Benefits Side Effects of Black Tea

Posted by Yethai Tea on June 17th, 2019

Almost everyone in this world consumes tea in some form either as normal, green or black tea and is one of the most popular beverages in the world after water. Tea is consumed as a daily energy drink by people of multiple ages, from western countries and even in high-temperature countries like India.

Manufacturing of tea in India: Regions Tea is a beverage made from cured leaves of an evergreen shrub from tropical camellia family, known as Camellia Sinensis. India is the global leader in tea production making tea industry important for national economy.

Tea plant best grows in regions with minimum annual rainfall 100 centimeters and with a humid climate which perfectly seen in northern, eastern and southern states in the backward areas and rural hills. The major tea production area in India is concentrated in Assam, Kerala, Tamilnadu and West Bengal. Some of the other states growing tea plants are Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Karnataka.

Black Tea: How it’s beneficial?

Black tea is made from aged leaves and stems of the same Camellia Sinensis and consumed as a cold or hot beverage. So, how black tea benefits our health? How it differs from other tea? Black tea consists of 2% to 4% of caffeine, which is the cause of benefits as well as side effects.

According to www.webmd.com , black tea provides the following benefits which are scientifically proven after a regular dose for years:

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Improve mental alertness & cognitive functions of the brain

 Helps to handle low blood presser thus by preventing heart disease

 It also prevents stomach, lung, breast cancer and Parkinson and disease

 It’s useful in diarrhea, vomiting, diabetes and other stomach disorders

 It prevents kidney stones and improves urine flow

 And it’s the common beverage in weight loss diet routine

It prevents many of major health problems and cures diseases like cancer if it’s consumed in the appropriate way and modular quantity, but excessive consumption of black tea produces lots of side-effects.

What side effects can occur?

As we discussed earlier, black tea contains more caffeine than other teas. Excessive consumption of caffeine may lead to varying pulse rate & breathing problems. Health & wellness expert Shruti Goenka discussed “5 black tea side effects that should be aware of” in her article on www.stylecraze.com

 Diarrhea: Consuming black tea in excess dose may result in digestive issues, as it contains caffeine which stimulates the digestive system. This may lead to diarrhea:

 Cardiovascular diseases: It helps to prevent heart diseases before suffering, but shouldn’t be used by the patients who are recovering from cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks.

 Constipation: Excessive consumption may lead to constipation of the body because the body starts storing waste substances.

 Disturbed Stomach: Caffeine & other substances causes acidic effects in the stomach, making it uncomfortable for digestion and may lead to stomach problems.

Black Tea Production in India

After China, India is the biggest maker, consumer and producer of tea. Tea is financially developed in three essential regions of India: Darjeeling and Assam in the NorthEast, and Nilgiri in the South West. Every region has its own subtleties as for nature and Thus, Assam and Nilgiri black tea varies in some parameters.

Due to high altitude and tropical climate, Assam tea plant has a brisk flavor and which results in high-quality tea powder which is exported in foreign countries.

As the black tea is used for maintaining health, keeping the tea cultivation organic by avoiding hazardous chemicals like pesticides which produces strong, healthy and powerful Assam organic to enjoy health benefits from a cup of Assam black tea. CTC (Crush, Tear, Curl) Assam black tea is also popular tea production which Assam which gives consistent flavor and produces low-quality tea consumed by large population since it’s less expensive and available as CTC Dust Tea and CTC Leaf Tea. Nilgiri black and green tea is developed in the southern segment of the Western Ghats i.e., in the slopes of Tamil Nadu. Due to this high elevation, coupled with cold air and temperate sun slows down the growth of the tea plants which allows the flavors in the leaf to intensify and turn aromatic. It makes Nilgiri tea with more strong taste and like Assam tea, organic Nilgiri tea is cultivated. Nilgiri dust tea is also available for export quality and for local use processed by CTC method.