Soothe Stress with Black Tea
According to researchers at the University College London, those who drink black tea are able to de-stress more quickly than those drinking a placebo. The stress hormone cortisol (associated with all manner of ails), spikes during a fight-or-flight response, and it’s abatement in the body is much faster for someone who’s recently had a cup of black tea.
Additionally, people who drank black tea regularly (four times daily for six weeks) were found to have lower baseline levels of cortisol.
So—as if you needed any more reason to steep up your favorite black tea—go ahead and add serious stress reduction to your long list of tea health boons.