Tea - Composting Tea Leaves and Teabags
If you drink tea and have a garden, composting used tea leaves is an easy way to promote sustainability, even if you do not compost any other material. Tea leaves are rich in nutrients and loose tea makes an outstanding mulch which can be applied directly to the soil in your garden. The tea can be collected in a container and placed directly on your garden daily or every few days. Composting tea leaves turns a waste product into a valuable resource, which has two main benefits:
- Reducing waste
- Enriching your soil for free and without using any synthetic fertilizers
Because it comes from the same plant, green tea actually contains the same amount of caffeine as other types of tea. The caffeine content of a cup of tea varies from 30mg to 100mg depending on how long the tea is infused and whether it is brewed with loose leaves or tea bags (loose leaves have more caffeine).
Though the leaves are usually brewed and drunk, green tea extracts can be taken in capsules and are sometimes used in skincare products.
PROS
Studies have found that the high levels of antioxidants in green tea may help prevent atherosclerosis (thickening of the artery wall) and coronary heart disease. However, the US Food and Drug Administration has ruled that there is no credible evidence to support claims of reduction in the risk of heart disease.
The best place to start locating the source of your freshly ground tea is the internet. You can search for your favorite blend over the internet and be sure that it is exactly what you want If you have identified the blend then make quick searches over the internet to identify the nearest roasters and distributors and then you are in track to make visits or get in touch with the roaster and get your tea from them. Now you may think you will pay a fortune to the get the best freshly ground tea, what you do not know is that you can actually save a lot of your money by getting the best tea direct from the source.
CONS
Green tea contains caffeine and excessive consumption may cause insomnia, anxiety, irritability or an upset stomach in some people.
It contains small amounts of vitamin K, which can make blood-thinning drugs such as warfarin less effective.
People taking blood-thinning drugs should watch their consumption and monitor any effects.
Those on diuretics and benzodiazepines should be careful as green tea can interact with these types of drugs
Resource Author Francisco Rodriguez Higueras
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