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A steaming mug of hot tea...a respite amid one's busy day. I've been drinking two cups of tea daily, usually Tetley British tea, which is a blend of Kenyan and Assam (Indian) tea.
I recently read that Chinese tea contains high amounts of lead due to the unchecked air pollution and smog in a country that burns coal like crazy. If you're a healthy adult you're getting too much lead after drinking 3 cups daily, but if you're pregnant or have health issues you should avoid it completely. The tea being organic has no effect on the amount of lead absorbed by the tea plant.
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/many-teas-contain-enough-lead-to-be-dangerous-for-pregnant-and-nursing-women-new-canadian-study
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January 2nd, 2016 at 01:31 pm
January 2nd, 2016 at 05:27 pm 1451755656
Did you know that there are iBotta rebates for Tetley tea? I'd never heard of the brand til it kept popping up on the rebate list.
January 2nd, 2016 at 06:30 pm 1451759425
Of course I read this while drinking my second cup of Chinese green tea for the day. ;^)
January 2nd, 2016 at 06:35 pm 1451759755
1. All the teas tested contained detectable levels of aluminum and lead. Unacceptably high levels of lead were found in 73% of teas brewed for 3 minutes and 83% of samples brewed for 15 minutes.
2. Steeping the tea longer greatly increased the amount of aluminums, thus leading to the recommendation not to let tea steep for more than 3 minutes.
3. Organic teas contained no less aluminum. In fact, the organic teas has substantially higher levels of lead contamination if left steeping for more than 15 minutes, compared to the regular teas.
4. All brewed tea and tea leaves had detectable lead levels with Chinese oolong teas having the highest levels.
5. The study found that the vessel the tea is steeped in contributes to lead levels, if, for instance, the tea is steeped in fine china cups. The study recommended using cups with a no lead glaze or glassware.
6. 83% of teas tested had lead levels above the acceptable limit when consuming 4 cups of tea daily.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3821942/
January 2nd, 2016 at 06:38 pm 1451759937
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm233531.htm
January 2nd, 2016 at 07:07 pm 1451761625
The best tea to drink if you want to minimize both lead and aluminum contamination would be white tea from India.
January 2nd, 2016 at 10:48 pm 1451774899
I enjoy tea as well. Not sure if you like flavored teas, but Bigelow has some that are made from tea grown in the U.S.at the Charleston Tea Plantation.
January 3rd, 2016 at 12:13 am 1451779991