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While there are thousands of "herbal teas", just "tea" refers to beverages made with the Camellia sinensis plant. See https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea ht
by rnestler 5y ago
While there are thousands of "herbal teas", just "tea" refers to beverages made with the Camellia sinensis plant. See https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea
- adrianN 5y agoThere are also lots of different cultivars of that plant and different ways of treating the leaves. Since they all taste different, one would have to assume that the chemical cocktail the brew contains is also markedly different. Whether or not that has an influence on the purported health benefits is unclear.
- dehrmann 5y agoI suspect the maturity and processing of the leaves have more of an effect than the cultivar. If this effect is being observed in both coffee and tea, my guesses would be it's either caffeine, something with the roasting, possibly fermentation (but I'm not sure if all tea is fermented), something with fluid consumption, or something with the mental ritual of drinking mild stimulants.