
Tea and Health
The
function of tea and natural, bioactive compounds in tea, as elements in
a healthy lifestyle is best explained by the first line in Kakuzo
Okakura’s 1906 philosophical treatise on tea, The Book of Tea. Okakura
sums up the historical and ancient belief in tea as more than just a
pleasing beverage by writing, “Tea began as a medicine and grew into a
beverage…”
Scientific
research confirms what Asians believed...