The colder weather may be reminding you to stock up on tea and start warming up a pot of water. There is a calming warmth that comes with drinking tea as well as health benefits.
Depending on the type of tea you drink, it can be filled with antioxidants, amino acids, vitamins, and a variety of other healthy effects. For those who dislike coffee or are sensitive to caffeine, tea can not only be a lower caffeine alternative, but it can also contains theanine, an amino acid, that helps relieve the jittery affect that caffeine can have. Medical research is also being done about the long term benefits of drinking tea and it’s contribution to a longer lifespan and preventing cancer. Read more about the benefits and research about tea on the ITO EN tea website here and a Harvard health article here.
Tea also makes a great photography subject, as you can see from these lovely pictures.
lisaclarke – Bundle up
Jan Lakota – Cup of earl gray
Ginny – tea
theilr – Lipton tea bags
Beau Finley – morning pot of tea
Rebecca Siegel – Convection
mendhak – This green tea is orange
Abhisek Sarda – Steaming Tea for Shivering Photographers
kristina – chipped nails
Daniel Novta – Oh baby it's cold outside
Bart van der Borst – Cup of tea
Bojana Bakalcheva – black tea
Peyri Herrera – the darkest green tea i've ever seen
Michael Camilleri – Tea Kung Fu
Mike Kniec – Smile between Sips
Kristina D.C. Hopper – Handsewn teabag
Naama ym – Tea for two
攝到掛 – Tea Ceremony
Mizrak – Turkish tea time!
Catherine – Tea Time
Robin Wylie – Tea
Migle – Cascara Tea
ozz13x – Tea Bags
Jinho Jung – 북촌한옥체험_Tea Guesthouse
Yaşar Semih Daban – Tea on table
Vanina W. – Morning tea
Eric Prunier – Tea time
Thomas Leuthard – Tea Time…
Michael Pardo – Tea Squared
Franck-Emanuel GOGUER – Wulong
Laurens Kaldeway Follow – Tea
Verónica Mtz – Visita.
