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Theaceae (/ θ i ˈ eɪ s i i /), the tea family, is a family of flowering plants comprising shrubs and trees, including the economically important tea plant, and the ornamental camellias. It can be described as having from seven to 40 genera , depending on the source and the method of circumscription used.
24 flavors (Chinese: 廿四老味茶 or 廿四味; pinyin: niàn sì wèi; Jyutping: jaa6 sei3 mei6) is a Cantonese herbal tea, consumed for medicinal purposes.Its name refers to the fact that it is a combination of many different ingredients (around 24, although it may feature as few as 10 or as many as 28 or more).
The following is a list of traditional Chinese medicines. There are roughly 13,000 medicinals used in China and over 100,000 medicinal prescriptions recorded in the ancient literature. [ 1 ] Plant elements and extracts are the most common elements used in medicines. [ 2 ]
Cool off with iced tea: “Try iced tea with a splash of lemon for a refreshing twist, or add a bit of honey for sweetness,” says Bannan. Make a batch of our Green Jasmine-Mint Iced Tea with ...
This is a list of culinary herbs and spices. Specifically these are food or drink additives of mostly botanical origin used in nutritionally insignificant quantities for flavoring or coloring . This list does not contain fictional plants such as aglaophotis , or recreational drugs such as tobacco .
Tea [14] The exact inventor of tea is unknown, but Chinese legends attribute the invention of tea to Shennong in 2737 BC. [19] Pictured is a cup of Earl Grey black tea. Chai tea – heavily-spiced tea originating from India; Green tea – made from the leaves from Camellia sinensis that have undergone minimal oxidation during processing.
Tea leaf processing methods for the six most common types of tea. Tea processing is the method in which the leaves from the tea plant Camellia sinensis are transformed into the dried leaves for brewing tea. The categories of tea are distinguished by the processing they undergo.
In the tea industry, tea leaf grading is the process of evaluating products based on the quality and condition of the tea leaves themselves. The highest grades for Western and South Asian teas are referred to as "orange pekoe" (abbreviated as "OP"), and the lowest as " fannings " or "dust".