tea

Is drinking tea with your meals good for your digestive system?

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Restaurants often serve iced lemon tea or carbonated drinks as a set meal package with their dishes such as spaghetti, pizza, burger and chips, fish and chips, steak, etc. It may be a satisfying feeling,  to down a cup of ice lemon tea together with a hot meal especially on a hot day. But after [...]

Can eating fried rice everyday kill you?

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According to ancient Chinese beliefs passed down from generation to generation, YES, it can. In Chinese tradition, hot tea is always served with meals. Especially so if the meal is of oily nature like fried rice, fried noodles, bak kut teh and hokkien fried. This is equivalent of Western meals such as carbonara, steak with [...]

Does teh tarik (pulled milk tea) have caffeine?

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Teh tarik (pulled milk tea), iced lemon tea, bubble milk tea definitely have caffeine. In some cases, the caffeine content may be more strong than an ordinary cup of coffee. Not to mention that teh tarik has high sugar and milk content. A delicious cup of teh tarik would require high concentration of tea which need to be ‘balanced’ by a lot of sugar and condensed milk.

The Possible Downside of Green Tea

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Green tea is a very popular beverage as many people consider it to contain cleansing properties. As I read many articles citing the benefits of green tea, I do not mean to discredit it- but if you suffer from the following symptoms after drinking green tea (whether hot, cold or processed), it could be caused [...]