
Major antioxidant compounds that determine tea health properties and taste fell up to 50 percent during an extreme monsoon, a study concludes. The findings are based on samples taken from tea gardens in southwest China. The researchers collected samples from two extreme weather events — an extreme drought and an extreme monsoon — and performed a chemical analysis of the samples.
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