians are addicted to tea all their lives, and 80% of centenarians have the habit of drinking tea. Japan has one of the longest life expectancy in the world, which has something to do with their extensive drinking, consumption and consumption of tea.

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In August 1945, decades after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, relevant statistical departments found that tea farmers and tea drinkers accounted for the majority of people with a low incidence of cancer. It can be seen that people who drink tea regularly can resist or avoid cancer. At the same time, the study found that taking tea and cancer drugs together can improve the efficacy of the drugs.

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British and American scientists in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology reported that the polyphenols in tea EGCG can effectively prevent the spread of HIV in the human body, once immunized, HIV will not have a chance to approach.

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Green tea can prevent Parkinson's disease. Researchers at the National University of Singapore followed 63257 Chinese Singaporeans between the ages of 45 and 75 for 12 years. It was found that middle-aged and elderly people who regularly drank tea were 71% less likely to develop Parkinson's disease than those who did not drink tea.

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Green tea can reduce diabetes. Researchers at Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University in Japan found that 1300 diabetic patients drank cold soaked green tea for half a year, 82% of diabetic patients had significantly reduced symptoms, and about 9% of diabetic patients' blood sugar levels had completely returned to normal.

Why is green tea the most beautiful?

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Fat-reducing and slimming green tea is the healthiest. Green tea is rich in aromatic compounds that can dissolve fat, remove turbid and greasy, do not need any diet, exercise and other means, drink 8-10 grams of tea a day, within 12 weeks, only the tea itself lost about 3 jin of fat. Among all the weight loss products in Japan, Europe and the United States, tea products rank first.

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Green tea, which retains the most natural nutrients in fresh leaves, is rich in tea polyphenols and has 18 times stronger anti-aging ability than VE.

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Green tea sunscreen whitening, green tea contains a lot of catechin sunscreen, VC whitening anti-oxidation, is the most elegant summer beauty artifact. Its antioxidant test confirmed that a cup of 300ml green tea, its antioxidant function ≈ 1.5 bottles of red wine ≈ 12 bottles of white wine ≈ 12 cup beer ≈ 4 apples ≈ 5 onions ≈ 7 cup fresh orange juice.

Summer goes better with green tea

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In a hot summer, it is better to drink a cup of hot tea than to drink a cup of hot tea. After 10 minutes, your body temperature can drop by 1 Mel 2 ℃. In addition, green tea is rich in fluoride, tannin and catechin, dispelling fire and sterilization, strengthening teeth and refreshing mouth.

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Drinking tea will make you inexplicably happy. The amino acids in green tea promote the secretion of dopamine, which dominates the emotion and pleasure of the human body, which makes tea drinkers relax and feel happy.

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Green tea is covered with treasures. The tea residue after drinking can remove fishy smell, scale, oil stains and peculiar smell. It can also be used as fertilizer to promote plant growth.