將茶包短暫浸泡在室溫水中，然後在沖泡前倒掉水，可以幫助減少茶中的微塑膠 Microplastics

 Microplastics

她說：“微塑膠對於科學領域來說還是一個新事物。” “我們目前了解的還不夠多。”

如何才能少喝塑膠飲料？

如果您擔心茶包中微塑膠的風險，專家提供了幾種減少接觸的方法。

選擇合適的茶。喝散葉茶可能是限制接觸微塑膠的最佳方法。漢普森博士說，雖然紙質茶包不能保證不含塑料，但它們可能比塑料更安全。

考慮預洗。漢普森博士說，一些研究表明，將茶包短暫浸泡在室溫水中，然後在沖泡前倒掉水，可以幫助減少茶中的微塑膠。威斯納博士說，在流水下沖洗袋子也可能有助於去除一些塑膠。但請注意，這種方法可能會損失茶中的部分風味。

避免重新加熱茶包。當茶變冷時，您很容易想用微波爐加熱杯子或在裡面加些熱水。但威斯納博士警告說，如果在茶包還在的情況下這樣做，可能會釋放更多的微塑膠。如果需要熱身，他建議先取出茶包。

盡量不要流汗。李博士說，如果擔心茶中的微塑膠會造成壓力，那就考慮其他更簡單的方法來減少接觸。您可以用木質砧板代替塑膠砧板，或用玻璃砧板代替塑膠食品儲存容器。

“你不應該過度擔心你喝了多少顆粒，”李醫生說，“特別是如果茶能讓你感到快樂的話。”

How can you sip less plastic?

If you’re concerned about the risk of microplastics in tea bags, experts offered several ways to reduce your exposure.

Choose the right tea. Drinking loose-leaf tea is probably the best way to limit your exposure to microplastics. And while paper tea bags aren’t guaranteed to be plastic free, Dr. Hampson said, they’re probably a safer bet than plastic.

Consider a pre-wash. There’s some research suggesting that briefly soaking your tea bag in room temperature water, then discarding that water before brewing, can help reduce the microplastics in your tea, Dr. Hampson said. Rinsing the bag under running water might help remove some plastics, too, Dr. Wiesner said. Just be aware that this method might extract some of the flavor from your tea.

Avoid reheating your tea bag. When tea turns cold, it’s tempting to warm up your mug in the microwave or add more hot water to it. But if you do so with the tea bag still present, it could potentially release even more microplastics, Dr. Wiesner warned. If you need a warm-up, he suggested removing the tea bag first.

Try not to sweat it. If worrying about microplastics in tea is causing stress, think about other, easier ways to reduce your exposure, Dr. Li said. You might replace plastic cutting boards with wooden ones, or plastic food storage containers with glass versions.

“You shouldn’t over-worry about how many particles you’re drinking,” Dr. Li said, “especially if tea makes you happy.”

David Hsu送日月潭紅茶20241205。 Joel 紅茶。 或許廣告

 紅茶的國際價格正在上漲，原因主要是印度和斯里蘭卡等主要生產國因極端氣候和茶葉病害導致的減產。日本進口量最多的斯里蘭卡（前稱錫蘭）也因2022年斯里蘭卡國內的經濟危機，生產量增長停滯，進一步影響了日本的紅茶進口價格。

印度作為紅茶的主要生產及消費國，其東北部的大吉嶺與阿薩姆地區是代表性產地。以北印度為指標的拍賣價格在2024年9月下旬達到每公斤約260印度盧比，較4月開始的價格上升約30%。今年的價格上漲主要由異常天氣引起，當地3至5月的「春茶」（First Flush）與5至7月的「夏茶」（Second Flush）受到了旱災與洪水的雙重打擊。此外，茶葉病害的蔓延也是造成減產的因素之一。這些病害菌在高溫陽光下會死亡，但在6至9月的季風期很難根除，加上部分農藥因出口規定無法使用，導致病害無法有效控制。

日本進口紅茶的另一大來源斯里蘭卡，也因經濟危機導致紅茶產量下降。2022年斯里蘭卡因為中國的債務陷阱而陷入債務違約，通貨貶值導致化學肥料無法順利進口，且老化的茶樹無法及時更換，這些都抑制了紅茶的生產復甦。目前斯里蘭卡的紅茶拍賣價格已較2021年翻倍，達到每公斤約1215斯里蘭卡盧比。斯里蘭卡產量的下降使得歐美市場將需求轉向北印度產茶葉，進一步推動了印度紅茶價格的上漲。

日本的紅茶進口主要來自印度和斯里蘭卡，這兩國的價格上漲對日本市場已產生影響。一些進口北印度紅茶的日本貿易公司因日圓貶值導致進口成本增加，自4月至10月期間已經對製造商提高了約20%的售價。雖然國內紅茶價格目前尚未明顯波動，但隨著國際價格的上升，後續可能會出現更大的影響。部分製造商表示，為了提供穩定價格和品質的產品，正在考慮多元化供應來源，以應對未來可能持續的價格波動和供應風險。

過去也曾經是世界紅茶主要產區的台灣，近年來紅茶市場則是持續增長，主要產地有南投縣魚池鄉的日月潭紅茶（台茶18號）聞名，這種紅茶以其獨特的薄荷和肉桂香氣而受到喜愛。新北市坪林區的蜜香紅茶，這種茶因小綠葉蟬的作用而帶有天然蜜香，另外，花蓮縣也有生產蜜香紅茶，還有嘉義現以及台中市也都有小規模的紅茶生產。目前台灣紅茶的年產值預估超過新台幣300億元，主要的台灣紅茶品種有台茶18號（紅玉）具有濃郁的香氣和口感、台茶21號（紅韻）融合了印度大葉種和祁門小葉種，有著細緻的柑橘香、台茶12號（金萱）以奶香味著稱，口感甘醇以及台茶8號（阿薩姆紅茶）：強烈的麥芽香氣，適合搭配牛奶飲用。

