It's not just for drinking! Unexpected ways to use tea revealed

Introduction

In recent years, there has been talk of a trend of young people moving away from tea, but there are many people of all ages who feel thirsty and stop by a convenience store to buy bottled tea.

While the traditional style of brewing tea in a teapot is declining, in modern times the ways of enjoying tea have diversified, making it easier to enjoy in a variety of situations.

Yamamotoyama has become famous mostly for its seaweed, and tea rarely sees the light of day, but it was actually originally a tea company...!

With a desire to pass on the culture of Japanese tea to future generations, I would like to introduce you to the new charms of tea again today. This time, I would like to introduce the diversifying uses of tea, so I hope you will rediscover the charms of Japanese tea.

In recent years, tea has been attracting attention as a material that can be used for a variety of purposes, not just as a drink, but also as food, confectionery, medical products, cosmetics, deodorants, and daily necessities.

Examples of products using green tea

• Clothing: sheets, towels, shirts, socks, handkerchiefs, curtains, bags, bedding
• Medical supplies: Deodorizing sheets, deodorizing covers, paper diapers,
• Cosmetics, soap, etc.: Cosmetics, lotion, serum, shampoo, conditioner, detergent, toilet paper, deodorant spray, shoe insoles
• Furniture and home appliances: paint, interior wax, tatami mats, filters (air purifiers)
• Pet related: pet food, pet sheets
• Livestock: Feed (pigs, poultry, cattle, fish)
• Others: Pesticides, cooking oils, beauty oils, etc.

Food Applications

One of the newer uses for tea is as food.

Tea tsukudani, green tea soba noodles, and sweets made with matcha have been around for a long time, but recently the focus has shifted to its functional ingredients, and it is now being used in a wider range of foods.

In particular, tea extracts have been added to gum and candy, and the deodorizing and caries-preventing properties of the catechins contained in green tea have become widely known.

Green tea extract brings out the vividness of fish

One unexpected use is as an additive to keep fish fresh.

It is often sold under the product name "green tea dried fish," and when fish is soaked in tea extract, the oxidation of the fat is prevented, so the color does not discolor, and it maintains its bright, delicious color for a long time.

Beauty ingredients contained in green tea

I would like to explain this in more detail on another occasion, but green tea is rich in catechins, which have antioxidant properties, and is said to be effective in creating beautiful skin, preventing blemishes and wrinkles, and for anti-aging.

As I'm sure all women are aware, there are many lotions and beauty products on the market that contain tea ingredients, taking advantage of their antioxidant properties.

Tea with deodorizing and antibacterial properties

Taking advantage of the deodorizing and antibacterial properties of tea, it is used in a variety of everyday items such as deodorants, shampoo, and toilet paper, as well as clothing such as shirts and socks, and medical supplies such as sheets and masks.

When clothing is made from thread or fabric dyed with tea, it has deodorizing and antibacterial properties.

The health benefits and new possibilities of green tea

Green tea contains a variety of beneficial ingredients, including catechins, and has long been popular as a healthy drink.

In recent years, due to its antioxidant and immunomodulatory properties, it has been anticipated that it may be useful in the prevention and treatment of cancer, allergies, influenza, and other diseases, and development of therapeutic drugs for a variety of diseases is underway.

It is hoped that new medicines using green tea components will be developed in the future.

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What did you think? This time, we introduced you to uses for green tea other than drinking it.

Even so, green tea is known to have such antioxidant properties that it is used as an antioxidant for dried fish...I feel that it would be much more economical to drink green tea every day rather than using high-end basic cosmetics.

I'm at an age where I start to worry about my skin aging... Recently, I've been finding it a hassle to wash the teapot (or rather, the tea strainer), but I'm going to try to continue my daily green tea habit without skipping out.