ALL ABOUT TEA BY A R C H I E C A N N O N
ContentsPage 1. WheredoesGreen tea come from? 2. Howtea got to your cup? 3. Howtea getsto your cup part 2 4. Japanesetea ceremony 5.Tea games! 6. Glossary 7. Bibliography
Wheredoes Green tea comefrom? •
Green tea comesfrom China. • Recently Green tea hasspread to where black tea is drank traditionally. • Many veritiesof green tea have been made in the placeswhere they are planted. • Green tea hasbeen made throughout the agesin India, Japan, China and Thailand. • Some traditional usesof green tea are regulating body temperature and blood sugar. • Some other traditional usesof Green tea are helping with digestion and improving mental processing.
Facts about tea Wild tea bushesgrew in southern China a long timeago. In theStoneAge, they would steep thetea leavesin boiling water In about 2000 BC maybebeforepeoplestarted to farm wheat in southern China they farmed tea bushes.
In China until the1600’sthey weretheonly country in the world to drink tea. Did you know that that theEnglish word “tea” comesfrom thefabulousChineseword”te”. Tea busheswill not begood in thecold and wet climate becausethey haveto behot and dry.
How Tea Gets To Your cup
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WhiteTea 1) First all of thepeoplehave to wither all theleaves. 2) Secondly they haveto dry all of theleafs. 3) Now you havewhitetea. Green tea 1) Again they haveto wither all of the leafs. QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. 2) Now they do thepan frying, steaming or frying. 3) Thirdly they dry (maybeadd somejasmine) or roll and shape. 4) Now you haveGreen tea Oolong 1) Also Withering theleaves QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) are needed to see thisdecompressor picture.
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3) Pan frying 4) Drying 5) Now you madeOolong tea Black tea 1) Withering again. 2) Rolling into strips or cutting. 3) Full fermentation. 4) Firing (drying) 5) Now you madeBlack Tea
Howtea gets to your cup part 2 • Add boiling water to the tea leaves and if you want you and add some milk and sugar.
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TheJapanesetea ceremony What istheJapanese tea ceremony TheJapanese tea ceremony isa way of making special green tea. How to make the special Thepeoplein Japan haveto grid up the tea leavesto make a powdered tea called matcha tea.In Japanese it isspelled まっちゃ . Put small amount of matcha in a special tea bowl and also put someboiling water in and whisk it. How to drink Japanese tea If you want to drink tea at the tea ceremony you haveto learn for several years. They have to also learn about kimono,flowersand many other things.
Tea games
Glossary Regulating- meanscontrolling.
Wither- meansto dry thingsa little bit.
Fermentation- meansthe tea leaf getsleft in a hot place and turnsbrown.
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