Is Puerh tea acidic or alkaline?

The PH value of newborn tea is generally between 6-7 range, which is weakly acidic. While ripe tea and old raw tea will change from acidic to weakly alkaline during the post-fermentation process.

Effects of Pu-erh Tea

Lowering fat, losing weight and lowering blood pressure, anti-atherosclerosis.

Long-term consumption of Pu-erh tea can reduce cholesterol and glycerol, so long-term consumption of Pu-erh tea has the function of treating obesity. Drinking Pu-erh tea can cause the physiological effects such as vasodilatation of human blood vessels, decrease of blood pressure, slowing down of heart rate and decrease of blood flow to the brain, which has good therapeutic effects on patients with hypertension and cerebral atherosclerosis.

2. Nourish and protect the stomach.

In the appropriate concentration, drinking Pu-erh tea does not produce stimulation of the stomach and intestines, viscous, sweet and smooth, mellow Pu-erh tea into the human body to form a membrane attached to the surface of the stomach, the stomach produces a beneficial protective layer, long-term consumption can play a role in nourishing the stomach, stomach protection.

3. Anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, dysentery.

Pharmaceutical research and clinical trials have proved that Yunnan Pu-erh Tea has an inhibitory effect, strong tea juice 10 times a day, you can treat bacillary dysentery, which is directly related to the Yunnan large-leafed tea containing rich tea polyphenols.

4. Anti-aging.

The catechin compounds in tea have anti-aging effects. Yunnan large-leaf tea contains catechins, the total amount is higher than other tea varieties, anti-aging effect is better than other teas, rich in tea polyphenols to help the skin resist aging.

5. Pu-erh tea can be a thirst-quenching, summer, detoxification, laxative.

Pu-erh tea can regulate the stomach and intestines, so that the stomach and intestines to restore the normal function, to solve the constipation caused by acne as well as bad breath problems.

Drinking tea taboos

1. Pu-erh tea with the bubble drink, tea should not be soaked for too long and then drink, avoid drinking overnight Pu-erh tea. The amount of tea polyphenol leaching in overnight tea will be more, regardless of the freshness of the tea, the taste of the degree of good taste, health benefits, or health point of view, are not suitable for drinking.

2. Drinking Pu-erh tea is a matter of constitution. After drinking Pu-erh tea, there will be a bit of flatulence, belching, and signs of constipation, belonging to the body is not suitable for drinking Pu-erh type.

3. Avoid drinking a lot of Pu-erh tea before and after meals. Pu-erh tea half an hour after the meal to drink the best, if the diet is too little, Pu-erh should not drink more.

4. It is not advisable to drink a lot of Pu-erh tea that has just been produced.

5. Pu-erh tea should be drunk warmly, not hot or cold; it should be drunk long, not intermittently; it should be drunk concurrently, not favorably; it should be drunk lightly, not strongly.

6. Avoid drinking low-quality tea or spoiled tea, avoid drinking Pu-erh tea that has been brewed too many times, and be cautious of using the cooking method for raw tea, while ripe tea can be properly cooked and drunk.

Misunderstandings

The temperature of the water for brewing Pu-erh tea is above 90 degrees Celsius, and the aroma and flavor of the tea will be more obvious. However, the water must not be repeatedly boiled, and a large number of salts will precipitate out of the water that is repeatedly boiled, and the precipitated salts will be suspended in the water, forming a white scum. Water evaporates during the boiling process, and every time it is boiled, the concentration of salts increases. These undissolved salts have a very poor taste on their own, and some will even react with the tea components, affecting the flavor of the tea broth. Some metallic elements, such as copper and iron, increase in concentration in repeatedly boiled water, and they react with tea polyphenols, the active ingredients of tea, to destroy the flavor. Moreover, repeatedly boiling water contains nitrites, which will generate carcinogenic amine nitrite after entering the human body.

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