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Tea Culture Chinese people are believed to have enjoyed tea drinking for more than 4,000 years.
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Tea Categories Which one is your favorite?
Green tea has become the raw material for extracts used in various beverages, dietary supplements, and cosmetic items. Many varieties of green tea have been created in the countries where it is grown. These varieties can differ substantially due to variable growing conditions, horticulture, production processing, and harvesting time.
Herbal tea, is any beverage made from
Black tea is generally stronger in flavor than the less oxidized teas. Two principal varieties of the species are used – the smallleaved Chinese variety plant, used for most other types of teas, and the large-leaved Assamese plant, which was traditionally mainly used for black tea, although in recent years some green and white have been produced.
White tea comes from the buds and
the infusion or decoction of herbs, spices, or other plant material in hot water, and usually does not contain caffeine.These drinks are distinguished from true teas, which are prepared from the cured leaves of the tea plant. In many countries, ‘herbal tea’ cannot be used. These beverages are therefore labelled infusion or tisane.
leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. The leaves and buds are allowed to wither and dry in natural sun. The name “white tea” derives from the fine silvery-white hairs on the unopened buds of the tea plant, which gives the plant a whitish appearance.The beverage itself is not white or colourless but pale yellow, light to the taste, and is free shaped.
Rooibos, meaning “red bush”; scientific name Aspalathus lineari is a broom-like member of the legume family of plants growing in South Africa’s fynbos. This plant has very similar growth and flowers to the rooibos plant. The specific name linearis comes from the plant’s linear growing structure and needle-like leaves.
Japanese green tea is made from
the Yabukita cultivar of the camellia sinensis plant. Unlike Chinese green teas which are pan-fired, Japanese green teas are steamed giving them a more “vegetative” or “leafy” taste. There are large variations in both price and quality within these broad categories, and there are many green teas that fall outside this spectrum.
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olong is is a traditional Chinese tea.Most oolong teas, especially those of fine quality, involve unique tea plant cultivars that are exclusively used for particular varieties. The degree of oxidation can range from 8 to 85%,depending on the variety and production style. Oolong is especially popular with tea connoisseurs of south China and Chinese expatriates in Southeast Asia.
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Long Jing
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ike most other Chinese green tea, Longjing tea leaves are roasted early in processing to stop the natural oxidation process, which is a part of creating black and oolong teas. The actions of these enzymes is stopped by “firing” (heating in pans) or by steaming the leaves before they completely dry out.
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ooibos, meaning “red bush”; scientific name Aspalathus linearis is a broom-like member of the legume family of plants growing in South Africa’s fynbos. The generic name comes from the plant Calicotome villosa, aspalathos in Greek. This plant has very similar growth and flowers to the rooibos plant. The specific name linearis comes from the plant’s linear growing structure and needle-like leaves.
u-erh or Pu’er is a variety of aged dark tea produced in Yunnan province, China. Fermentation is a tea production style in which the tea leaves undergo microbial fermentation and oxidation after they are dried and rolled. This process is a Chinese specialty and produces tea known as Hei Cha, commonly translated as dark, or black tea, this type of tea is different from what in the West is known as “black tea”, which in China is called “red tea”.
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hamomile or camomile is the common name for several daisy-like plants of the family Asteraceae that are commonly used to make herb infusion to serve various medicinal purposes. Popular uses of chamomile preparations include treating hay fever, inflammation, muscle spasm, menstrual disorders, insomnia, ulcers, gastrointestinal disorder, and hemorrhoids。
Hairy Monkey
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he leaves still show the “hairy down” on them which indicates that these leaves were plucked very early in the morning and within the first two weeks of the new season of growth. Even though this is a green tea, the visual appearance and cup liquor is so delicate that this is known as a white tea.
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