Every type of Tea has different benefits. When Drinking Tea, one must understand its properties and choose according to their own condition, which will promote health. At the same time, some teas should not be consumed together, which requires special attention from consumers.
Green Tea and wolfberry can both be brewed with boiling water for a healthy drink. Many people, for convenience, like to brew green tea and wolfberry together in the same teaware, but wolfberry and green tea should not be brewed together. Because they can absorb each other's properties, when combined, they lose their medicinal efficacy and have little benefit to the body when consumed.
The large amount of tannic acid in green tea has Astringent and adsorptive properties, which can adsorb trace elements in wolfberry, forming substances that are difficult for the human body to absorb. In popular restaurant blends of eight-treasure tea, there is both green tea and wolfberry, although the amount of green tea is relatively small, it still should not be consumed excessively.
Wolfberry is sweet in taste and neutral in nature. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, it is used to treat yin deficiency of the liver and kidneys, weakness in the lower back and knees, dizziness, blurred vision, excessive tearing, fatigue, cough, thirst, and seminal emission. Wolfberry is a plant with strong vitality and energy, making it very suitable for eliminating fatigue. Due to its strong warming effect on the body, people with high blood pressure, an overly irritable temperament, or those who consume large amounts of meat resulting in flushed faces should avoid eating it. On the contrary, those with weak constitutions, frequent colds, and poor resistance should eat it daily.
Green tea (such as West Lake Longjing, Biluochun) belongs to the category of unfermented bud teas, with higher leaf tenderness, so the brewing temperature should not be too high, ideally between 70-90 degrees Celsius. The amount of tea leaves should be about 1/5 to 1/8 of the container's volume. The first infusion, called “opening the fragrance,” is used to wash the tea and warm the cup and should not be drunk. The second infusion should be steeped for 30 seconds, the third for 40 seconds, and so on. It can generally be continuously infused 3-5 times. When drinking, the tea has a clear and pleasant aroma and possesses functions such as heat-clearing and fire-reducing, spirit-refreshing, eyesight-improving, and protection against computer radiation.
Given the nature of green tea and wolfberry, they are also unsuitable to be brewed together. Green tea has a slightly cool nature and can clear heat and reduce fire and refresh the mind and improve vision, while wolfberry has a strong warming effect on the body.