Bottled tea: a very depressing report

I have been swilling great amounts of tea, iced and hot, since my bout with cancer. I’ve always loved tea, and now it is even better for me than before. It is way too easy, though, to pick up jugs or six-packs of iced tea at the grocery, now, and save oneself some effort when thirsty. I thought it made no difference. Evidently, it does.

The researchers found evidence, that half of the bottled teas they sampled had extremely low levels of antioxidants or polyphenols. So low in fact, that they stated one would need to drink 20 bottles of the stuff to achieve the same health benefit as a single cup of home brewed tea.

via Healthy Tea Challenge: The Bottle vs. The Brew | a girl with tea.

2 thoughts on “Bottled tea: a very depressing report

  1. Don’t get upset: if you brew your tea at home yourself it’s much cheaper and when some things are kept in bottles they often lose their qualities. And it’s always good to make something yourself.

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