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  • Where does "pantyhose tea" come from?
    Hong Kong - the milk and tea are strained through a "sock" for 10-20 minutes of repeated straining
  • What is Po Cha?
    traditional Tibetan tea, boiled for hours then milk, salt and yak butter is added
  • 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 common name of Camellia sinensis?
    tea - a bush (sometimes a tree) with green leaves
  • What process creates black tea?
    Tea leaves are allowed to oxidize (blacken) and then wither (soften) and then roll
  • What is Cha Ching?
    The first book written about tea, by Lu Yu, in the 8th century
  • What is special about chai?
    Popular in India. A mix of black tea with spices like ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom & pepper
  • 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 boba tea?
    Tea with or without milk with tapioca balls added
  • What percentage of tea consumed in the US is iced tea?
    85% - Made popular at the 1904 St Louis World's Fair
  • 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
  • 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 a tisane?
    The name Europeans use for herbal infusions
  • Where were tea bags first invented?
    In Milwaukee, WI, in 1901, by Roberta C. Lawson and Mary Molaren
  • What process creates different types of tea?
    oxidation - enzymes in the tea leaves mix to make new compounds and turn the leaves black
  • How should you stir your tea?
    In a back and forth motion (12-6 o'clock) - NO CIRCLES!
  • Where did tea originate?
    China
  • What did Robert Bruce, a British army major discover around 1823?
    Tea bushes growing in Assam, India (meaning that tea growing expanded from China)
  • 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
  • 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)
  • What is Chanoyu?
    The name of the Japanese tea ritual created by Sen no Rikyu
  • What is high tea ?
    A "meal" for industrial workers after work, includes substantial food and served at a "high" table or counter
  • 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 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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