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Tea consumed regularly by many people. Tea contains caffeine which can have certain effects. If you avoid caffeine, you can switch to these 5 decaffeinated tea alternatives.
Apart from coffee, many people prefer to consume tea regularly. Usually tea is drunk in the morning or as a snack in the afternoon. Some people choose tea because of its health benefits. There are also those who want to avoid caffeine and switch to tea because it is considered better for their stomach.
But actually, tea also contains caffeine. There are even several types of tea that have almost the same caffeine as coffee.
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If you want to avoid caffeine in coffee by switching to tea, you should choose a type of tea that has low caffeine. For a healthier choice, you can choose caffeine-free tea, which is usually herbal tea. Herbal tea is a type of tea whose concoction does not come from tea leaves, but from several types of herbal plants, fruit and flowers.
Summarizing the Times of India (18/01), here are 5 types of caffeine-free tea which can be a healthier choice.
1. Chamomile Tea
 Chamomile tea is known as a caffeine-free tea which has calming benefits. Photo: iStock |
Chamomile tea is a tea made from the flower extract of the matricaria recutita plant. This tea is a drink without caffeine whose benefits have been known for thousands of years.
One of the most well-known benefits of chamomile tea is its calming effect. Therefore, this tea is often consumed before bed because it can improve sleep quality.
Chamomile tea is made by brewing chamomile flowers with hot water. Its benefits are also known to be able to relieve anxiety and become a medicine for stomach acid.
If stomach acid is rising, consuming 2 to 3 cups of chamomile tea can help or prevent recurrence of stress-related acid reflux.
2. Rosehip Tea
Without using tea leaves, you can enjoy delicious tea with a multitude of benefits from herbal tea, one of which is rosehip tea.
Rosehip itself is a fruit produced from rose flowers. After the rose flowers with stamens that fertilize the pistil, fertilization will occur. Successful fertilization is marked by the growth of fruit which slowly turns red.
The results of this fertilization are called rose hips and are usually dried before being used to boil herbal tea or processed into other foods.
If you brew tea from rosehips, it will produce a beautiful pink color in the tea. Not only does it provide an aesthetic color, but rosehip tea is also rich in vitamin C and is ideal for those who suffer from coughs and colds.
Rosehip tea also has antioxidant properties which protect cells in the body from free radicals and prevent the risk of diseases such as diabetes and cancer.
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