Coffee and tea are some of the world’s most popular beverages, and for good reason, as several studies show that people who regularly drink coffee or tea live longer lives and have fewer health ...

The study shows that, when brewing tea, polypropylene releases approximately 1.2 billion particles per milliliter, with an average size of 136.7 nanometers; cellulose releases about 135 million ...

Drinking tea from plastic-containing tea bags could expose you to billions of nano- and microplastics with every sip, putting your health at risk. Many tea bags contain small amounts of tiny ...

Green tea contains bioactive substances that may help boost your metabolism and break down fat cells. However, weight loss research has focused on green tea extracts or supplements, not the beverage.

A UAB research has characterised in detail how polymer-based commercial tea bags release millions of nanoplastics and microplastics when infused. The study shows for the first time the capacity of ...

People have been enjoying jasmine tea for many centuries. Both tea and jasmine were cultivated in China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), and people may have drunk jasmine tea even before that time.

Darjeeling tea is a type of black tea produced in India. Darjeeling tea has a fruity aroma and a golden or bronze color, depending on the way it’s brewed. Tea experts say it has notes (flavors ...

Lutein, an inherent carotenoid in the human eye, plays an indispensable role in shielding our eyes from damaging blue light and lessening the risk of age-related macular degeneration. With ...

There’s evidence the effects of caffeine in a cup of tea are enhanced by an amino acid it contains, called L-theanine, if it is drunk regularly. The research finds “L-theanine may interact ...

You might think of tea as a comforting, soothing ritual. But, scientists at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have made a startling discovery — infusing tea through commercial tea bags might be ...

The study included and analyzed three different tea bag types. (Banaei et al., Chemosphere, 2024) "We have managed to innovatively characterize these pollutants with a set of cutting-edge techniques, ...