if brewed green tea is so good for you, is consuming the tea leaves even better?

Question

i want to get the most out of green tea and i have a ton of questions. if the tea leaves are edible do they need to be brewed? can brewed green tea be kept bottled? does it lose any effects with time? is green tea extract better than the tea itself?

Answer 1

Great questions. I answer them below:

1. You can't eat tea leaves. They are not healthy. When you brew tea, stuff like catechins, caffeine and thanine dissolve. The other stuff, like tannins and chlorophyll stay put. Some of these other stuff are harmful to human body. Don't eat them. Don't even over brew your tea.

2. Green tea nutrients oxidised over time after brewing, like an apple turning brown after you leave it for a while. Manufacturers often add ascorbic acid and sterilise tea before bottling. It is best to drink your green tea fresh and hot.

3. Drink loose leaf green tea. They are the healthiest. Green tea extract is less good, and here is why:

- you can't be sure the quality of green tea they use to make the extract

- there have been concerns about lead and fluoride content of some low grade green tea.

- green tea contains more than 200 compounds and they interactive synergistically. Green tea extract may only contain the main compounds.

- Scientific studies have found green tea health benefits in Asia, where people drink loose-leaf. There is no real proof that extract works. They might do, but the point is the regular green tea, especially loose-leaf, is better.

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Julian

Answer 2

Are Green Tea Leaves Edible

Answer 3

well I'm not sure why you have all these questions and i don't think i can adequately answer them, but i don't think anyone else on here can either. so here it goes ill try. the leaf doesn't taste good the tea does that's why we brew it, if you want to eat them eat them but you get just as much of the nutritional value by brewing them plus a great aroma, yes you can bottle it if you keep it refrigerated for up to 48 hours wouldn't suggest keeping it longer, but you'd probably drink it by then anyways. drinking green tea is good for you but everything is about proper portions if you drink too much tea you can give your self kidney stones. so id say no more the 24 ounces a day are actually beneficial.

Answer 4

I don't know, all I do know is that green tea needs to be brewed at a lower temerture. Don't use boiling water, it needs to be just under boiling or it will destroy the natual anti-oxidents.

Answer 5

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