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What do you know about tea?

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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

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How should you stir your tea?

In a back and forth motion (12-6 o'clock) - NO CIRCLES!

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What is the common name of Camellia sinensis?

tea - a bush (sometimes a tree) with green leaves

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What process creates different types of tea?

oxidation - enzymes in the tea leaves mix to make new compounds and turn the leaves black

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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

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What process creates black tea?

Tea leaves are allowed to oxidize (blacken) and then wither (soften) and then roll

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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

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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)

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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)

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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

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Where did tea originate?

China

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What did Robert Bruce, a British army major discover around 1823?

Tea bushes growing in Assam, India (meaning that tea growing expanded from China)

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What is Cha Ching?

The first book written about tea, by Lu Yu, in the 8th century

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What is Chanoyu?

The name of the Japanese tea ritual created by Sen no Rikyu

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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

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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

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