While tea is rich in healthy compunds it also seems to bring with it a dramatic new risk: cancer.  Compared with drinking warm or lukewarm tea (65C or less), drinking hot tea (65-69C) was associated with twice the risk of oesophageal cancer, and drinking very hot tea (70C or more) was associated with an eight-fold [...]

The evidence is mounting that tea — in particular green tea — is a very healthy way of enjoying a hot beverage with a shot of caffeine. I take mine from the coffee shop with milk, more to cool it off than to mellow out green tea’s already very subtle flavour. But at home, I [...]