Tea has a history of several thousand years, and many people enjoy drinking it. Black tea and green tea are two very popular beverages, both of which have excellent health benefits and effects. So, which tea is suitable for drinking in the summer?
Is it better to drink black tea or green tea in the summer?
Generally, green tea is consumed in the summer.
Green tea has the effect of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, and can also refresh the mind, making it suitable for summer consumption. Black tea is warm in nature and has the effect of warming and nourishing the stomach, making it suitable for autumn and winter. However, this does not mean that you cannot drink black tea in the summer. Those who enjoy the taste of black tea or have a cold spleen and stomach can drink it.
Differences between green tea and black tea
Different nutritional components
Green tea: Green tea retains most of the natural substances of the fresh leaves. Among them, more than 85% of tea polyphenols and caffeine are retained, about 50% of chlorophyll is retained, and the loss of vitamins is also less. Studies have shown that the natural components retained in green tea have certain effects on anti-aging, anti-cancer, cancer prevention, sterilization, and anti-inflammation.
Black tea: During the processing of black tea, chemical changes occur in the fresh leaves due to oxidation. The content of tea polyphenols is reduced by more than 90%, but new components such as theaflavins and thearubigins are produced. The aroma is stronger than that of fresh leaves, and it has the effects of aiding digestion, stimulating appetite, and promoting urination to reduce swelling.
Different medicinal values
Green tea: Green tea is bitter, sweet, and cool in nature. It enters the heart, lung, and stomach meridians. It can excite the brain, promote digestion, relieve alcohol, and resolve phlegm. It has the effects of treating headaches, blurred vision, drowsiness, vexation and thirst, food stagnation and phlegm retention, malaria, dysentery, and drunkenness.
Black tea: Black tea is bitter, sweet, and warm in nature. It enters the heart, kidney, and stomach meridians. It can refresh the mind and improve vision, promote digestion, resolve phlegm and stop dysentery, promote urination and relieve alcohol, and expel wind and relieve the exterior. It can treat symptoms such as mental fatigue, indigestion, dysentery with abdominal distension, excessive drinking, and colds.
Different effects
Both black tea and green tea can refresh the mind, promote urination and relieve fatigue, sterilize and reduce inflammation, and have anti-aging effects. However, black tea undergoes a fermentation process, making it sweet and warm in nature, with the effect of warming and nourishing the stomach. Drinking too much green tea can damage the stomach. Moreover, green tea retains the tea polyphenols and caffeine in fresh leaves to the greatest extent, making its anti-aging, anti-cancer, and cancer-preventing effects better.
Who is suitable for drinking green tea?
People with high blood pressure, high blood lipids, arteriosclerosis, and other diseases can drink green tea. Smokers and obese people are also suitable for drinking green tea. However, people with digestive tract ulcers, neurasthenia, and insomnia should not drink green tea.
Who is suitable for drinking black tea?
People with a cold spleen and stomach are suitable for drinking black tea. Regular consumption of black tea can have a certain improving effect on high blood lipids, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, diabetes, and other conditions. However, women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or in menopause are not suitable for drinking black tea.