Whether served hot, cold, sweet, or bitter, tea is a ubiquitous drink worldwide that has held its own against the recent uprising of coffee culture as well. And now a comprehensive brain study has found that long-term tea drinkers may also enjoy added cognitive benefits from the drink.

The study, published in June in the journal Aging, describes the results of a study conducted between a group of non-tea drinkers and a group of tea drinkers. By looking at the global and regional structure and functionality of the participants’ brains, researchers determined a set of noticeable differences. These included a greater efficiency of functional and structural connectivities among regions for tea drinkers, as well as less asymmetry in the structural connections between hemispheres, which the authors write both reflect a younger cognitive age and possible slowing of cognitive decline.

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