Knowing Black Tea Properties

Black Tea Health Benefits

The Tea, extracted from the Camellia sinensis, is the most widely consumed beverage in the world after water and lies between the traditional fifty basic plants of Chinese medicine. Therefore it is important to know its possible implications for health.

The degree of fermentation has a decisive influence on the color and flavor of each variety of tea, and is what sets the four basic types: black tea, green tea, red tea and white tea. In addition to these we can find oolong tea, yellow tea and aromatized teas.


What is black tea
black tea is one of the most aromatic and the most oxidized of all teas, a feature that gives it its intense flavor.
To obtain, is left to ferment the tea in a damp place between 3 and 5 hours. After being subjected to a process of oxidation, the leaves acquire the peculiar color black. It has the most theine,element exciting 9, has between 20 and 60 mg per 100 ml of infusion.

Black tea was used as currency in ancient China, where it was very much appreciated because it does not lose its flavor with the passage of time. And currently, the countries that are the main producers of this variety are India, Ceylon and Indonesia. In addition it is the most widespread in the West.

The Tea that comes from India, is called Assam and cultivated in the region of the same name, a mountainous area with forests and abundant rainfall which is the largest producer of black Tea in the world.


Nutritional content of balck Tea prepared in infusion of boiled water:

The values are calculated from 100ml infusion.

* Water : 99,700 g
* Energy: 1 Kcal.
* Theine: 20mg.
* Lipids: 0g
* Carbohydrates: 0.3g

Vitamins
* Riboflavin: 0.014mg.
* Pantothenic acid: 0.011mg.
* Folate: 5.2 mg.

Minerals:
* Iron  0.01mg
* phosphorus: 1mg.
* Magnesium: 1mg.
* Potassium: 21mg.
* Zinc: 0.01mg.
* Copper: 0.008 mg.
* Manganese: 0.219mg.

Content in flavonols (antioxidants) for every 100
* Epicatechin:  (EC) 2.17g
* Epicatechin gallate (ECG): 1.03g
* Epigallocatechin gallate(CGD): 1.26g
* Gallate epigallocatechin(EGCG): 1.67g.