Loose Green Tea, The Natural, Most Effective Way Of Drinking Tea

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Loose green tea? Or in a bag?

Although the bag is often the easier option, you should definitely consider drinking it the natural way.

Here's why....

A 2001 study found the variety, growing environment, and manufacturing conditions influence the composition of fresh tea leaves.

That's not all though...

More importantly they found the size of the leaves, and if in a bag, the size and material of the bag influence the in-cup concentrations of polyphenols (as well as the caffeine content).

Here are the most important reasons to prefer loose leaf green tea over a bag.

Float vs. Dunk

You need to dunk a tea bag continuously in the teapot because if you let it float on the water hardly any polyphenols, caffeine or other substances will be extracted from the tea. However, loose tea can just float on the water because the polyphenols will be extracted anyway.
More vs. Less Health Benefits

Polyphenols provide lots of health benefits and since loose green tea gives the easiest access to all green tea polyphenols and often also contains more of it than a tea bag, the choice is easy!

More vs. Less Caffeine

A study showed that three cups of tea brewed using tea bags have approximately twice the amount of methylxanthine (one of them is caffeine) as the same volume prepared by three successive brews of loose tea leaves. So, the bags contain much more caffeine.

More vs. Less Flavors

Green tea leaves are chopped, sliced and diced into small parts and with a much higher surface to volume ratio (subject to oxygen), these lose their freshness quickly. This is not good for the quality of course; neither is the longer shelf life of a tea bag compared to the loose version.

Higher vs. Lower Quality

The best tea leaves are often used for loose tea whereas the lower quality tea leaves are often processed, ending up in a tea bag. Also, lots of green tea substances are lost in the manufacturing process.

Cheap vs. Cheaper

Tea in a bag often seems to be cheaper but don't forget you only need a little bit of loose tea whereas a bag often loses its taste quickly; making you grab a new bag much faster.
If you now want to try the pure loose green tea but you don't like the somewhat bitter taste of green tea:

Brew under one minute with hot water (before reaching the boiling point).Steep for a short period of time (2-2,5 minutes).

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Eva de Leeuw - GreenTeaParadise.com