A new study in the UK suggests that tea improves memory by inhibiting the action of certain enzymes that are associated with dementia and may interfere with memory even under normal conditions.

This study included both black and green teas — most studies include only green. As a confirmed black tea drinker, I’m happy to see black tea get some credit. I’ve long suspected that the health benefits attributed to green tea can probably be attriubted to black tea as well — it’s the same plant after all — but since black tea is studied less often, that’s just supposition. Black tea is more processed than green tea, so I would also expect that green tea is probably healthier, but that does not mean that black tea has no health benefits at all.

Now I can sip my estate Assam in peace, knowing that it not only keeps me awake, but it’s good for me! Uh, I forget, what was I doing just now?