Do tea bags or loose tea leaves need to be stored in the fridge?
No. Tea should not be placed in a refrigerator because the change in temperature when the product is used could contribute to “sweating,” which could lead to mold formation and deterioration of quality. Similarly, tea should be allowed to breathe, so excess moisture may safely evaporate. Do green tea supplements provide the same health benefits as tea? We still don’t have a definitive answer on this one. While the label says you’re getting 10 times (or more) the polyphenols in a cup of tea, the FDA has very loose policies regarding supplement labels. And even if packaging rules were more stringent, we don’t yet know exactly what happens when you extract something from the tea leaf — so, until further research is available, the true effectiveness of supplements remains a mystery. “No one knows if green tea supplements have the same health benefits as drinking tea itself,” says Simrany. “Most scientists recommend consuming whole foods over supplements because of the possibility that oth
