What percentage of tea consumed in the US is iced tea?
85% - Made popular at the 1904 St Louis World's Fair
What is boba tea?
Tea with or without milk with tapioca balls added
What is special about Earl Grey tea?
A black tea flavored with bergomot oil (comes from a type of Seville orange) for Charles Grey, PM - UK (1830-1834) Passed Reform Act to abolish slavery
How should you stir your tea?
In a back and forth motion (12-6 o'clock) - NO CIRCLES!
Where were tea bags first invented?
In Milwaukee, WI, in 1901, by Roberta C. Lawson and Mary Molaren
What is special about chai?
Popular in India. A mix of black tea with spices like ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom & pepper
What is Chanoyu?
The name of the Japanese tea ritual created by Sen no Rikyu
What process creates different types of tea?
oxidation - enzymes in the tea leaves mix to make new compounds and turn the leaves black
What is Po Cha?
traditional Tibetan tea, boiled for hours then milk, salt and yak butter is added
What process creates black tea?
Tea leaves are allowed to oxidize (blacken) and then wither (soften) and then roll
How do you brew green tea?
cooler than boiling (175 degrees) and steep for 2 minutes (hotter water and longer steep time can produce bitter tea)
How do you brew black tea?
Use boiling water and brew 4-5 minutes (takes hotter water and more time to release the flavor from the leaves)
What keeps green tea green?
heat the fresh leaves to deactivate the enzyme that causes oxidation and then roll the leaves to give a more vegetal, green taste
What is a tisane?
The name Europeans use for herbal infusions
What process is used to create matcha tea?
The tea plants are shaded with black fabric while growing to stress the plants which alters the flavor profile
What is Cha Ching?
The first book written about tea, by Lu Yu, in the 8th century
What is special about the tea of Morocco?
Touareg tea is a mix of green tea, fresh spearmint & lots of sugar. You have to drink at least 3 servings or you are being rude.
What is high tea ?
A "meal" for industrial workers after work, includes substantial food and served at a "high" table or counter
What is sassafras tea?
Tea made with sassafras root; popular in the US in the late 1700's as women (in particular) tried to avoid paying steep "tea taxes" to the British
What is the difference with the tea sold as loose leaf vs tea bags?
Loose leaf usually has larger tea leaves which contain more oils; Tea bags usually have machine cut leaves and include tea dust
Who was Robert Fortune?
A Scottish botanist who snuck into China in 1848 to learn about tea production and took seeds and cuttings back to India
What did Robert Bruce, a British army major discover around 1823?
Tea bushes growing in Assam, India (meaning that tea growing expanded from China)
Where did tea originate?
China
Where does "pantyhose tea" come from?
Hong Kong - the milk and tea are strained through a "sock" for 10-20 minutes of repeated straining
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