That comforting hot cup of tea—or refreshing glass of iced tea on a hot summer day—could help reduce the amount of toxic metals in drinking water, according to a new paper published in the journal ACS ...

Learn more about the adsorption benefits of brewing tea, which removes lead from the water we drink.

Since steeping time won the top spot in determining how much of the metal was removed from the water, regardless of what type of tea you’re brewing, allow it to steep longer. If you don’t like your ...

Brewing tea overnight, a common method for brewing iced tea, provides better water purification than ... of tea to determine ...

The various varieties tested included "true" teas such as black, green ... get a lot of remediation. But brewing tea for longer periods or even overnight—like iced tea—will recover most ...

Tested varieties included black, green, oolong, white ... and they are not going to get a lot of remediation. But brewing tea ...

Steeping for longer periods, such as overnight for iced tea, increases this effect. Although not a replacement for proper water filtration, tea brewing could complement public health strategies ...

To understand how brewing tea could affect the heavy metal composition of water, the researchers tested several different kinds of teas – black tea, white tea, green tea, oolong, chamomile ...

The various varieties tested included “true” teas such as black, green ... a lot of remediation. But brewing tea for longer periods or even overnight –- like iced tea –- will recover ...

These included “true” teas such as black, green, oolong and white ... a lot of remediation. But brewing tea for longer periods or even overnight — like iced tea — will recover most ...