Tea is a product of leaves from the camellia sinensis plant where it is cured in a variety of different methods. What most people are familiar with, is loose leaf tea or organic black tea which is made with boiling water to make a nice tasting hot drink. Tea is the 2nd most consumed beverage behind water in the world and a lot of people enjoy drinking it warm or iced and cold. There are many types of tea and the most frequently used ones are white, black, green yellow and oolong. Even though the different varieties all come from the same plant, the methods and the parts of the plant in drying them are different giving them all a different taste and aroma. The other popular kind of tea is an herbal one which does not have caffeine and is made from leaves, flowers, fruits and herbs and does not have any link to the camellia sinensis plant in it.

The Yunnan Province of China is known as the birthplace of tea where people residing there discovered that eating the leaves from the tea plant and also brewing it with water are delicious and quite pleasant. China is also proud to say that they have the world’s most ancient tea tree which is said to be 3,200 years old. Green tea is one of the favorite blends that come from China and has been known to have wellness benefits as well as helps to curb an appetite.

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The Stash Tea Company is based in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1972, the company derives its name from an entertaining aspect of tea folklore. During the earlier centuries, tea was a valuable commodity traditionally transported by ship Clipper. Captain of the ship was often presented with some of the finest teas for his personal use. This offer was its “secret”, arranged carefully as his “private reserve.” Today the term is still used to mean any store carefully because of its preciousness. This beautiful Chinese jasmine tea, also called tea cloud is Datzhang garden in Jiang Xi province. We invite you…

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There are many interesting myths about the discovery of drinking or consuming tea leaves. One is centered on Shennong who was the Emperor of China as well as the inventor of agriculture and Chinese medicine. One myth states that he was drinking a bowl of boiled water in 2737 B.C. when a few leaves from a nearby plant blew into his bowl turning it a different color. He tried it and discovered it had a pleasant taste. Another myth was that he regularly tested various herbs and plants for their medicinal qualities and often the herbs he tried were poisonous. He would then consume boiled water with tea leaves to counteract the poison he had taken.

In other nations and cultures, tea was consumed for various purposes, for example, in India, it was originally consumed for medicinal purposes. It was first noted to be used as a medicine in 500 B.C. In fact so much tea was consumed in India that it was the leading country of tea consumption for 100 years until it was passed by China in the 21st century.

In Japan, tea was first drank in religious classes in the country when various priests were sent to China to be educated about different things about their culture. Britain, also became consumers of tea a long time ago and it is highly consumed today still. It was originally a drink only considered for the wealthy people but now is widely consumed in the afternoons with milk and sugar for a lot of people residing in Great Britain.


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