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A tea plantation in Ciwidey, Bandung in Indonesia The history of tea spreads across many cultures throughout thousands of years. The tea plant Camellia sinensis is native probably originated in the borderlands of China and northern Myanmar.
Tea plant (Camellia sinensis) from Köhler's Medicinal Plants, 1897. Tea plants are native to East Asia and the probable center of origin of tea is near the source of the Irrawaddy River from where it spread out fan-wise into southeast China, Indo-China and Assam.
Camellia sinensis is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree in the flowering plant family Theaceae.Its leaves, leaf buds, and stems can be used to produce tea.Common names include tea plant, tea shrub, and tea tree (unrelated to Melaleuca alternifolia, the source of tea tree oil, or the genus Leptospermum commonly called tea tree).
Tea leaves: sejak (green tea), ujeon (green tea), and hwangcha (yellow tea) from Hadong County. According to Record of Gaya cited in Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms, the legendary queen Heo Hwang-ok, a princess of the Ayodhya married to King Suro of Gaya, brought the tea plant from India and planted it in Baegwolsan, a mountain in current ...
The different words for tea fall into two main groups: "te-derived" and "cha-derived" (Cantonese and Mandarin). [2]Most notably through the Silk Road; [25] global regions with a history of land trade with central regions of Imperial China (such as North Asia, Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East) pronounce it along the lines of 'cha', whilst most global maritime regions ...
Camellia sinensis, the tea plant, is of major commercial importance because tea is made from its leaves. The species C. sinensis is the product of many generations of selective breeding to bring out desirable qualities for tea. However, many other camellias can be used to produce a similar beverage.
Ever since the first wave of boba tea shops hit the U.S. in the 1990s, the popularity of the Taiwanese drink with floating tapioca balls sipped through oversized straws has been bursting.
Though the extent of the popularity of tea in ancient India is unknown, it is known that the tea plant was a wild plant in India that was indeed brewed by local inhabitants of different regions. [8] [better source needed] But there is no substantial documentation of the history of tea drinking in the Indian subcontinent for the pre-colonial period.