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'''Tea''' is a beverage made by steeping leaves, usually from the plant ''Camellia sinensis'', in hot water. | '''Tea''' is a beverage made by steeping leaves, usually from the plant ''Camellia sinensis'', in hot water. | ||
| − | + | 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). In [[Tibet]], tea is drunk with fermented [[yak]] butter | + | 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). In [[Tibet]], tea is drunk with fermented [[yak]] butter. |
Tea may be black or green or another colour (for instance fruit tea is often red or orange). | Tea may be black or green or another colour (for instance fruit tea is often red or orange). | ||
Famous varieties of tea include China tea (pok-gai), jasmine tea, sencha (the finest green tea from Japan), darjeeling, Assam, East Friesian, English breakfast, lapsang souchong, and Earl Grey. | Famous varieties of tea include China tea (pok-gai), jasmine tea, sencha (the finest green tea from Japan), darjeeling, Assam, East Friesian, English breakfast, lapsang souchong, and Earl Grey. | ||
Revision as of 15:57, March 30, 2007
Tea is a beverage made by steeping leaves, usually from the plant Camellia sinensis, in hot water.
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). In Tibet, tea is drunk with fermented yak butter.
Tea may be black or green or another colour (for instance fruit tea is often red or orange).
Famous varieties of tea include China tea (pok-gai), jasmine tea, sencha (the finest green tea from Japan), darjeeling, Assam, East Friesian, English breakfast, lapsang souchong, and Earl Grey.