資料來源：日經新聞

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一杯紅茶=6顆蘋果！瑞典研究發現驚人功效/2019-01-21 ~   

                                                      https://youtu.be/yUHm8uIsSz4 

                                                                                                                                  ▲愛喝茶的人有福了！國外研究有驚人發現，一杯紅茶竟含有六顆蘋果的抗氧化成分，能夠有效抑制容易引發癌症或腦中風等各種疾病的活性氧；而且紅茶的單寧酸特別多，有降膽固醇和血糖的功效。

▲一杯紅茶=6顆蘋果！瑞典研究發現驚人功效。

根據瑞典卡羅琳醫學院研究發現，每天喝4杯紅茶的人，發生腦血栓及腦血管阻塞的機率降低了21%左右。由於茶葉中的多酚具有抗氧化作用，能夠抑制容易引發癌症或腦中風等各種疾病的活性氧。 

                                                                                                   ▲ 研究指出，喝一杯紅茶等於吃六顆蘋果，兩杯紅茶含有與20杯蘋果汁等量的抗氧化成分。而且與綠茶或烏龍茶相比，紅茶含有的單寧酸特別多，單寧酸是一種會產生苦味的多酚類，可分解三酸甘油酯，並降低膽固醇和血糖值。    

                                                             ▲另外，研究指出，紅茶中還有天門冬醯胺、海藻酸、麩醯胺酸等胺基酸，具有擊退霍亂、腸炎等病原菌，並抑制感冒病毒的效用；此外，紅茶中含有的氟還能預防蛀牙；提醒別在茶中加入過多糖或奶精，否則可能增加糖份及熱量攝取，適得其反。

(文章摘自...中時電子報)

台灣茶稱霸倫敦！在「The Leafies」國際茶葉大賽中大放異彩！

 

【 台灣茶稱霸倫敦！在「The Leafies」國際茶葉大賽中大放異彩！】

Tea from Taiwan excelled against competitors from around the world at "The Leafies" international tea awards announced in London on Nov. 6, winning more accolades than any other country. The Leafies is an annual tea award co-organized by London's prestigious Fortnum & Mason department store and the UK Tea Academy (UKTA).

台灣茶葉在11月6日於倫敦舉行的「The Leafies」國際茶葉大獎中大放異彩，獲獎數量超越其他國家，驕傲登頂！「The Leafies」由知名百貨Fortnum & Mason和英國茶學院主辦，每年表彰全球最佳茶葉，這次台灣茶葉再度證明了非凡的品質與風味！

https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202411120030

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 one's cup of tea. Ancient Japanese ceremony gives new meaning to a cup of tea

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Elegance and flavor breathe new life into a traditional Japanese drink.

Not your grandmother's cup of tea

TOKYO -- What do the words "Japanese green tea" call to mind? The tea ceremony, with its elaborate rules for serving and sipping, perhaps? Or the bott

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one's cup of tea 

in British
informal
one's chosen or preferred thing, task, company, etc
she's not my cup of tea

MEDITATION FOR REAL LIFE

How to be Mindful With a Cup of Coffee
By DAVID GELLES

Take a mindful moment with your morning cup o’ joe.

cup of joe Alternative forms[edit] cup o' joe cuppa joe Etymology[edit] Of uncertain origin. Possibly a shortening of "cup of jamoke", from java + mocha: this origin was given in a military officer's manual from 1931, around when the term first appeared.[1] Alternatively, perhaps a use of joe ‎(“fellow, guy”), signifying that coffee was the drink of the common man. Another theory suggests that US soldiers in World War I (1914-1918) referred to a serving of instant coffee made by the G. Washington Coffee Refining Company (founded in 1910) as a "cup of George", and that the common abbreviation of the name "George" ("Geo.") was then read as "Joe".[2] Another theory derives the term from Josephus Daniels (1862-1948), the Secretary of the U.S. Navy who abolished the officers' wine mess and thus made coffee the strongest drink available on ships. Snopes considers this is unlikely because it says there is no attestation of the phrase "cup of joe" until 1930, 16 years after the 1914 order banning the wine mess.[3] Confusingly, some other sources consider the Daniels derivation unlikely for the opposite reason: they say "cup of joe" predates the order.[4][5] A cup of coffee. Noun[edit] cup of joe ‎(plural cups of joe) (chiefly US, idiomatic) A cup of coffee.  [quotations ▼] (figuratively) One’s personal preference. Synonyms[edit] (preference): cup of coffee, cup of tea

one's cup of tea. Ancient Japanese ceremony gives new meaning to a cup of tea

 one's cup of tea. Ancient Japanese ceremony gives new meaning to a cup of tea

NHK WORLD-JAPAN 

At a temple in Nara, people drink matcha green tea from big, unwieldy bowls for an annual tradition that dates back centuries. Watch video: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/ataglance/3089/ #NHKWorld

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Ancient Japanese ceremony gives new meaning to a cup of tea | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

At a temple in Nara, people drink matcha green tea from big, unwieldy bowls for an annual tradition that dates back centuries.

Nikkei Asian Review

Elegance and flavor breathe new life into a traditional Japanese drink.

Not your grandmother's cup of tea

TOKYO -- What do the words "Japanese green tea" call to mind? The tea ceremony, with its elaborate rules for serving and sipping, perhaps? Or the bott

ASIA.NIKKEI.COM

one's cup of tea 

in British
informal
one's chosen or preferred thing, task, company, etc
she's not my cup of tea