Bet you didn’t know this about the tea you’re drinking?

• Approximately 40% of the nation’s fluid intake today will be tea
• Tea without milk has no calories. Using semi-skimmed milk adds around 13 calories per cup, but you also benefit from valuable minerals and calcium.
• Four cups of tea with milk provides 21% of daily calcium requirement.
• Tea is a source of the minerals manganese, essential for bone growth and body development, and potassium, vital for maintaining body fluid levels.
• The average cup of tea contains less than half the level of caffeine than coffee. One cup contains only 50mg per 190ml cup.
• Tea is a natural source of fluoride and drinking four cups makes a significant contribution to your daily intake. (Only 11% of UK water supply has fluoride added.)
• Green and black teas are from the same plant, Camelia sinensis, and contain similar amounts of antioxidants and caffeine.