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==== You Can Make Tea Inside British Tanks ==== | ==== You Can Make Tea Inside British Tanks ==== | ||
- | All British shielded vehicles have a type of water boiling vessel inside. This really fills two needs: making tea (or espresso) and warming up the plasticized foil sacks that UK military rations come in. They are intended to be drenched in heated water. | + | All British shielded vehicles have a type of water boiling vessel inside. This really fills two needs: making tea (or espresso) and warming up the plasticized foil sacks that UK military rations come in. They are intended to be drenched in heated water. |
==== Amount of caffeine in tea ==== | ==== Amount of caffeine in tea ==== | ||
- | Caffeine constitutes about 3% of tea's dry weight. | + | Caffeine constitutes about 3 percent |
==== Types of tea ==== | ==== Types of tea ==== | ||
- | Tea is divided into categories based on how it is processed. The three main categories include green tea: unwilted and unoxidized; white tea: wilted and unoxidized and black tea: wilted, sometimes crushed, and fully oxidized. | + | Tea is divided into categories based on how it is processed. The three main categories include green tea, which is unwilted and unoxidized; white tea, which is wilted and unoxidized and black tea, which is wilted, sometimes crushed and fully oxidized. |
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+ | ==== Brits drink a lot of tea ==== | ||
+ | The Brits drink 165 million cups of tea a day. That's a staggering 60.2 billion a year.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Camellia Sinensis ==== | ||
+ | All teas come from the same plant. Black, green, white, and Pu-erh all come from Camellia Sinensis, a subtropical evergreen plant native to Asia but now grown around the world. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Shen Nung ==== | ||
+ | Tea was first discovered in China by Shen Nung in 2737 BC, who used it as an antidote to poisonous herbs. | ||
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+ | ==== Rooibos ==== | ||
+ | Rooibos is an herbal tea made from a plant that grows in South Africa. Its leaves look like needles and are fermented like regular tea leaves. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Storage ==== | ||
+ | Tea absorbs moisture, so it is important to store tea bags in an airtight container. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Infusion not tea ==== | ||
+ | Mint tea is not a tea - it is an infusion. All teas classified as tea must come from the leaves of the Camellia Sinensis plant. Everything else, like herbs (like mint), fruits (like raspberry), and so on, is an infusion. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Tea bags ==== | ||
+ | Tea bags were invented in the United States in 1904. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Oxidation ==== | ||
+ | Black tea undergoes the longest oxidation process. White tea has the shortest oxidation process. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Black tea process ==== | ||
+ | Black teas are made from leaves that are fermented and then heated to remove moisture. The heat changes the color of the leaves to black. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Adding milk ==== | ||
+ | The practice of mixing milk with tea has to do with social class, not taste. Low-quality china cups would break when hot tea was poured into them, so pouring milk in first meant that the cups would remain intact. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Iced tea ==== | ||
+ | 85% of the tea consumed in the United States is iced tea. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Lipton ==== | ||
+ | Lipton is the world' | ||
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+ | ==== Second-most consumed beverage ==== | ||
+ | After water, tea is the most consumed beverage on Earth. [([[https:// | ||
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