Drink the Right Teas for Optimal Focus and Mental Energy

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Tea is one of the most popular beverages throughout the world. It comes in thousands of flavors and combinations and the various ingredients have health-promoting benefits. One of the primary uses of tea is to boost mental energy and focus so that people are able to be more productive. The key is finding the right herbs to make your tea so that you get the most brain-boosting benefits. A cup of the right tea when you find your mind wandering can help you to get back on track.  

Ginseng Tea

You often hear about the herb ginseng for increasing physical energy and libido, but it can also give your focus a healthy boost. Research on lab rats shows that when the rats consume ginseng, they are better able to navigate mazes. Scientists attribute this to the rats having greater focus and mental energy to think about where they are going and where they have been in the maze.  

Periwinkle Tea

Periwinkle is a plant that contains a number of compounds that pharmaceutical scientists have used to create prescription medications for both Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. The primary compound that improves mental function is referred to as vincamine. It promotes better blood oxygenation and blood flow to the brain. This prevents mental sluggishness, a major contributor to issues with focus. In addition to ensuring the brain has adequate blood, this herb also promotes better memory retention.

Green Tea

Green tea is popular for its antioxidant content and its ability to promote energy.This tea is beneficial for a number of health aspects, with one of the most popular being mental acuity. This is thanks to the antioxidants that this tea contains because antioxidants work to fight against the oxidizing and damaging effects that free radicals can cause. When this oxidizing and damage are limited by antioxidants, negative cognitive effects cannot occur. Drinking a cup in the morning and get your focus ready for the rest of your day.

Ginkgo Biloba Tea

Ginkgo biloba is probably the most popular herb when it comes to memory and other cognitive function. Research shows that this herb has the ability to protect nerve cells, as well as aid in slowing the progression of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. This herb contains terpenoids and flavonoids, two compounds that that work to boost mental energy and focus. While you can take this in the form of supplement, research shows that this herb is more powerful when people consume it in tea form. The tea aids with focus and boosting memory retention.

Gotu Kola Tea

This herb is popular in Chinese medicine for promoting energy, improving focus and helping with memory retention. It aids with these processes because it helps to improve blood circulation throughout the body. In addition to focus, it also works to increase clarity, concentration and attention span, all of which play into your ability to focus.

Rosemary Tea

Rosemary is a popular herb for cooking savory recipes, but it also has a number of health benefits. It has the ability to improve focus due to being able to reduce stress. Research shows that this herb is capable of reducing high levels of cortisol hormone. When levels of this hormone are high, one of the primary effects is a reduction in your ability to concentrate, so keeping levels in check, boosts your concentration and focus abilities.

Rhodiola Rosea Tea

This is an herb that you do not hear a lot about, but there is a wealth of research that discusses this herb’s ability to improve mental focus. In Eastern medicine, this herb is commonly used to improve focus and enhance memory. Some research shows that drinking a cup of this tea every day can also help to alleviate depression symptoms which include a decline in focus and other cognitive functions.

Make sure to steep your tea for at least 15 to 20 minutes to get a more powerful flavor. This allows the nutrients and compounds in the herbs to infuse into the hot water for a more potent tea. You can add something like honey or lemon to add more flavor without it harming the benefits of the herbs that you use. Since you are using fresh herbs, you should talk to your doctor before using herbal teas. This will ensure that you pick the best ones and that none of the herbs you choose negatively affect any of your medications or medical conditions.

The 'Best' Tea for Energy and Focus

This article must conclude through providing you with the best tea to suit your interests in energy and focus, so no article would be complete without addressing the relevance of 'Premium Tea' from China.

Puh-er Tea (Aged 10 years +)

Ancient China is the tea capital of the world, and this continues to persist through present day markets.  The tea that you purchase from typical supermarkets (Yes - Even Whole Foods), are simply the lowest quality tea made available for mass manufacture.  Consider, a standard Box of Tea is $5 - $12 for the best quality tea that you could purchase in your standard supermarket.  These tea selections contain caffeine, but what you are looking for is the best synergistic relationship between caffeine and amino acids found within aged plant matter.

Therefore, the best Premium Quality tea costs $80 - $100 for a 'small' cake, and they appear to be similar to the below.

The highest quality Premium Tea from China is typically only available while you are actually in China, but we have relationships with suppliers if you are interested (See below).  The reason for this is that mass market production means that these tea cakes are not produced in sufficient quantity to be served on every supermarket shelf in the world.  This tea, which could have been aged 10 - 80 years+, is very rare, so most supermarkets to not stock these items.

The method for preparing these Chinese tea cakes is as follows:  Simply grab a knife, cut a small chunk of the compressed and aged tea cake, and steep in hot water with a metal tea strainer.  The first steeping should be discarded, and the second third, and fourth are intended for consumption.  Note:  These do not come in traditional tea bags, which are utilized in the West by inexpensive tea manufacturers.

Premium quality Chinese Tea arrives in the original packet in which is was aged for 10, 20, 30, 40, or even 80+ years.

These Puh-er teas are also correlated with fat reduction, cholesterol reduction, and blood serum triyglycerides.  Source:  (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4319740/)

Where to Find this Premium Aged Tea?

These premium quality aged teas are typically very challenging to locate, because they are deep within the mountains of China, where English is not well spoken.  Therefore, locating the correct tea farms is best left to the experts.

If you are interested in accessing these exclusive teas, please complete the Contact Form below, and we will plan to follow-up within 72-hours.

This tea is challenging to locate, but we have established relationships with suppliers deep within the mysterious mountain regions of China.  These teas are available upon request only.