TEA TIME

DRINKINGTEAISANANCIENT PRACTICEDATINGBACKTO2373BC.

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TYPES OF TEA

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WHILETHEREARELITERALLY THOUSANDSOFTEASINTHE WORLD,ASASUBJECTOF CLASSIFICATIONTEACANBE BROKENDOWNINTOSIXMAIN TYPES:BLACK,GREEN,OOLONG, WHITE,PU-ERHANDYELLOW.

BLACK: HEARTY AMBER COLORUSED IN ENGLISH BREAKFAST, IRISH BREAKFAST

GREEN: PALE GREEN TO GOLDEN COLOR- LEAVES NOT OXIDIZED TO RETAIN GREAN COLORING

OOLONG: PRODUCED IN TIAWAN AND CHINA - IT’S FLAVOR CHANGES ON WHERE THE LEAVES ARE GROWN AND HOW ITS MADE.

WHITE: MOST SIMILAR TO GREEN TEA IT HAS A MORE CREAMY, SOFT AND SWEET TASTE

PU-ERH: WITH AN EARTHLY FLAVOR, PUR-ERH TEA HAS BEEN FURMENTED UNDERGROUND FOR SEVERAL YEARS. TRADITIONALLY, THE TEA IS VERY EXPENSIVE

YELLOW: BETWEEN WHITE AND GREEN TEA, YELLOW TEA IS THE RAREST

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TRADITIONOFTEA

WHILE TEA ORGINIATED IN CHINA, IT HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE WORLD BECOMING INCREASINGLY POPULAR. IT IS SOMTHING THAT EVERY NATION, ETHNICY, PEOPLE, AND TIME PERIOD HAVE BEEN PARTAKING IN. TEA REALLY DEFINES HUMANS AS A WHOLE.

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TEAS AROUND THE WORLD

TEA AS A BEVERAGE /

There are many tea additives Most love sweetening the beverage with sugar in the forms of white sugar, honey, cream and milk. Although some like to make tea more sour, in which they add lemons

WHILE TEA IS GENERALLY THOUGHT OF ANY LEAF/PLANT BEING STEAMED IN HOT WATER, ANY “TEAS” MADE FROM FLOWERS OR PLANTS OTHER THAN THE CAMELLIA SINENSIS

PLANT ARE CONSIDERED HERBAL TEA. HERBAL TEA IS MADE OUT OF ARE MADE USING A COMBINATION OF SPICES, FLOWERS, BARK AND LEAVES BELONGING TO EDIBLE, NON-TEA PLANTS.

Types of herbal tea the help rejuvenate health:

CHAMOMILE: REDUCES ANXIETYCONGESTION RELIEF - FIGHTS CANCER

LINDEN LEAF: RELEIVES STRESSREDUCES INFLAMMATIONS - SOOTHES SORE THROATS

HOLY BASIL: RELIEVES PAIN FROM HEADACHES - BOOSTS IMMUNE SYSTEM

PEPPERMINT: IMPROVES DIGESTIONREDUCES FEVERS

FENNEL: IMPROVES BRAIN FUNCTIONLOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE

GINGER: RELIEF FROM NAUSEAFIGHTS INFECTIONS - REDUCES

INFLAMMATION

GINKGO BILOBA: IMPROVES VISIONSBALANCES HORMONES - REDUCES HEART DISEASE

INGREDIENTS THAT MOST HERBAL TEAS HAVE

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