7 interesting facts about tea
Forming / / December 19, 2019
Tea is one of the most popular beverages in the world. Many of us begin and end your day just a cup of tea. However, if you know all about this wonderful drink? Check it out you can, get to know our regular selection of interesting facts.
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The exact location and time of use of tea can not be determined, but it is certain that it was somewhere in the China. Legends tell that one day the Emperor Shen Nung was traveling on his possessions in search of medicinal herbs with the boiler on a tripod. In 2737 BC. e. into the pot of boiling water fell a few leaves of the tea tree. Since Shennong not drink other beverages.
It came the modern name of tea from China. In the southern provinces of the empire it was called "those" and in the north - "cha". Accordingly, from these words, and the words were known to us - the English "tea" and our "tea". And the choice of the name clearly indicates the areas in China, of which the delivery was made.
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Collection of tea is one of the few economic activities, which are still not amenable to mechanization. The tea leaves are collected and sorted by hand. Collectors must sort leaf varieties depending on the location and state of the sheet. It complicates the process and the fact that the plantations are often located in mountainous areas and are small in size. Therefore, the cultivation of tea depends not only on appropriate environmental conditions, but also to a large extent on the availability of cheap labor.
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There are several major categories tea: Black, green, white, oolong, pu-erh, and so on. These teas are sometimes so different in appearance and taste that many people think that they are made from completely different plants. However, all these kinds of tea can easily be created from leaves collected on one bush (Camellia sinensis), and differ only in manufacturing technology.
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IN Europe tea came from China about the middle of the XVII century thanks to the enterprising Portuguese, Dutch and British. Initially, tea was popular as a medicinal drink, but after a few decades it began to drink just for fun. tea propagation occurs in the fight against the then popular in Europe coffee. The new drink enjoyed primarily men, ladies preferred the more refined coffee and cocoa. Liselotte von Pfalz (Liselotte von der Pfalz), daughter of King Louis XIV, wrote in a letter to Germany, "tea tastes like hay manure. My God, how can drink a bitter taste? "
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Not widely consumed tea conventional routes. For example, in Tibet strongly brewed green tea necessarily accrue yak melted butter and salt. The resulting mixture was hot beat until a homogeneous slush. This drink peculiar taste, is very nutritious, and has strong toning action. This tea is drunk not only in Tibet but also in the neighboring mountainous areas, as well as some of the steppe peoples, mainly engaged in animal husbandry: the Mongols, Turkmen, Kirghiz, Kalmyks.
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Although the popularity of tea in the United States is relatively small, this beverage was indirectly the cause of this state. In the middle of the XVIII century around the tea trade formed a complicated tangle of contradictions, in which the British and the colonists took diametrically opposed positions. The result was the well-known "Boston Tea Party", when it was destroyed tea cargo belonged to the English East India Company. This event marked the beginning of the American Revolution and one of the catalysts American Revolutionary War.
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We used to think that the leaders in the use of tea are primarily east of the country and England, where the drink can be called a real cultural tradition. However, a stubborn statistic says that more than anything, and with a wide margin, drink tea Latin America. So, in the first place is Paraguay with 11 kilograms per person per year. Followed by Uruguay and Argentina. England in this list is closer to the middle (1.9 kg per person), slightly ahead of Russia (1.2 kg per person).
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