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Posted by Rachel | Posted in Tea and Accessories | Posted on 11-10-2009
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Chinese tea culture
Who discovered the Chinese tea
Chinese were the first to discover tea
In the 17th century, the Dutch East India Company introduced tea Chinese for the first time to Europe. In the mid-17th century, afternoon tea had become a standard ritual of the British nobility. Interestingly, both different pronunciations for "tea", more common in the languages that borrowed the Chinese word "cha and T-originate in different dialects of Chinese.
The Chinese are believed to have enjoyed drinking tea for over 4,000 years. Legend has it that Yan Di, one of the three rulers in ancient times, tried all kinds of herbs medical cures. One day, while he was being poisoned by some herb he had ingested a drop of water from a tea tree dripped into his mouth and he saved. For a long time, tea has been used as a medicinal herb. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, tea was a religious offering. During the Period of Spring and Fall, people ate fresh tea leaves as vegetables. With the popularization of Buddhism from the three kingdoms of dynasties of North and South, the cooling effect of tea became a favorite among monks in Za-Zen meditation.
Chinese tea as a drink during the dynasty prospered Tang, and tea shops became popular. An important event was the conclusion this time Tea Classics, the cornerstone of Chinese tea culture, by Lu Yu, China's sage tea. This small book details rules concerning various aspects of tea, such as growth areas for tea trees, goods and skills for processing tea, tea tasting, the history of Chinese tea and citations of other documents, comments on tea from various places, and notes Tea occasions on which goods must be complete and when some goods can be omitted.
How title = "Chinese Tea"> China tea is made
The tea is made from tender young leaves tea tree. The differences between the many types of tea available is based on the particular methods used to process the leaves. The key to the entire roasting process is and fermentation. Through fermentation, the originally deep green leaves turn reddish brown in color. The longer the fermentation, the darker the color. Depending on the duration of the roasting and degree of fermentation, the fragrance can range from floral, fruity, malty.
Growing tea
The proportion of tea leaves to water also depends on the used tea leaves. The glass of water can filled with a quarter to three quarters full with tea leaves, depending mainly on very curly tea leaves are the result of the rolling and roasting processes. The teapot is then filled with water. Begins soaking time of one minute, but varies from tea to tea. The time required for subsequent infusions of the same leaves are be proportionally lengthened. The best type of glass of water to use for most fermented tea is a ceramic crock pot purple. The size of the pot must be in correct proportion to the size of the cups. Ideally, the cups should have white interiors, to facilitate accurate assessment of the color of tea.
Teas
Chinese tea can be classified into five types of teas according to the different methods by which it is processed.
Green tea
Green tea is the variety that keeps the original color of the tea leaves without fermentation during processing. This category is mainly composed Longjing tea from Zhejiang province, Maofeng Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province and Jiangsu Biluochun produced.
Black tea
Black tea, known as "red tea" (hong cha) in China, is the category which is fermented before baking, is a variety later became on the basis of green tea. The best brands of black tea Qihong Anhui, Yunnan Dianhong, Suhong Jiangsu, Sichuan and Hunan Huhong Chuanhong.
title = "Oolong tea"> Oolong Tea
This represents a wide variety half way between green tea black, which was made after partial fermentation. It is a specialty from the provinces on the southeast coast of China: Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan.
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