Types of Tea:

Tea is classified into six different types of categories depending on how it is produced they are:

White

Yellow

Green

Oolong
 Black

Post- fermented

 

The Six types of tea

 White:

The freshest leaves are plucked and dried. This means that there is no time for oxidation.

Green:

 The leaves are heated just before they are rolled and dried. There is very little oxidation, but more flavour is let out.

Oolong:

 Breaking the leaves leads to partial oxidation. This leads to a cup of richer tea.

Black:

 Leaves have been rolled and plenty of tea to oxidize before finished. Black tea is strong.

Yellow:

 Withered leaves covered with mats to allow a small amount of oxidation to occur. This makes the leaves taste slightly sweeter.

Post-fermented:

Undergone microbial fermentation for many months. The leaves are exposed to oxygen and humidity. The leaves become dark.

 

                       The Geography of tea:

 

Originally discovered in: Southwest China

In the Year: 2737BC

How it was discovered: Ancient myths say that a Chinese emperor was sitting in his garden with a drinking bowl of boiled water by his side when some leaves from a nearby bush blew into his water. The leaves changed the colour of his water and the emperor tasted the water and was surprised by how lovely the taste was. Depending on whether you believe this or not the making of tea is history.

 

  Fun Facts about tea:

• Drinking tea became popular in the 17th Century in Britain.
• Tea is an aromatic beverage that is most commonly prepared by pouring boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia Sinensis.
• The Camellia Sinensis is a shrub that's leaves are used to produce Tea.
• Tea bags were invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan in the United States. Thomas created them by an accident, they were originally intended to be used to hold the tea so that they could be given out as samples. But customers by mistake used them whilst still having the bag on them and so the tea bag was invented.
• Tea is not only a sweet tasting drink to many people but also a comfort.
• The most ideal temperature for tea to be grown in is 20-30 degrees celcius.
•  It needs 150-300cm of rainfall a year in order for the tea to grow properly.
• The soil needs to be loamy and light.
•  In a normal cup of original tea there is 99 per cent water.

Below shows the map of the world, highlighting China where in the southwest tea was discovered.

                                        Tea

      Hello my name is Lisa and I am from Wesley College Dublin. This is my first blog and I am going to write five posts on Tea. The reason why I chose to do my blog on tea is because tea is my favourite beverage and I thought it would be nice to learn some information about it that I did not know. Tea is such a common beverage in the world, I thought finding out more about it would be fascinating and I want to share the information I learn in a simplified way. From doing my research I hope to find out a bit about the geography of when exactly it was discovered and how it has become so popular.  The main thing that I would like to find out is what exactly makes up tea, how it is produced into what we see. Throughout my blog I will be discussing many different things like the types of tea, the flavours, where it originally came from and the brands of tea available. I hope to learn some new information about tea that I did not already know and I hope that you do too. So please read my tea blog and enjoy!

Below is a typical cup of tea, this is what most people see but what I want to discover is what makes up the ingredients in this cup.