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Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northern Myanmar. [3][4][5] Tea is also made, but rarely, from the leaves of Camellia taliensis. [6][7][8] After plain ...
Steeping, or brewing, is the process of making tea from leaves and hot water, generally using 2 grams (0.071 oz) of tea per 100 millilitres (3.5 imp fl oz; 3.4 US fl oz) of water or about 1 teaspoon of green tea per 150 millilitres (5.3 imp fl oz; 5.1 US fl oz) cup. Steeping temperatures range from 61 °C (142 °F) to 87 °C (189 °F) and ...
The history of tea spreads across multiple cultures over the span of thousands of years. The tea plant Camellia sinensis is native to East Asia and probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northern Myanmar. [1][2][3] One of the earliest accounts of tea drinking is dated back to China's Shang dynasty, in which tea was ...
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 culture. 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.
Matcha[a] (抹茶) / ˈmætʃə, ˈmɑːtʃə / [2][3] is a finely ground powder of specially grown and processed green tea leaves that originated in China. Later, the green color exhibited in most modern matcha was developed in Japan, where most matcha is produced today. [4] In the 12th century at the latest, Chinese compressed tea, the raw ...
Tea processing. 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 its most general form, tea processing involves different manners and degrees of oxidation of the leaves, stopping ...
The one on the right has had lime juice added, making it turn purple. Herbal teas, technically known as herbal infusions, and less commonly [2] called tisanes (UK and US / tɪˈzæn /, US also / tɪˈzɑːn /), [3] are beverages made from the infusion or decoction of herbs, spices, or other plant material in hot water.