[Mari]

Hi,

On work mornings, I drink breakfast tea with two tea bags. Sometimes when I am in a rush, I add lukewarm water to cool it down.
The warmth soothes me and maybe the caffeine wakes me up a bit.

M

Drinking Black Tea May Soothe Stress:
Old-Fashioned Black Tea May Help People Recover From Everyday Stress


http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/ne...-soothe-stress

"Our study suggests that drinking black tea may speed up our recovery from the daily stresses in life. Although it does not appear to reduce the actual levels of stress we experience, tea does seem to have a greater effect in bringing stress hormone levels back to normal," says researcher Andrew Steptoe, of the University College London, in a news release.

Steptoe says they don't know exactly which ingredients in black tea were responsible for these effects on stress recovery and relaxation. But tea is rich in many candidates, such as catechins, polyphenols, flavonoids, and amino acids, which are under investigation for a variety of healthy benefits.

Their results appear in the journal Psychopharmacology.