Happy Holidays from Coffeevines

It is that time of year when we are to gather with friends and family and celebrate what matters most, being with those we love.

Take time this holiday season to spend some time with those that make your life better and return the favor. Whether you enjoy your time together over some aromatic K-Cup coffee, therapeutic K-Cup tea, or luxurious hot cocoa, make sure sure you make some good memories.  

Enjoy the season, my friends!

Coffeevines is a retailer for K-Cup coffee in Chicago.

The Advantages of Drinking Green Tea When You're Sick

Trying to keep your body healthy is incredibly important. This importance takes a few ticks up when you are sick; doing whatever you can to ease the situation becomes a priority. Depending on the type of illness that you have, there are different things to do to help the situation and get you feeling better sooner.

Green tea has been considered a great natural remedy for many centuries. Even research from today confirms that there are many healthy qualities of green tea; anti-inflammatory qualities, anti-infective compounds.

Anti-inflammatory qualities-- There are many illnesses that have inflammation as a side-effect. Things like fever, swelling, pain, etc are all connected to inflammation. Green tea is loaded with great polyphenols, compounds that help suppress inflammation. It doesn't allow the immune cells, neutrophils, do their thing (which cause inflammation). Green tea also has catechins, which suppress inflammatory compounds called interleukins. You can indeed get these awesome qualities with green tea K-Cups.

Anti-infective qualities-- If you are sick with some sort of pathogen, then consuming green tea can help with hastening your recovery. A medical study from 2011 found that green tea can help prevent the admittance of Hep C virus. Another study from 2013 said that it also prevents the buildup of cells from various bacteria and fungi.

Looking for healthy, delicious way to help your body feel better and get over sickness? Consider having some K-Cup green tea.

Don't have any in your home? Then purchase tea from Coffeevines and get it at your home or office in only a day or two! We have many tea options available.

A Brief History About Tea

The history about tea is one that is actually exciting and interesting for both those who enjoy tea and those who do not. It gives us great information about the world we live in.

Tea was first discovered in China and has made its way across the globe with great popularity, as it holds the position of second most consumed beverage in the world, behind water and before coffee. As we know, just about every country drinks it so some extent and it has tremendous health benefits.

The history
Legend has it that tea was discovered in China during the year of 2737 BC by the Chinese Emperor at the time. For a few hundred years, people consumed the beverage due to its medicinal abilities. When the Zhou Dynasty reigned, tea was considered to be almost sacred since it was used as a religious offering.

When the Han Dynasty came into power between the years of 202 BC to 220 AD, tea plants had become rather limited and could only be afforded by royalty and the rich, both for health and flavor.

Thanks to the Tang Dynasty, tea went from a drink for the rich to a common drink that everyone could afford and enjoy; the government at the time encouraged planting of tea plants and sharing the crop with everyone. Also, during this time, tea was shared with Japan via Japanese priests in China. The priests drank the tea to remain awake and meditated, thus, it was associated with Zen Buddhism. From this, Buddhists created the Japanese Tea Ceremony. The Japanese enjoyed tea so much that they also started planting tea plants.

During the 1600s, tea arrived in England and was due to imports of the East India Company when Charles II marrying Catherine of Braganza, a Portuguese princess. Tea became a drink of the royals. The aristocrats formed "afternoon tea" so they could enjoy time together for tea. Tea became rather expensive so smuggling began so the poorer residents could afford tea as well.

Years later, East India Company began importing tea to the Americas.

We are certainly glad tea came to North America because otherwise we wouldn't have K-Cup tea and other delicious forms of tea. Enjoy tea? Purchase green tea, black tea, especially some English breakfast tea? Then shop Coffeevines!