Why People Drink Tea?

Tea is perhaps surprisingly the second most popular drink after water. It's drunk throughout world, and it is becoming increasingly popular thanks to the health benefits that different teas can provide.

Here are 10 reasons why people drink tea.

1. Tea is refreshing, and cools you down on hot days. Despite being a hot drink, it helps to regulate the body's temperature and so cools you down. This explains why tea is so popular in hot countries. Tea is very popular in Kenya, India and Sri Lanka, as well as many other hot countries.
2. A breakfast tea such as Earl Grey or Sencha 2nd Flush Green Tea can be drunk in the morning in order to help you wake up and feel stimulated. A cup of tea is a great start to the day when combined with breakfast.
3. Sweet tea is known to be good for people suffering from shock. This is why tea is often offered to people who have been involved in accidents, or have received bad news.
4. Drinking tea has many health benefits. Green and White teas have been proven to help protect against cancer; reduce the pain and suffering for those with arthritis; help to prevent heart attacks, help with weight loss, and much more. Green and White teas really are superfoods.
5. People who enjoy the finer things in life will often drink gourmet tea, which require a bit of patience to make, but the results are definitely worth it. This is because different teas need the water at different temperatures, and need to be steeped for different times. An alternative to remembering the right temperatures and brewing times is to use a tea machine. All you have to do is to tell it what sort of tea you are using, and it does the rest, so that your tea is always brewed to perfection, every time.
6. Tea contains less caffeine than coffee, and so can be drunk throughout the day without the effects that drinking too much coffee can bring.
7. It's always the right time for a cup of tea. With different teas suitable for drinking all day long, whether you want to get yourself going in the morning, enjoy the evening after a nice meal, or get in the mood for going to sleep, there's a tea that's just right for you.
8. China, India, and Japan are probably the most well known producers of tea, but Kenya, Sri Lanka and South America also produce tea. Even if you know what your favourite tea is, why not try one from a different country
9. Herbal teas are infusions rather than teas, as they are not made with tea leaves, but are still often classed as teas. Many of these herbal infusions offer health benefits, such as herbal mint infusions aiding an upset stomach, or South African Rooibos which has calming effects and is often given to children.
10. Making tea isn't difficult, and most tea drinkers use a teabag, kettle, teapot and a cup.

Now you know why people drink tea, and why it's so popular, isn't it time that you drank tea, or tried a different sort of tea than the tea bags you normally use?