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    Tea comes from the tropical bush Camellia Sinensis and contains polyphenols, essential oils, and caffeine. The tea plant grows best in a warm climate with long sunny days, cool nights, and abundant rainfall at altitudes ranging from sea level to 7,000 feet. According to Chinese mythology, tea was discovered in 2737 BC by Shen Nung and has since spread globally but is cultivated in many countries like China, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, and others. Important years in tea's history include its introduction to Europe in 1610 and various dates of rising popularity in countries like England, France, and the United States. Teas are classified based on origin, color, leaf grades, and degree of

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    Tea comes from the tropical bush Camellia Sinensis and contains polyphenols, essential oils, and caffeine. The tea plant grows best in a warm climate with long sunny days, cool nights, and abundant rainfall at altitudes ranging from sea level to 7,000 feet. According to Chinese mythology, tea was discovered in 2737 BC by Shen Nung and has since spread globally but is cultivated in many countries like China, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, and others. Important years in tea's history include its introduction to Europe in 1610 and various dates of rising popularity in countries like England, France, and the United States. Teas are classified based on origin, color, leaf grades, and degree of

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    Tea comes from the tropical bush Camellia Sinensis and contains polyphenols, essential oils, and caffeine. The tea plant grows best in a warm climate with long sunny days, cool nights, and abundant rainfall at altitudes ranging from sea level to 7,000 feet. According to Chinese mythology, tea was discovered in 2737 BC by Shen Nung and has since spread globally but is cultivated in many countries like China, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, and others. Important years in tea's history include its introduction to Europe in 1610 and various dates of rising popularity in countries like England, France, and the United States. Teas are classified based on origin, color, leaf grades, and degree of

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    DECODING TEA EXPERIENCE

    INTRODUCTION TO TEA
    Tea is an aromatic stimulant
    coming from the tropical
    bush Camellia Sinensis
    which contains various
    polyphenols, essential oils,
    and caffeine.
    TEA CLIMATE
    The tea plant grows best in a
    warm climate with long sunlit
    days, cool nights, musty weather
    and an abundance of rainfall.
    Tea plants grow at altitudes
    ranging from sea level to 7,000
    feet
    HISTORY OF TEA
    According to Chinese mythology, tea was discovered in 2737
    BC by Shen Nung, the 2nd Emperor of China. He was
    considered the founder of ancient Chinese agriculture and
    ancient Chinese medicine and a combination of both led to
    the discovery of Tea.
    China, Tibet, and northern India are the origins of tea,
    though it is cultivated in many other countries across the
    globe, including Sri Lanka, Japan, Kenya, Turkey, Indonesia,
    Vietnam, Argentina, Tanzania, Taiwan and Zimbabwe.
    IMPORTANT YEARS
    1610 - Dutch introduce Tea into Europe
    1639 – Earliest reference of tea drinking in France
    1657 - Green Tea from China introduced to London’s Coffee House
    1658 – First Tea advertisement in London Newspaper as ‘China drink’
    1667 – The British East India Company places first order for tea import
    1706 – First Tea Room opens in London by Thomas Twining
    1773 – Phenomenal Boston Tea Party due to high taxes imposed by British
    1787 – Establishment of Calcutta Botanical gardens for tea cultivation
    1799 – French Revolution ends, people move to coffee
    1826 – Dutch bought seeds from Japan and started culivating in China
    1836 - British introduced Tea Culture into India
    1853 - Fraser’s Magazine suggested that India and not China was the “natural
    home of the tea plant
    1954 - Tea board in India was formed
    TEA LEAF

    NAMES
    QUALITY
    &
    POSITIONING
    TEA PROCESSING – GENERAL FLOW-CHART
    PLUCKING PACKAGING

    WITHERING GRADING

    ROLLING DRYING

    FERMENTATION
    TEA MANUFACTURING METHOD

    HIGH ON HIGH ON
    CATECHIN CAFFEINE
    TEA
    CLASSIFICATION

    OOLONG

    PU-ERH
    BASED ON

    WHITE
    GREEN

    BLACK
    ORIGIN
    BASED ON
    COLOUR
    BASED ON LEAF
    GRADES
    BASED ON
    DEGREE OF
    FERMENTATION
    HEALTH BENEFITS OF
    TEA

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