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What’s the most flavoursome and healthiest tea? - Coggle Diagram
What’s the most flavoursome and healthiest tea?
Flavoursome
The taste of the tea
What creates flavour in tea?
Polyphenols are the most responsible for taste, aroma and health benefits (The science of tea ,2013)
Caffeine
Caffeine has a bitter taste which creates bitter taste in tea however, polyphenols decrease bitterness to an extent (Caffeine in tea – teavivre 2022)
Healthiest
Health benefits
Caffeine
Caffeine is a stimulant which increases brain activity however, 400mg should only be taken per day for healthy adults so too much caffiene may have negative affects (Caffeine: How much is too much? 2022)
Polyphenols
Catechins
Catechins are polyphenolic phytochemicals which are found in tea. Studies show that it reduces health risks such as inflamatory bowel disease (Fan, Sang & Jiang 2017)
Epicatechins
Epicatechins have physiological benefits such as, increasing nitric oxide production for improved vascularity, blood flow,Improving insulin sensitivity and regulating blood sugar levels (Fan, Sang & Jiang 2017)
Tannin
Water soluble polyphenol which are found in tea which have many health benefits such as improved antioxidant activity. (Khasnabis, Rai & Roy 2015)
Tea
Types of tea
Jasmine
Black Tea
Green tea
Herbal Tea
Oolong Tea
Boba
Ways to make tea
Most
Optimal
Highest quality
Caffeine
Anti Oxidants
Variables
Independent
Type of Tea
Dependant
Caffeine Amount
Which tea has the most caffeine
Using titration to extract caffeine
Amount Polyphenols
Catechins
Epicatechins
Tannin
Titration Method