Eli5 is antioxidants in hot tea better absorbed or cold tea ? Or does it not matter ?

Question

I wonder if it even matters ?

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Answer 1

Temperature at consumption doesn’t matter because by the time you’re actually absorbing any antioxidants (which absolutely exist and go through digestion), they are about 98.6 degrees F.

Hot versus cold brewing may be a factor. Heat and light degrade some (all?) antioxidants, so if you cold brew the tea you’d probably get more out of it. But in reality you get most of what you need from your general diet rather than a cup or two of tea–tea’s more of a nice, soothing bonus.