Describes the process of making tea, the history of tea, the health benefits in a cup of tea, different types of tea and different ways of drinking tea in different cultures. It is an informal presentation I gave to my local rotary club
Describes the process of making tea, the history of tea, the health benefits in a cup of tea, different types of tea and different ways of drinking tea in different cultures. It is an informal presentation I gave to my local rotary club
Tea contains caffeine, which improves taste and fragrance, improves focus, and takes some time to enter the bloodstream. Contrarily, a cup of coffee contains 125–185 mg of caffeine. It has been noted that those who drink coffee feel better right away. Both coffee and tea have a long history, as well as a rich and varied body of folklore surrounding their precise origins. In the present day, coffee and tea are still quite popular, with the majority of individuals regularly consuming one of the two beverages.
Coffee drinking has been linked to both positive and negative health effects. In general, moderate use, or three to four cups per day, is associated with a lower risk of Parkinson’s disease, liver cancer, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. A longer lifespan has also been related in research to moderate coffee drinking.
Heartburn, anxiety, jitteriness, and sleep difficulties can all result from drinking too much coffee. A causal relationship between coffee and cancer was hypothesized by studies done in the 20th century. The World Health Organization (WHO), however, withdrew coffee from its list of potential carcinogens in 2016 since several studies have refuted any causal link between coffee drinking and cancer.
Tea has reportedly been consumed in China from 2700 BCE. Tea was first used daily beginning in the third century CE and was originally prepared by boiling fresh leaves in water for medicinal purposes. This was the beginning of tea production and cultivation. In 350 CE, the earliest description of plantation, processing, and drinking practices was recorded. Around 800, the first seeds arrived in Japan, and by the 13th century, cultivation had spread all throughout the nation. In 1810, Chinese immigrants from Amoy introduced tea growing to the island of Formosa (Taiwan). The Dutch introduced laborer's, equipment, and seeds from China in 1833 after bringing Japanese seeds and Japanese employees to Java in 1826.
In the highlands along the border between Burma and the Indian state of Assam in 1824, tea trees were found. The British introduced the tea culture to India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka), respectively, in 1836 and 1867. They initially utilized Chinese seeds, but later on they switched to Assamese seeds. The first shipment of Chinese tea to reach Europe was sent by the Dutch East India Company in 1610. In 1669, China tea was shipped by the English East India Company from Javan ports to the London market. Later, teas produced on British plantations in Ceylon and India made their way to Mincing Lane, the hub of the London tea trade. By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tea was produced in Russian Georgia, Sumatra, Iran, non-Asian countries including Queensland in Australia, Natal, Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, Congo, Tanzania, and Mozambique in Africa, Argentina, Brazil, and Peru in South America.
Classification of teas
Teas are divided into categories based on their country of origin, such as Chinese, Ceylon, Japanese, Indonesian, and African teas, or by smaller districts, such as Kemon from Chi-men in China's Anyway Province and Enshu from Japan.
The size of the processed leaf is another way that teas are categorized. Larger leafy grades and smaller broken grades are the results of conventional processes. Flowery pekoe (FP), orange pekoe (OP), pekoe (P), pekoe slouching (PS), and slouching (S) are the leafy grades. Broken orange pekoe (BOP), broken pekoe (BP), BOP fanning, fanning, and dust are the broken grades. While leafy grades are mostly derived from the harder and older leaves, broken grades can contain significant contributions from the more delicate shoots. In current commercial grading, broken grades account for 95 to 100% of production, although leafy grades made up a significant portion of output in the past. This change is a result of growing consumer demand for teas with lower particle size that brew quickly and strongly.
2. The origin of tea.
I appeared for the first time in the 2700 BC. When a
Chinese emperor boiled water and cast into tea. Later in 59
BC it was when it expanded in China.
In 600 BC tea expanded in Japan and Korea. 950 years
later Portuguese travelled to China and they took it to
Portugal and then it spread all over Europe. In 1660 tea
make in Britain and now it is a very popular drink in the
world.
3. How did it come to Britain?
Tea come to Britain in
1660 BC, because
the Portugese took it
there.
4. From the tea plant to the teapot.
1º Tea grows best in places with warm, humid weather.
2ºTea can grow into tall trees, but is generally kept as a small
bush so that the leaves con be harvested more easily.
3ºTea bushes are grown in rows with about 1.5 metres
between them.
4ºTea leaves are picked from the very top of the plant , every
two weeks or so.
5ºThe leaves are taken to a nearby factory, where they are
left to dry.
6ºOnce dry , the leaves are rolled so a to release the
moisture within.
7ºThe leaves are dried again.
5. How do you make it?
Utensils:
-Tea pot
-Mug/ Cup
-Kettle
-Tea spoon
-Tea
strainer
Ingredients:
-Water
-Tea bag
Optative:
-Milk
-Sugar
-Lemon
6. Types of tea.
DARJEELING
Tastes: light and delicate
Smells: like flowers
Fun fact: know as “the
champagne of teas”
ASSAM
Tastes: malty
Smells: earthy and sweet
Fun fact: is named after the area
of india where it comes from.
7. Colours of tea.
The tea can have many colours:
Black tea: Black tea contains more caffeine than the
other colors of tea.
Green tea: They also contain less caffeine than black
tea.
Oolong tea: The leaves are then steamed (to stop the
oxidation) and dried.
Red tea: Rooibos leaves are originally green, but they
take on a red color during processing. Red tea has no
caffeine.
8. How a cup of tea is made?
1ºBoil water in a kettle.
2º Warm the teapot in the cups using some
of water from kettle.
3º Add the tea in the teapot.
4º Add the boiled water to teapot, and leave
for around 3-5 minutes.
5º Pour the tea into the teacups.If you use
tea leaves, remenber to pour through a tea
strainer.
6º Add milk and sugar to taste. Some people
don’t like adding milk or sugar.
7º Some people also check lemon.
9. Tuna salad sandwiches.
Ingredients:
½ cans of tuna.
3 tablespoons
of mayonnaise.
4 slices of
bread.
Some butter.
Preparation:
-Use a fork in a mixing bowl to
mash the tuan and
mayonnaise together.
-Butter each slice of break on
one side.
-Spread the tuna salad on the
buttered side of two slices of
break using a knife.
-Cover with the two remaining
slices os break.
-Use a knife to cut the
sandwiches into four triangles
and arrange on the plate.
