Tea is a beverage that is loved and consumed in many parts of the world. Most people prefer to take it during breakfast.However, it is also consumed at other intervals, throughout the day. When one receives visitors in their home, they quickly serve them a cup of tea. However, tea is also served during office meetings, parties, gatherings and many functions.It is true what they say that any time is tea time. People love tea because of its unique taste, flavor and aroma.It is made by steaming the leaves of specific shrubs or trees. For ease of use and packaging, tea producers choose to mill the leaves to finer particles. The ground tea leaves are then packed into small teabag sachets.Tea is also produced from the flowers, stems and roots of some trees. Some people spice up their tea using the juice of some fruits.This could include a piece of lime, lemon or orange fruit. Some people simply add a piece of ginger to get the perfect taste.
The tree that produces the diverse tea ingredients come from different parts of the globe.Therefore, there is a wide variety of tea flavors to taste from.Some varieties include, black tea, green tea, white tea, hibiscus tea, camellia tea, oolong tea, letpet fermented tea and soursop tea to mention a few.Other than its flavor and taste, the tea beverage has numerous other health benefits for the body.Some tea products are used as a curative agent against certain cancer tumors. There are some tea products that are used to detox the body because they contain antioxidants.Tea products contain vitamins and minerals. The consumption of the green tea variety is said to be good for the heart. There are an exceptional variety of the tea products that do not contain caffeine.
One interesting tea variety is the soursop tea. The tree goes by the names Annona murica, graviola, guyabano and soursop tree. The tree is famous for its fruit and not its leaves.It is a large green fruit that contains a white, sweet and sour fruit pulp. The tree mostly grows in parts of Asia and Africa. In this geographical area, it is found growing as a wild tree.Many people are more familiar with the fruit and not its leaves. The leaves are used as a tea ingredient.In order to make a cup of soursop tea, the user has to slice the leaves or ground them.The chopped leaves are placed in a cup and hot water is added. This produces a sweet-scented cup of vanilla tasting the tea. The soursop tea leaves do not have caffeine live other tea species.
The soursop tea variety is promoted as an alternative treatment for cancer. In some parts of the world it is used to fight cancer tumors.This information has not been proven scientifically.