Never Too Longe Tea Brewing

Some of you may make the consumption of tea as part of a healthy lifestyle. However, errors in brewing tea can actually damage the effects of the tea healthy for the body.

"When the brew (tea), not too long, so that the tea is not too thick and dense. If it is too thick certainly not good for the health of the body, will have an effect on the kidneys," said Chairman of the Indonesian Tea Board of Promotion and consultant tea, Ratna Somantri, in launch one of the tea packaging products in Jakarta, Wednesday (15/1).

In addition, further Ratna, the tea is too thick and viscous can ruin the taste of the tea itself. Therefore, he suggested that we do not make tea more than five minutes. "Especially for brewed black tea should not be more than five minutes. But to try green tea brewed in two minutes," he said.

Rachael said, a commodity tea said to be good, if the effect is not only felt by mouth (good), but it can also be beneficial to health.

According to him, the most obvious positive effects when taking tea is calming effect. While the long-term effects, can prevent the body from free radicals.

"Tasty and soothing aroma. If only Sepet or bitter course, means its not a good quality tea. Then, after-taste, it will be felt between Sepet but no sweetness too," said Rachael.

He suggested, tea consumption should be performed routinely. When the morning for example, we can consume green tea because it can be calming effect and helps concentration berpikit. While during the afternoon or evening, when the stamina began to fall, black tea could be an option.