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The Magic Drink: A Photo Essay on Green Tea
By: Rastine Pinlac, Gavin Chua, and Titus Suarez

Green tea is made from unoxidized leaves and is one of the less processed types of tea. It therefore contains
the most antioxidants and beneficial polyphenols (Ware, 2017). It has become one of the most consumed
beverage in the world and can be easily found up until today. Green tea originated from China and can be also
found in different parts of Southeast Asia. Majority of the people accepted that the first steeping of green tea
was done during the reign of Emperor Shenndong in 2737 BC. It started when Emperor Shenndong was traveling
and when they rested, few leaves fell from the tree and some went in the hot cup of water of the Emperor. The
Emperor did not noticed it but the water turned into a dark color and when he drank it, he ordered his men to
get more.

Green tea has tons of nutrients that one can consume and gain benefits from. It is comprised of certain nutrients
and substances such as Caffeine/coffein, Proteins, Fibres, Calcium, Iron, Potassium, and antioxidants such as
Polyphenol (Tannin), Vitamin A (B-Carotene), Vitamin E, Vitamin C. These nutrients and substances give various
of health benefits to a person and knowing how much it gives, it is also easy to make.

The green tea is known as the healthiest beverage in the planet, making it seem as if it is a magical drink to
becoming healthier. With the vast nutrients and antioxidants found in green tea, it offers a wide variety of range
of benefits that help stimulate and make our body healthier. Green tea can improve health due to its bioactive
compounds. Many of the plant compounds in the tea leaves do make it into the final drink, which contains large
amounts of important nutrients (Chako, 2010). With this it helps with different diseases such as reduction of
inflammation and in helping fight other diseases. Green tea also improves your brain function and helps you be
awake due to its active ingredient called caffeine that helps improve reaction time, mood and other brain
functionalities. Green tea helps improve physical performance or fat burning due to its fat burning supplement
content. With these contents, it helps you also with your metabolic rate which helps you loose fats even more.

Depending on how you made your tea, it is best to suit your preference when it comes to the richness of the
tea. You can either add sugar or honey to have a sweeter taste into it, it really does depend on one’s own
preference. Once you are satisfied on how it taste, it is now time to let it cool down a bit for it the flavors to
blend in as well as to make it easier to drink. Lastly, studies show that the tea’s aroma help stimulate ones brain
and makes you relaxed. With this, it is very important to breath in and smell your tea to maximize the enjoyment
of drinking it.

All in all, green tea offers so many things that people should be aware of. From its nutrients all the way down to
how to consume the green tea, it all boils down to how much you are invested in it. With these, green tea is not
just an efficient nutrient that is needed in the body but rather can be called as the magic drink one can ask for.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/top-10-evidence-based-health-benefits-of-green-tea#section11
https://www.wikihow.com/Drink-Hot-Tea
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/269538.php