It’s no secret that tea may help prevent colds, viruses, and cancer. Here are even more ways tea can help you start and maintain healthy habits.
Teas and herbs are not intended to treat, cure, or prevent illness or disease. While we believe that teas have beneficial healing properties, we are not medical professionals. Please consult your doctor before making any major changes to your lifestyle and medication.
Stay hydrated.
Although people worry tea is dehydrating, the opposite is actually true. This rumor exists because caffeine increases the blood flow to your kidneys and encourages them to flush out more water. You’d need to drink 6-13 cups of tea (500 mg of caffeine) to experience dehydrating effects! According to Healthline, “Researchers report that when consumed in moderate amounts, caffeinated drinks — including tea — are as hydrating as water.” And of course, herbal infusions naturally contain no caffeine.
Recommended Hydrating Tea: Organic Moroccan Mint Green Tea combines a refreshing burst of mint with Chinese green tea. It’s easy to remember to keep drinking all day!
Cut back on coffee and stay alert.
Tea allows you to experience the same morning lift as coffee due to a special ingredient. Although a typical cup of brewed black tea contains half the amount of caffeine as the same amount of coffee (47mg vs 95mg according to the BBC), its natural companion L-theanine improves cognitive performance and increases subjective alertness in certain studies.
Recommended Coffee Substitute Tea: English Breakfast Black Tea is famous for awakening Brits and Jean-Luc Picard. Our balanced blend of Chinese and Sri Lankan black teas brew a smooth, strong cup.
Recover from your workout faster.
Tea may provide a natural boost to your exercise routine. According to a study, “Green tea extract supplementation before an event of cumulative fatigue minimizes muscle damage and oxidative stress in trained athletes.” It’s also super refreshing to drink iced after a workout.
Recommended Recovery Tea: Our Culinary Grade Japanese Matcha Green Tea is direct from Japan and the perfect addition to your post workout shake or whisked into a smooth, sweet cuppa.
Consume less sugar.
If you’d like to replace sugary soda and coffee drinks with a tasty equivalent, look no further than the satisfying complexity of flavors tea offers. With over 150 different varietals of tea, our store offers a new taste adventure with zero added sugar.
Recommended Sugarless Tea: Ginger Peach Black Tea features the sweetness of ripe peaches and soothing ginger for winter warmups.
Avoid artificial sweeteners and dyes.
Our teas are blended to maximize flavor and color without adding sugar, artificial sweeteners, or dye. We mix in dried fruits, nuts, and flowers to add natural sweetness and color without compromising quality – or your health.
Recommended Naturally Colorful Tea: Blue Butterfly Garden Herbal Tea brews a bright blue due Butterfly Pea blossoms. Add a bit of lemon juice to morph the brew from blue to purple!
Reduce caffeine intake.
The amount of caffeine in teas varies widely due to different processing. Thankfully you can still have all the flavor of tea with less caffeine when you brew teas at a lower temperature like white teas, green teas (with the exception of matcha!), or one of our tasty decaf teas.
Recommended Lower Caffeine Tea: Karigane Gyokuro Kukicha Tea is also knowns as “twig tea” due to its inclusion of first flush Gyokuro twigs, stems, and stalks. They naturally lower the caffeine content while providing a special umami flavor.