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The Story of Tea: A cultural history and drinking guide. Berkeley, CA: 10 Speed Press. p. 80. Mair, Victor and Hoh, Erling (2009). The true history of tea. New York: Thames and Hudson. p. 201. Stern, Tracy (2007). Tea Party: 20 Themed Tea parties with recipes for every occasion, from fabulous showers to intimate gatherings.
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Some growers feel that tea production is not economically viable without some mechanization, [1] but there is evidence that unmechanized tea production is viable, albeit with lower net profit margins. [2] The Charleston Tea Garden, on Wadmalaw Island, outside of Charleston, South Carolina, is the only large-scale tea farm in the US, at 127 ...
Yellow tea was an accidental discovery in the production of green tea during the Ming dynasty, when apparently sloppy practices allowed the leaves to turn yellow, which yielded a different flavour as a result. [26] Tea production in China, historically, was a laborious process, conducted in distant and often poorly accessible regions.
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Tea brick, on display at Old Fort Erie Porters laden with "brick tea" in a 1908 photo by Ernest Henry "Chinese" Wilson, an explorer botanist. In ancient China, compressed teas were usually made with thoroughly dried and ground tea leaves that were pressed into various bricks or other shapes, although partially dried and whole leaves were also used.
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 ]
Sweet Leaf Tea was founded in 1998 in Beaumont, TX by Clayton Christopher, [3] using $10,000 and his grandmother's recipe for home-brewed iced tea made with cane sugar. [4] [5] Early production consisted of brewing tea in crawfish pots in Hen's kitchen, using pillow cases as "tea bags" and; then using garden hoses to transport the tea to plastic bottles.