We all love sipping tea. It is the brew that adds real oomph in our lives. But, you might not know about these wonderful benefits of tea.

Tea makes us calm and helps to concentrate: Tea can make us relaxed and concentrate on our tasks better. Researchers found that drinking 1-4 cups of tea throughout the day improves alertness, focus, and mental performance. These benefits are attributed to two chemicals – Caffeine and L-theanine.

Tea aids in digestion: For thousands of years tea has been used in China as an after-meal digestive aid. Green tea and Chai tea are immensely helpful in digestion. A study published in the “Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry” in 2005 found that Catechins from Green Tea increases the activity of Pepsin, the digestive enzyme that breaks down proteins in the stomach.’’