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  2. Tea processing - Wikipedia

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    The history of tea processing corresponds intimately with the role that tea played in Chinese society and the preferred methods of its consumption in ancient Chinese society. The domestication of tea and the development of its processing method likely began in the area around what is now Southwest China, Indo-Burma, and Tibet. [2]

  3. History of tea - Wikipedia

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    Steaming tea leaves was the primary process used for centuries in the preparation of tea. After the transition from compressed tea to the powdered form, the production of tea for trade and distribution changed once again. Illustration of the legend of monkeys harvesting tea. The Chinese learned to process tea in a different way in the mid-13th ...

  4. Tea - Wikipedia

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    Common processing methods of tea leaves. After basic processing, teas may be altered through additional processing steps before being sold [88] and is often consumed with additions to the basic tea leaf and water added during preparation or drinking. Examples of additional processing steps that occur before tea is sold are blending, flavouring ...

  5. Pu'er tea - Wikipedia

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    Pu'er is the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 普洱. Pu-erh is a variant of the Wade-Giles romanization (properly p‘u-êrh) of the same name.In Hong Kong, the same Chinese characters are read as Bo-lei, and this is therefore a common alternative English term for this tea.

  6. Chinese tea culture - Wikipedia

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    Steaming tea leaves was the primary process used for centuries in the preparation of tea. After the transition from compressed tea, the production of tea for trade and distribution changed once again. The Chinese learned to process tea in a different way in the mid-13th century.

  7. Oolong - Wikipedia

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    Oolong (UK: / ˈ uː l ɒ ŋ /, US: /-l ɔː ŋ /; Chinese: 烏龍茶; pinyin: wūlóngchá; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-liông tê, "black dragon" tea) is a traditional semi-oxidized Chinese tea (Camellia sinensis) produced through a process that includes withering the leaves under strong sun and allowing some oxidation to occur before curling and twisting. [1]

  8. Tea culture - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese woman performs a Japanese Tea Ceremony (sadō/chadō, 茶道) Merchant’s Wife at Tea (Boris Kustodiev, 1918) is a portrayal of Russian Tea Culture. Tea culture is how tea is made and consumed, how people interact with tea, and the aesthetics surrounding tea drinking. Tea plays an important role in some countries.

  9. Tea production in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Tea is a major cash crop that is grown in Kenya.Kenyan tea has been the leading major foreign exchange earner for the country. Most tea produced in Kenya is black tea, with green tea, yellow tea, white tea, and purple tea (a product whose leaves are naturally so colored by inherent anthocyanins) [1] produced on order by major tea producers.