Refreshing and Healthy: The Benefits of Bitter Buckwheat Tea for Summer

Summer has arrived once again, and various refreshing and thirst-quenching beverages are making their appearance. In the minds of most people, the first choice for cooling off and quenching thirst is green tea. Green tea, with its clear broth and green leaves, is the best for cooling off. However, for those with weak constitution or elderly individuals, it is not advisable to consume too much green tea. In this case, you can try another healthy beverage suitable for summer - bitter buckwheat tea.

Bitter buckwheat is a rare medicinal and food crop in nature, belonging to the family Polygonaceae. Bitter buckwheat thrives in cool and barren environments, and it mainly grows in high cold mountain areas, with its grains used as food. There are two types of bitter buckwheat - yellow and black. The black bitter buckwheat is known as black pearl and has extremely high nutritional value. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", bitter buckwheat has a bitter taste and a cool nature, which can nourish the digestive system, invigorate Qi, restore energy, improve eyesight and hearing, and cleanse the five viscera. It has the function of reducing Qi and promoting intestinal health.

Bitter buckwheat tea contains seven essential nutrients

Bitter buckwheat tea is a beverage made from processed bitter buckwheat seeds, which have been screened and roasted. Good bitter buckwheat tea should bring out the natural buckwheat aroma through the process itself, rather than using other additives and chemical agents to create the flavor.

Bitter buckwheat tea contains seven major nutrients: bioflavonoids, trace elements and minerals, starch, vitamins, cellulose, fats, and amino acids. The main component of bioflavonoids is rutin, which accounts for 70% to 90% of the total bioflavonoids. Rutin, also known as vitamin P, has the function of reducing capillary fragility and improving microcirculation. It is mainly used as an auxiliary treatment for diabetes and hypertension. Rutin is almost absent in other grains.

The main effects of bitter buckwheat tea are heat-clearing and fire-reducing, digestion-promoting, blood-cooling and swelling-reducing, and beauty-enhancing. The rutin in bitter buckwheat tea can soften blood vessels and has the effects of reducing blood lipids, blood sugar, and blood pressure, as well as promoting weight loss, detoxification, cleansing the body of waste, and activating insulin secretion. It is rich in protein, mineral elements, and 9 essential fatty acids and bioactive substances such as linoleic acid. It can invigorate the spleen and appetite, promote bowel movements and intestinal health, nourish the skin and maintain beauty, refresh the mind, prevent insomnia, fight aging, and provide antioxidant effects. It can balance the body's functions and has miraculous functions of nourishing and protecting the liver and relieving alcohol intoxication, making it a nemesis for constipation patients and modern "affluent diseases".

Bitter buckwheat tea contains various trace elements needed by the human body, such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, selenium, and amino acids. Long-term consumption can improve physical conditions, reduce the incidence of high blood sugar, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, effectively prevent and treat diabetes, and also has a certain anti-cancer effect. It is an ideal health food for middle-aged and elderly people.

Four ways to drink bitter buckwheat tea

In general, bitter buckwheat tea is suitable for the majority of people, but those with excessively cold constitution or weakness, as well as those with a history of black buckwheat allergy, should be cautious when consuming it. Bitter buckwheat tea can be eaten or drunk, and the following are several recommended methods of consumption.

1. Brew 10 grams of bitter buckwheat tea with hot water and add two slices of lemon. Cover and let it steep for 5 minutes before drinking. It is even better when boiled. Drink it on an empty stomach the next morning for the best weight loss effect.

2. It can be consumed directly, with a crispy and delicious taste, or steeped in hot water and drunk.

3. Add oats and milk to make milk tea. In summer, you can add lemon, jasmine, or chrysanthemum to bitter buckwheat tea and make it into a cold beverage, which has excellent cooling and detoxifying effects.

4. Add an appropriate amount of bitter buckwheat tea when making soy milk to remove the fishy smell and enhance the flavor.