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[[Image:Blacktea.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Black tea being poured]]

[[Image:Blacktea.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Black tea being poured]]

'''Black tea''' describes the most popular variety of [[tea]] in the [[United States]].  It is made by deliberately exposing the leaves of ''Camellia sinensis''<ref>{{cite book|issn=1176-8746|title=Guide To tea & herbal infusions|pages=88-89|date=November 2013|publisher= New Zealand healthy food guide}}</ref> to [[oxygen]] before preserving them by roasting, baking, or frying.  This sustained oxidation produces leaves that are dark [[brown]] to [[black]] in color, and a [[liquor]] that is [[red]] to [[gold]]en.  Black tea preserves its flavor longer than other teas and for this reason it has been the favorite tea of regions, such as [[Europe]] and [[North America]], which are far removed from the countries, such as [[India]] and [[China]], in which tea is cultivated.  Unlike most tea varieties, black tea is always prepared with boiling water.  The finest black tea is produced in the [[Chinese]] province of [[Yunnan]], in [[Sri Lanka]], and in the [[Darjeeling]], [[Assam]], and [[Putharjhora]] regions of [[India]]. ==References== {{reflist}}

'''Black tea''' describes the most popular variety of [[tea]] in the [[United States]].  It is made by deliberately exposing the leaves of ''Camellia sinensis''<ref>{{cite book|issn=1176-8746|title=Guide To tea & herbal infusions|pages=88-89|date=November 2013|publisher= New Zealand healthy food guide}}</ref> to [[oxygen]] before preserving them by roasting, baking, or frying.  This sustained oxidation produces leaves that are dark [[brown]] to [[black]] in color, and a [[liquor]] that is [[red]] to [[gold]]en.  Black tea preserves its flavor longer than other teas and for this reason it has been the favorite tea of regions, such as [[Europe]] and [[North America]], which are far removed from the countries, such as [[India]] and [[China]], in which tea is cultivated.  Unlike most tea varieties, black tea is always prepared with boiling water.  The finest black tea is produced in the [[Chinese]] province of [[Yunnan]], in [[Sri Lanka]], and in the [[Darjeeling]], [[Assam]], and [[Putharjhora]] regions of [[India]].

 

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[[Category:Beverages]]

[[Category:Beverages]]