PETALING JAYA: It’s comfort in a cup for many, especially during rainy days, after a bracing swim, a teary afternoon or on chilly evenings.
That number of cups means, considering the population of the UK numbers just 66 million people, that each person consumes more than 900 cuppas each year.But, historians agree that the practice of drinking tea originated in China as early as the second century AD, while some argue that tea was discovered much earlier.
Plantations grew and the tea trade is now worth over US$50 billion annually, becoming an inexorable part of many cultures – though deservedly so.Numerous studies, including one from the National University of Singapore, have stated the multiple health benefits of drinking tea. In tandem with good dietary habits and other healthy lifestyle habits, drinking tea can help towards lowering the risk for heart diseases, diabetes and cancer, the report says.
The Japanese tea ceremony, for instance, symbolises much more than the careful preparation of sencha .
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