During the Coc Vu season, drinking this water immediately helps ward off evil spirits, clear heat, and brighten eyes.

GĐXH – From now until May 5th is the time of Coc Vu - showers, gradually transitioning to summer, the weather is humid, easy to get sick because the body has not yet adapted. Drinking tea properly during Coc Vu not only cools the body, brightens the eyes, but also helps ward off evil spirits.

Why should we drink tea during Coc Vu festival?

Coc Vu is the 6th solar term of the 24 solar terms of the year, signaling the start of the rainy season and more humid weather. This is the time when it is easy to develop 'low heat' - manifested by fatigue, skin rashes, insomnia, and illness due to changes in temperature and humidity.

According to feng shui expert Nguyen Song Ha, during Coc Vu season, you should drink refreshing, diuretic teas such as green tea, artichoke tea, chrysanthemum tea, lotus leaf tea, etc. to help regulate blood circulation and support the elimination of toxins.

During the Guwu period, tea is also the best to harvest. The Chinese have a saying: "Qingming looks at the buds, Guwu looks at the tea." That is, the tea plant in the early spring of the Qingming period has just sprouted new buds. Tea leaves picked during this period are still small and have low yield. During the Guwu period, the new buds have grown into fresh green leaves, making it convenient to pick and process. This type of tea is called "Wuqian Tea".

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Drinking tea properly during the Guwu Festival not only cools the body and brightens the eyes, but also helps ward off evil spirits. If consumed in moderation, tea will stimulate alertness, improve learning efficiency and work productivity. Some studies have shown that tea contains antioxidants - a group of powerful support agents that work to prevent aging and protect the cardiovascular system.

According to Dr. Duong Ngoc Van (Medlatec General Hospital), drinking tea regularly will help the body control weight and reduce the accumulation of excess fat. Nowadays, in many weight loss tea products, manufacturers add green tea or other types of tea.

However, although tea is good, you should not use tea instead of water. Instead, you should drink an average of 2-3 cups of tea a day, with a dose not exceeding 710ml. When you are hungry, you should not drink too much tea because it can easily make your body nauseous, irritable, and dizzy.

Notes when making delicious tea

Tea is not only a traditional drink, but when brewed properly, it also retains all its valuable nutrients. Here are some important principles when brewing tea:

+ The water source determines and affects 70% of the tea flavor, so to ensure the best flavor of the tea, you should only use boiled purified water. Avoid using impure, untreated, or alum-contaminated, salty, or chlorine-contaminated water when making tea.

+ Not all types of tea must be brewed with boiling water at 100 degrees Celsius because it can destroy the flavor and antioxidants in green tea. Using hot water temperature from 80 - 90°C is the appropriate temperature for tea to have a delicate flavor and not be bitter.

+ Rinse the teapot and tea before brewing to clean and awaken the tea aroma. Steep the tea for 1-3 minutes depending on the type, avoid steeping for too long as it will cause bitterness and reduce the medicinal properties. Use a glass, ceramic or earthenware teapot to preserve the original flavor of the tea.

For herbal teas such as chrysanthemum tea, lotus leaf tea, ginger tea... you can boil directly with boiling water for 5-7 minutes to extract maximum active ingredients.

The steeping time is measured in seconds and will depend on the type of tea being brewed. Oolong tea and black tea need to be steeped for a long time, while green tea will steep faster.

Foods to avoid when drinking tea

Although tea is good for your health, when combined with the wrong foods, it can have the opposite effect. Here are foods that should not be combined with tea:

+ Iron and calcium: Tea reduces the absorption of these two minerals, so you should not drink tea immediately after eating red meat, seafood or drinking milk.

+ Eggs: Tea contains tannins that can react with the protein in eggs, causing indigestion.

+ Sweets and candies with a lot of sugar: combined with tea increases blood sugar index and affects antioxidant capacity.

+ Medicine: Tea can reduce the effectiveness of some western medicines, so drink it at least 1 hour apart from medicine.

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