Green Tea

Green tea* (Rainforest Alliance CertifiedTM - ra.org), lemongrass, natural flavouring, lemon peel (2,5%).

Green tea is one of the healthiest teas in the world – it contains antioxidants and their amount is the highest of all tea types. Unsweetened brewed cup contains fewer than 3 calories and small amount of caffeine (compared to the black tea) – approximately 29 milligrams (8-ounce cup). Actual amounts may vary according to the situation, as the brewing time, the size of a cup or number of teabags used affect the data. The addition of lemon in Pickwick Green Tea Lemon also gives a decent amount of vitamin C.

Tea should be brewed by adding boiling water to one teabag. The estimated time is from 2 to 3 minutes. After that, your delicious drink is ready!

Let’s start with the fact that the green tea is considered to be the one of the healthiest drinks of our planet. The actual list of benefits of drinking green tea is impressively long, so here you can find the most significant ones:

• It contains healthy bioactive compounds
• Increases fat burning and helps with reducing it
• Helps maintaining the balance and mental health
• Contains antioxidants (this may result in lowering the risk of some cancers)
• Improves the general functioning of human brains and memory
• Might be helpful with fighting with various diseases
• Green tea affects the skin health positively

The addition of lemon supplies you with vitamin C, increases the ability to help with losing weight and improves your digestive health.

What about something colder? California ice tea!

• 4 tea bags
• 240ml freshly squeezed lemon juice (5 to 6 lemons)
• 110–165g caster sugar, to taste
• 3 lemon slices

1) Steep the 4 tea bags in 1L of boiling water for 10 minutes. Discard the tea bags and allow the tea to cool.

2) Combine the lemon juice, sugar and 1L of cold water in a large pitcher. Add the tea and lemon slices and serve over ice.

As you can read above, green tea is the healthiest tea in the world and one of the healthiest drinks in general.

There is a huge variety of green tea.

Green tea was primarily discovered in China. It happened by mistake – in the Chinese Emperor’s water was a dead and boiled tea leaf.

Originally, green tea was very expensive.

The name of the tea was given by the intensive colour of leaves and characteristic tint of the brew.

After being picked, tea leaves need to be steamed and roasted due to exposition to oxygen that makes leaves start fermentation process. That helps stop the unwanted transofmation.