flavor Iced Green Tea
There are a lot of recipes for flavored green tea available on the internet.
Some are more involved than others. I prefer the acronym KISS (keep it simple stupid) when flavoring my iced green tea.
What I mean by that is that I like to infuse the flavors into the green tea, rather than forcing them in or adding strange ingredients. Let me explain. Many fruits and herbs can be used to flavor iced tea. Peaches, mango, strawberries and mint are a few examples. In order to use fruits and herbs to flavor your tea you do not need juice or extract, you often just need the fruit. What I do is when I brew green tea to make Iced green tea I brew about two quarts of tea at a time. Once brewed these two quarts go into the refrigerator for enjoyment later that day and beyond.
Green Tea Fights Bad Breath
Green tea, whether iced or hot, has a multitude of health benefits. According to a recent study, you can add fighting bad breath to that list of benefits.
The study focused on the particular polyphenol, epigallocatechin 3 gallate (EGCG), which is thought to have benefits such as preventing cancer, warding off heart disease and possibly Parkinson’s and Alzheimers.
The authors of the study noted that “Oral cavity, oxidative stress and inflammation consequent to cigarettes deleterious compounds may be reduced in the presence of green tea polyphenols”.
The study went on to report that, “Tea polyphenols possess antiviral properties, believed to help in protection from influenza. Additionally green tea polyphenols can abolish halitosis through modification of odorant sulphur components”
The results of this study add more evidence to the growing health benefits of green tea. While all true teas come fro the same plant, green tea is less processed and less oxidized than its more popular variation which is black tea. This lack of processing and oxidation give green tea more of the polyphenols that make green tea a so called super food.
Some are more involved than others. I prefer the acronym KISS (keep it simple stupid) when flavoring my iced green tea.
What I mean by that is that I like to infuse the flavors into the green tea, rather than forcing them in or adding strange ingredients. Let me explain. Many fruits and herbs can be used to flavor iced tea. Peaches, mango, strawberries and mint are a few examples. In order to use fruits and herbs to flavor your tea you do not need juice or extract, you often just need the fruit. What I do is when I brew green tea to make Iced green tea I brew about two quarts of tea at a time. Once brewed these two quarts go into the refrigerator for enjoyment later that day and beyond.
Green Tea Fights Bad Breath
Green tea, whether iced or hot, has a multitude of health benefits. According to a recent study, you can add fighting bad breath to that list of benefits.
The study focused on the particular polyphenol, epigallocatechin 3 gallate (EGCG), which is thought to have benefits such as preventing cancer, warding off heart disease and possibly Parkinson’s and Alzheimers.
The authors of the study noted that “Oral cavity, oxidative stress and inflammation consequent to cigarettes deleterious compounds may be reduced in the presence of green tea polyphenols”.
The study went on to report that, “Tea polyphenols possess antiviral properties, believed to help in protection from influenza. Additionally green tea polyphenols can abolish halitosis through modification of odorant sulphur components”
The results of this study add more evidence to the growing health benefits of green tea. While all true teas come fro the same plant, green tea is less processed and less oxidized than its more popular variation which is black tea. This lack of processing and oxidation give green tea more of the polyphenols that make green tea a so called super food.
How To Add Flavor To Your Iced Green Tea
Reviewed by bajamos
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July 03, 2018
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Reviewed by bajamos
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July 03, 2018
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