Overnight tea generally refers to the time that has been steeped for more than 12 hours, or that has been brewed overnight.
In life, we often encounter just made a good tea and delayed because of various things, a night on the pendulum, lose it and feel a pity, continue to drink and be careful whether it will be bad for the body.
So, can you still drink overnight tea?
If the tea is stored in the air for a long time after overnight contact with water, the vitamins and other substances in the tea will be lost in large quantities, the polyphenols will be oxidized in large quantities, and the surface of the tea leaves and the tea soup will begin to turn yellow and red; Bacteria and molds will also begin to grow in large quantities under the nourishment of proteins, sugars and other substances. Although tea has an oxidizing effect, it consumes its own substances to achieve an antioxidant effect.
Therefore, overnight tea, it is not recommended to drink it again, you can boil it and soak your feet or use it as fertilizer to plant flowers and plants.
In the actual process of drinking tea, there will be a large amount of water on the surface of the tea after brewing, and the substances contained in the tea will start a series of reactions when it comes into contact with the air, and the main reaction is oxidation - the consumption of substances. Therefore, it is recommended to drink the brewed tea in time and should not be stored for a long time.