When brewing jasmine tea, you first smell the floral fragrance. When you sip the tea, the jasmine flavor gradually refreshes your mouth.
Jasmine tea is a type of Chinese tea, scented with jasmine flowers and often made of green tea. Jasmine tea contains caffeine, antioxidants and catechin. Catechin retrieved from green tea increases attention because of its potential effects in preventing cancer progression, says Dr. Nagi Kumar, researcher at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. She says population studies show that the risk of prostate cancer is lower in East Asian countries, where green tea consumption is high, compared with the Western world. Her research team looks at the correlation between the two in a lab.
Jasmine tea can be an alternative to coffee and soft drinks. Prepare loose leaf tea with an infuser to brew the tea.Jasmine loose leaf tea is available at House of Cha, 21 West Ninth Street, and Teapouro Tea & Espresso, 712
Photo Illustration by Sachiko Miyakawa Wake up and smell the tea: Drinking jasmine tea can be beneficial in lowering the risk of prostate cancer.
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