Tea

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Tea

• The history. The types.
• The benefits.
• Jason Phipps

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Quick Facts

• Tea is the second largest quantity of liquid
  consumed in the world.
• Tea is dated back to the late 2700 B.C.
• There are 3 basic categories of tea. Green,
  Oolong, and Black.
• Historians think that tea was founded in the
  mountainous areas of China's far western Sichuan
  and Yunnan provinces.
• The first tea bags were made from hand-sewn silk
  muslin bags.
• Turkey is the 1 tea drinking country in the
  world. People in Turkey drink an amazing 20-30
  cups per day!
• It is not recommended to use the water from an
  espresso machine or from a coffee machine when
  making tea since the water will be de-aerated.
• Tea grew to great social prominence during the
  Tang (620-907 AD) and Sung (960-1279 AD)
  Dynasties.

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The Benefits

• Originally, tea was taken as a detoxifying
  medicine.
• Japanese scientists show that drinking up to ten
  cups or more in one day on a daily basis may also
  cut down the risks of heart and coronary diseases
  
• Use a black tea bag to kill warts.
• Have a bad odor in your fridge? Place a used tea
  bag in the refrigerator overnight and the bad
  odor will be gone the next day.
• Women often times use tea bags over their eyes to
  help reduce puffiness and swelling.
• Nursing mothers have found benefit from using
  used tea bags on their nipples to ease discomfort
  and tenderness.

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Types of Tea
http//www.theteahouse.com/overview.htm
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Types of Tea

• Oolong Tea
• Black Tea
• Scented Tea
• White Tea
• Compressed Tea
• Ginseng Tea
• Lasi Tea
• Kuma Saza Tea
• Lei Cha Tea
• Green Tea

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Different Types of Tea
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How Tea Came About

• Legend has it that a Chinese emperor was the
  first to discover Tea when some leaves were blown
  by chance into a bowl containing boiling hot
  water. The tea we drink today is exactly the same
  and the brewing process has never been interfered
  with.
• According to another legend, tea was discovered
  by a poor woodcutter who was chopping trees in
  the hills when he saw several monkeys plucking
  leaves off a tree and chewing them. He tasted
  some of the leaves, liked it and brought some
  back to the village. He told others of his
  discovery and soon, everyone was adding leaves
  from the tree to their drinks.
• http//www.theteahouse.com/overview.htm

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Money Maker

• The most expensive teabag in the world was made
  for the 75'th anniversary of the PG TIPS tea
  company. The bag was filled with two hundred and
  eighty diamonds and expensive limited edition tea
  leaves. The bag cost 7,500 pounds and was sold at
  auction in aid of a Children's hospital in the
  United Kingdom. http//www.kitchencraftsnmore.net
  /10TeaFacts.html

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Bibliography

• http//www.kitchencraftsnmore.net/10TeaFacts.html
• http//www.easterntea.com
• http//www.healthcastle.com/tea.shtml
• http//www.lifetimetv.com/reallife/health/features
  /benefits_oftea.html
• http//www.restaurantreport.com/departments/c_tea.
  html