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Tea

2012-04-16T03:52:48Z

Tbowen:

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'''Tea''' is a beverage made by steeping leaves and buds, most often from the plant ''Camellia sinensis''.

Tea originated in [[China]], although it is now grown throughout the world, and rivals the olive as the key cash crop of the Holy Land.

The drinking of tea is common throughout Asia, the British Isles, where it is often drunk with milk, and the former Soviet Union (especially [[Abkhazia]], South Ossetia, and Transnistria, where it is increasingly replacing melon juice as the national drink).

== Varieties of tea ==

While [[tisanes]], also known as herbal teas, are made from various herbs, flowers, spices, or fruits, all tea, properly speaking, is made from the leaves of a single plant species. All true tea is produced from one of several varieties, naturally occurring or domesticated, of ''camellia sinensis''. Tea is generally classified in terms of how the leaves have been processed. White, green, black and oolong are the generally recognized Western designations, although there is considerable variety within these categories, especially the last one. Although it is little known in the West, pu-erh tea, made over years or even decades, is also a popular variety in China. Pu-erh tea improves with age and some can valued at tens of thousands of US dollars.

== "Famous" tea varieties ==

Notable Chinese teas include keemun, a sweet, spicy [[black tea]], lung-ching, a bitter, nutty green tea, and bai mu dan, one of the more affordable varieties of white tea. The finest grade of Japanese tea is probabably gyokuro, a green tea whose leaves are kept shaded to preserve a delicate flavor. In [[India]], tea is grown in the [[Nilgiri]], [[Sikkim]], [[Dooars]] and [[Putharjhora]] regions, but most Indian tea is grown in [[Assam]]. The Indian tea most prized by connoisseurs comes from the mountainous region of [[Darjeeling]]. This is much imitated and grown in the nearby mountains of [[Nepal]]. Since the later part of the nineteenth century, [[Sri Lanka]] has been an important region for tea cultivation, producing brisk, flavorful black tea still known as "Ceylon tea" after the island's earlier name. The most famous [[oolong tea]] is probably [[ti kuan yin]], a tea very close to a green tea in oxidation. Like many oolongs, ti kuan yin is made from tightly rolled leaves which unfold as the tea steeps. The Wu Yi mountain region is also home to a variety of teas of the same name. The island of [[Taiwan]] is famous for its oolong teas, either dark and rich or mild and fragrant. These are known as [[Formosa oolong]] after the [[Portuguese]] name for the island.

== Preparing Tea ==

The amount of time necessary to prepare tea varies greatly depending upon the variety of tea and the desired flavor. Sweet China black teas can be brewed for six or seven minutes before straining the leaves from the water. Extremely bitter teas, including some Darjeelings, should be steeped for under two minutes. The quality of the leaves also matters here, and broken leaves or leaf dust only need to be steeped for about a minute to release their flavor. Good, whole-leaf tea can be brewed more than once and tightly rolled oolongs can be steeped several times.

Black tea is made with boiling water, but with other teas, cooler water is often necessary. The more delicate green and white teas can require water no warmer than 165 degrees. The usual temperature for green, white and the lighter oolong teas is 180 degrees. It is important, in serving tea, to warm the pot in which the tea is prepared and warm the cups in which it is served. Oolong teas can be infused multiple times. The first infusion is sometimes discarded as it is used moisten the leaves.

[[Iced tea]] can be made in two different ways. The first process, the only effective process with black tea, involves brewing exceptionally strong tea and rapidly cooling it over ice. White, green, and oolong teas can also be brewed as iced tea through cold steeping. This involves soaking the leaves in cold water for approximately twelve hours. For health reasons, it is essential that tea prepared this way be kept cool.

[http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/essays/a-nice-cup-of-tea.htm An in-depth essay] on the preparation of a proper British cup of tea was written by famous [[conservative]] [[George Orwell]].

== Additives ==

Tea is often drunk unadulterated, especially in China and Japan. But in other parts of the world, tea is enjoyed with added ingredients. Milk, sugar, and lemon are the most common additives in the [[United States]] and [[Europe]]: the first dilutes the taste of strong teas, the second sweetens sour teas, and that third of these removes the edge from bitter teas. In India it is common to enjoy tea with various spices, such as cardamom and star anise, as well as milk and sugar. In [[Tibet]], tea is drunk with fermented [[yak]] butter.

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Working class values

2012-03-07T04:46:56Z

Tbowen:

'''Working class values''' are the good principles that guide the [[working class]]: hard work, honest living, traditional marriage, [[family values]], and remembering one's roots. These have long been a bedrock of [[American]] prosperity, and were prevalent during the "golden years" of the 1950s, when the American Dream became the reality for millions of Americans.

Talk:Edward Cullen

2012-03-07T04:44:47Z

Tbowen:

In all honesty, I don't think this page has enough merit to be a part of Conservapedia. Methinks the rampant grammatical errors and nonsequitur style of writing might mark this article as the work of a troll? -Tim Bowen

Talk:Edward Cullen

2012-03-07T04:44:27Z

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Politichicks

2012-03-07T03:24:16Z

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'''Politichicks''' is a conservative political talk show headed by ex-SNL star and comedian [[Victoria Jackson]]. Known for its quirky but insightful humor, Politichicks takes on such pressing issues as the global warming hoax, illegal immigration, and abortion.

==External Links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdk0Bt3EbXI] The Politichicks take on Barack Obama's purported birth certificate; a good episode to start with, although it's not the first episode.

Basque language

2011-11-28T21:27:36Z

Tbowen:

'''Basque''' is a [[language]] spoken by approximately 1 million people the [[Basque country]] in [[France]] and [[Spain]].
It is unusual in being a language isolate not related to the surrounding [[Indo-European language]]s.
In Basque, the [[subject and predicate|subject]] of an intransitive [[verb]], or the object of a transitive one, is in the absolutive [[grammatical case|case]], while the subject of a transitive verb is marked with the ergative case. In [[Spanish]], the language is often called el euskera.

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Ainu

2011-11-28T21:26:32Z

Tbowen:

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The '''Ainu''' are a [[Japanese]] indigenous and minority people, with a distinct culture and language, not known to be related to any other.

This ethnic group lives mainly in [[Hokkaido]], the [[Kuril Islands]], and [[Sakhalin]].

::''"The Ainu lived in this place a hundred thousand years before the Children of the Sun came" is told in one of their legends.''

As the Ainu people originally did not have an [[alphabet]], they have orally transmitted [[literature]] such as tales, legends, experiences, and morals from generation to generation. They believe that gods are found in every phenomenon and object.

They wore mainly "Atush", clothing made out of Elm bark interwoven with cotton. [http://www.ainu-museum.or.jp/english/english.html]

==Food==
Ainu ate Salmon, Bear, and Deer, usually boiled or dried. This meat was often mixed with Ubayuri, a lily, in stew.[http://www.ainu-museum.or.jp/english/english.html]

==Origin==
The Ainu are descended from Mongoloid travelers who in turn migrated from the Middle East after the [[Great flood]]. They arrived by canoe in Hokkaido just before the Jomon Period.[http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2244.html]

== See also ==

*[[Aborigines ]]

== External links ==

*[http://d21c.com/zenegata/ainu18.html Ainu]
*[http://www.siec.k12.in.us/cannelton/fmfjapan/ainu.html Ainu Village]
*[http://www.ainu-museum.or.jp/english/english.html The Ainu Museum]

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Ainu People of Japan.

Photograph by Tamoto Kenzo, ca. 1900.
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