Although the facts are debatable, tea, as a beverage, is older than coffee, wine and maybe even older than beer. Some may argue about the latter, since some types of beer may be as old as 10,000 years, while tea has only been around for about 5,000. Fair point but let's agree to disagree and just say that tea is old, whichever way you look at it.

Numerous studies lend credence to a popular idea that tea can help improve heart health. Heart attack and blood pressure are closely related with high blood pressure increasing the risk of heart attack, as well as contributing to other health problems.