Black tea is one of the most famous Iranian hot drinks. After hours of activity and fatigue, nothing beats the fatigue, like drinking a cup of tea. It can be said that this popular drink can be found in almost all Iranian homes. Have you ever wondered why drinking tea relieves fatigue? Some may think that this is just an insinuation. But in fact, tea has many properties.
For this reason, it increases energy and relieves fatigue. Also, if you like the taste of saffron, you can add it to your tea and drink it. It should be noted that the benefits of saffron tea are also very high.
The history of tea entering Iran
The tea plant first entered Iran through the silk road of China (its motherland) at the end of the 15th century. Still, the people of the country were not able to cultivate this plant until the end of the 19th century (about 110 years ago) until a person named "Haj Mohammad Mirza" Kashif al-Sultan, who had travelled to India as an Iranian diplomat, got to know the climate suitable for growing this plant. Despite the strict policies of England against other countries in the field of tea planting and trade, he smuggled its seedlings into Iran.
This Iranian diplomat took the tea plant to the plains and green fields of the hills of Lahijan, located in Gilan province and planted it there because of the favourable weather conditions. After a short period, the people of different areas of Gilan and Mazandaran started cultivating tea plants in their fields due to favourable weather conditions. In this way, tea replaced coffee as the most popular drink in Iran.
Today, the tomb of Haj Mohammad Mirza Kashif al-Sultaneh (known as the father of Iranian tea) is located in the National Tea Museum of Iran, in Lahijan Tea Hill.
And you can see exciting documents of this person's impressive efforts and various samovars, glasses and teapots belonging to ancient times.
In recent years, the demand for buying tea in the country has increased to such an extent that domestic production cannot meet this demand, and tea leaves are still imported from India, the Middle East and Africa.
Benefits of Persian tea Black tea, this popular and hearty tea, has many properties. It is better to read on if you want to know its properties.
Drink tea for health and beauty
One of the tea's best properties and characteristics is helping maintain the skin's beauty and health. It is interesting to know that drinking tea after drinking water is recommended worldwide. Because its consumption helps a lot to get rid of body toxins, for this reason, you can help your beauty and health by consuming tea.
Tea is anti-cancer
Tea has 30 types of antioxidants, and studies have shown that tea consumption reduces the risk of kidney cancer, and people who drink a cup of tea a day have 15% less kidney cancer than people who don't drink tea.
Flavonoids are a group of polyphenols that occur naturally in tea. High levels of these polyphenols in the body can fight pancreatic, colon, bladder, prostate, and breast cancers and viruses. In Japan, drinking at least 10 cups of tea daily has been associated with a reduced risk of stomach cancer. Also, several studies have been conducted concerning the positive effect of tea in preventing lung and uterus cancer.
Japanese researchers believe that tea ranks first among natural anti-cancer substances. Some first-rate scientists of the National Institute of Genetics of Japan announced in a report that a type of tannin in Japanese green tea has anti-cell mutation properties and is, therefore, an anti-cancer agent. Among the hundreds of types of plants that Japanese researchers examined in a comprehensive study program to find the best and most effective plant against cell mutation, green tea has been the most effective substance in the laboratory. Studies have shown that people who often drink green tea are less likely to develop stomach cancer than others.
Drink black tea to strengthen the immune system
It may be interesting for you to know that drinking black tea helps to increase immunity and strengthen the immune system. As we mentioned, tea has antioxidant properties. Antioxidant has an exceptional function in the body. The presence of antioxidants in the body prevents the occurrence of many diseases. It also helps to strengthen the immune system.
World Tea Day
World Tea Day falls on May 31st (May 21st). It is named to support the increasing demand for tea, to support the producers of this plant who generally live in low-income areas, and to focus on the collective actions of tea production to fight poverty and It is hunger.
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