Health Issues

There has been substantial media coverage in the recent past of the health benefits of tea. Tea, like fruits and vegetables contain anti-oxidants, which have been shown in research to play an important role in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Researchers claim that tea's anti-oxidants, also called flavonoids, may help prevent chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and stroke. Green tea has a higher concentration of anti-oxidants than black or oolong tea, but all have may have health benefits served iced or hot. So drink up and enjoy!

Caffeine
A glass of iced tea or a cup of hot tea has less than half the caffeine of the same amount of coffee. Tea contains higher caffeine content than coffee on a dry weight basis, but since less tea is used to brew the finished product than the equivalent amount of coffee, the caffeine content is far lower in tea than in coffee.

Green, black, or oolong tea all contain the same amount of caffeine despite some recent misleading claims that green or oolong contain less caffeine than black tea. There are some claims to lower caffeine teas but to qualify as decaffeinated under Food & Drug Administration (FDA) guide lines, it must be 97 percent caffeine free. According to the FDA and other health organizations, moderate consumption of caffeine, 300 mg per day, poses no health risk. This would be equivalent to about seven cups of tea.

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