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Tea is one of the most popular beverages in the worldsecond only to water. And theres so much to learn and try beyond the colorful boxes in the grocery store. Like wine and beer, each tea variety has its own distinct history, source, and flavor profile, from Darjeeling to matcha to Silver Needle. Tea is also embedded in the traditions of many cultures around the world and is shared with others through distinctive ceremonies that include unique customs, foods, and accessories. Within the pages of this pocket-sized guide, youll find information, how-tos, and trivia for tea lovers of all levels. Experts and newbies alike will learn about
Tea Bags vs. Loose Leaf
Anatomy of a Tea Plant
How to Prepare Tea
Tea Families and Common Varieties
Types of Teapots and How to Use Them
Tea Traditions Across the World
Plus an illustrated guide to tea accessories, terms every tea lover should know, highlights from tea history, a tea tasting guide, tips for throwing tea parties, and much more!
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To my mother Janellfor all our delightful mornings at Smithfield Bakery, sharing pots of English breakfast and scones
Would you like an adventure now, or would you like to have your tea first?
J . M . BARRIE , PETER PAN
Since its discovery nearly five thousand years ago, tea has become the second most widely consumed beverage in the world (after water). As a travel writer and artist, Ive spent the past decade traveling through more than fifty countries, and as Ive journeyed around the world, there has always been a cup of tea by my side. Whether in England, India, or the countryside of Turkey, people have opened their homes to me, offered me tea in a dazzling range of flavors, shapes, and styles, and taught me how to prepare teaand share itaccording to their rituals and traditions. Across the globe, Ive found theres something to learn from even the smallest cup of tea.
Here are a few reasons that help explain teas universal appeal.
Tea calms us. What is more comforting than curling up under a cozy blanket with a good book and a hot cup of tea? This soothing beverage makes us feel more at home, no matter where we are in the world.
Tea is good for us. More than twenty amino acids and antioxidants are found in tea leaves; one of them is theanine, which is known for calming and relaxing the mind. For thousands of years, the many health benefits of tea have made it the ultimate form of self-carea nourishing brew for body and soul.
Tea connects us. If youve ever wandered the bustling markets of Marrakech, Istanbul, or Delhi, friendly vendors have undoubtedly offered you a glass of mint tea or masala chai before they laid out a single ware. In countless cultures, tea is a tangible symbol of hospitality, kindness, and connection. Tea brings people togetherhelping us not only savor each moment, but share those moments with others. And so in the pages to come, even as we focus on practical how-tos like brewing methods and tea tastings, may this deeper why always be at the heart of the book.
As well soon discover, tea has many stories to tell. This book is my humble attempt to honor the incredible and complex role that tea has played in cultures across the globe. In many ways it only scratches the surface, but I hope it will help you on your journey as a tea lover, guiding you in new directions to explore.
Theres a legend dating the history of tea to the year 2737 BCE. It opens with the revered Chinese emperor Shen Nung, a mythical hero and avid herbalist who was known as the Divine Healer. The details of the legend are recounted differently from version to version, but they all agree that one day, as Shen Nung boiled water to drink, a few leaves fell from a wild tea bush into his pot below. Anyone who has ever submerged a tea bag in hot water knows what happened next: the worlds first pot of tea was inadvertently brewed.
The leaves that led to Shen Nungs serendipitous discovery of tea fell from a small evergreen shrub called Camellia sinensis. One of the most remarkable things to know about tea is that all six true tea families are made from this one species of tea plant. These six families are:
WHITE | GREEN | YELLOW |
OOLONG | BLACK | DARK |
Once the leaves of the tea plant have been harvested and processed (well talk more about this soon), tea is created when the leaves combine with hot water to make an infusion, which is a drink prepared by soaking the leaves of a plant in liquid. However, although tea is an infusion, not all infusions are tea. For instance, popular medicinal teas such as peppermint or chamomile arent technically tea, because they arent derived from the Camellia sinensis plant; rather, these are herbal infusions. Any infusion not produced using tea leaves is also referred to as a tisane.
But by no means has this distinction between true teas and other infusions limited the evolution of the hot drink. Perhaps more than any other beverage in the world, tea has been shaped into a myriad of forms and flavors, which even the most dedicated of tea lovers could spend a lifetime exploring.
I am glad I was not born before tea.
SYDNEY SMITH
A lot has happened in the world of tea over five thousand yearseven the English name for tea was an evolution. Most of China called it cha, but the first Dutch traders who carried tea to Europe brought it from the port of Amoy in Fujian Province, where tea was known as t in the local dialect. Here are some more defining moments that helped shape the course and culture of our favorite hot drink.
Prehistory: In the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Prehistoric Man (first published in 1975 in French), Jan Jelnek shares archaeological evidence suggesting that man boiled tea leaves from the Camellia sinensis plant as far back as the Paleolithic age, the earliest period of human development, in the area that is modern-day China.
2737 BCE: According to Chinese legend, emperor Shen Nung discovers tea and becomes the first proponent of its medicinal benefits.
7th century CE: By the Tang dynasty, tea is an everyday part of life in China. Also at this time, Buddhist monks from Korea and Japan begin traveling to China for religious studies, returning home with tea seeds and thereby helping spur the spread of tea across Asia.
780: Tang dynasty tea master Lu Yu publishes the worlds first treatise on tea, The Classic of Tea.
10th century: The ancient Tea Horse Road is established, ushering in centuries of trade between China and Tibet in which Chinese tea is exchanged for Tibetan horses. Tea is such a valuable commodity at this time that it becomes a form of currency, with the price for horses sometimes given in tea bricks.
1391: Ming dynasty emperors prohibit compressed teas, which were molded into bricks or cakes. This leads to innovations in tea production, such as the creation of loose-leaf tea, which requires less work to process than cake teas. As Ming dynasty scholar Ye Ziqi observes, Leaf tea is everywhere.
1500s: The new Chinese method of steeping loose tea in hot water leads to new tea vessels, namely the worlds first teapots, crafted from clay in the city of Yixing. Black and oolong tea production also begins in Fujian Province.
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