Tea is an ancient beverage, but a new twist aims to bring it to your workout routine.
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Athlete Maria Uspenski knew she was onto something when she spied Kenyan runners sipping from steaming flasks in Boulder, Colorado’s famous training grounds. She got the gumption to ask what was inside. The endurance athletes confirmed it was tea: always black and always hot, just like they drank it at home.
That made sense.
“A cold beverage is not a good way to cool down after a workout, because your body expends energy trying to do the opposite – heat up,” said Uspenski, a cyclist and the founder of premium whole-leaf online tea business The Tea Spot.