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How Much Do You Really Know about Tea? - Coggle Diagram
How Much Do You Really Know about Tea?
Preface
Second only to water, tea is one of the most popular drinks in the world.
Whether you like it boiling hot, poured over ice, or served with milk and tapiocau pearls, there’s a lot to love about tea.
But how much do you know about it?
Let's test your knowledge to see if you’re a real tea master.
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Q: How many types of tea plants are there?
A: Thousands of different types.
common source
Camellia sinensis
a bush native to East Asia
difference
where the plants are grown
how their leaves are treated after harvest
make
green tea
lightly steamed
oven-dried
black tea
left to dry
conclusion
While tea lovers will argue endlessly about how to make a great cup, there's only one rule.
The perfect cup of tea is the one that tastes best to you.
No matter how you like it, just enjoy!
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Q: When did tea become widely popular in Britain?
A: In the eighteenth century.
17th century
from China to England
so costly that only noble people could afford it
in 1717
the first tea shop opened
common people got access to the drink
Mid-18th century
nearly everyone in England was consuming tea
paragraph 2
Q: On average, which country’s citizens consume the most tea?
A: Turkey.
famous
the British have the reputation of being great tea lovers
most consumed
Turkey
a single Turkish citizen per year
=
three kilograms of tea leaves
=
over 1,200 cups of tea
paragraph 4
Q: Why did people start adding milk to tea?
A: To protect their cups.
reason
many average British folks didn't have the sturdy tea sets that richer people used.
Their thinner cups often shatteredu when boiling liquid was poured inside.
solution
adding milk first helped cool the tea