Tea as A Medicine...for the body...for the soul...

We know that tea is good for us...but how...just how good...and in what ways?

Can we really think of that steaming cup of tea in your hands as a cornerstone in your quest for longevity?

We sure can. While you sip and savor a soothing cup of tea there is a lot going on behind the scenes that we don't realize, or actually need to think about. The simple act of consuming quality teas is all we have to do...your body and the tea take care of the rest.

Should we think of tea as valuable part of our recipe for wellbeing?

Indeed we should. Tea, (Camellia sinensis the tea plant) is synergistic with our quest for wellbeing and longevity...with other wellbeing practices like Yoga, Tai Chi, meditation, healthy diet, exercise and on and on. 

The right teas support and integrate with our intention. Our intention directs our lifestyle and motivates us in our self-responsible process of taking the best care of ourselves that we can.

Can tea be considered a nutrient, something like a vitamin, or a medicine?

Even more than that. During photosynthesis, the DNA of the tea plant is configuring energy from the sun with nutrients from the soil to produce elements within the leaf that have proven to be beneficial to our wellbeing.

When we steep and consume tea, we extract the valuable life-enhancing ingredients from the processed Camellia sinensis leaf and by consuming the tea, we are infusing ourselves with the goodness created in the leaf during photosynthesis.

What actually is a Medicine? 

Medicine: A compound or preparation used for the treatment or prevention of disease.

Let's see, a compound or preparation for the treatment or prevention of disease? Yep, that would be tea.

Think about continually throughout your days, your life, infusing your body with the goodness of Camellia sinensis...

Think about the benefit of regularly providing your body with an abundant supply of bioactive compounds with cellular targets supporting your natural systems...and think about enjoying every delicious sip.

Camellia sinensis:

The tea plant is not only a warm tasty beverage, it is a multi-faceted Medicinal Compound capable of treatment and more importantly prevention of disease.

Yes, while you are sipping away happily enjoying each and every sip of brilliant tea, the magic is happening...all by itself. Tea is working on the preventative side of wellbeing...

How Tea Works in the Body...

From the Tea & Health report, issued by the Tea Council of the USA, it is confirmed that as we simply enjoy our tea, hundreds, if not thousands of beneficial bioactive compounds with cellular level targets are being introduced into our body...they are related to the cardiovascular, chemo-preventive, metabolic, neuroprotective and other health systems within us.

When it comes to bioactive compounds, are all teas the same?

Hardly. All Camellia sinensis is healthy...it's just that some is more healthy than others.

As it turns out the timing of harvests and growing conditions greatly influence what I refer to as high value adding ingredients in the tea.

Especially in the cases of white, green, yellow and even black teas, as a general rule, teas harvested during what I refer to as the spring surge and teas that grow in specific ingredient enhancing conditions yield the best abundance of high value adding ingredients.

Life is too short...get the most from your tea experience...

If you are going to enjoy tea...enjoy good tea...maybe the best tea.

Tea is such a great value when you consider what it is doing for us both health and pleasure wise, and that by steeping your leaves multiple times, which is important to do in order to yield all that the leaf has to offer, drinking outstanding teas is truly a no-brainer.

The best teas actually give us the best experience both health and pleasure wise.

If the health benefits of tea are important to you, optimize your opportunity with tea by enjoying the right teas...

So what teas? At Drink Great Tea we are not only a tea business, we are Tea Purveyors...Our work is to focus on adding value to the customer experience. 

We try to locate the best teas available for a price point where tea lovers can rest assured of the quality and still afford the tea...it makes a difference and it works.

People have preferences and different value parameters when it comes to tea so determining the best tea can be considered to an extent an matter of opinion.

Rule of thumb: Whatever tea type you prefer, go for quality...buy good tealeaves so the tea is not the place to be thrifty. The place to be thrifty is with your infusing...multiple times to the color we call the Sweet Spot...you will be so pleased with how many great cups you get with every Three Finger Pinch of tea...

See tips on Steeping Perfection here...

Tea can be a catalyst or incentive to trigger your wellbeing acumen... 

Great tea will delight you...you will see. It will not only make you happy because of the taste...because of the sensation...but also because as your awareness of the positive preventative effect tea is having on you grows, you will become elated with your approach to wellbeing and your decision to enjoy quality teas, it will encourage you to embrace the complete Healthy Tea Lifestyle...