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Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to East Asi
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- These are the most abundant compounds in tea leaves, making up 30–40% of their composition.
- The astringency in tea can be attributed to the presence of polyphenols.
- Tea also contains small amounts of theobromine and theophylline, which are xanthines and stimulants, similar to caffeine.
- A study found that the caffeine content of one gram of black tea ranged from 22 to 28 mg, while the caffeine content of one gram of green tea ranged from 11 to 20 mg, reflecting a significant difference.
- Caffeine makes up about 3% of tea's dry weight, which translates to between 30 and 90 milligrams per 250-millilitre (8+1⁄2 US fl oz) cup depending on the type, brand, and brewing method.
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- Tea infusions are among most consumed beverages globally.
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- It is a solution of all the water-soluble compounds that have been extracted from the tea leaves, such as the polyphenols and amino acids, but is a suspension when all of the insoluble components are considered, such as the cellulose in the tea leaves.
- Physically speaking, tea has properties of both a solution and a suspension.
- The British introduced tea industry to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) in 1867.
- however, it became widely popular in India in the 1950s because of a successful advertising campaign by the India Tea Board.
- Tea was originally consumed only by Anglo-Indians;
- Using Chinese planting and cultivation techniques, the British colonial government established a tea industry by offering land in Assam to any European who agreed to cultivate it for export.
- which was then hybridized with Chinese small-leaf-type tea.
- The British had discovered that a different variety of tea was endemic to Assam and the northeast region of India,
- The Chinese tea plants he brought back were introduced to the Himalayas, though most did not survive.
- He began his journey in high secrecy as his mission occurred in the lull between the First Opium War and the Second Opium War.
- In 1848, Robert Fortune was sent by the Honourable East India Company on a mission to China to bring the tea plant back to Great Britain.
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- The Alubari tea garden was opened in 1856, and Darjeeling tea began to be produced.
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- In 1841, Archibald Campbell brought seeds of Chinese tea from the Kumaun region and experimented with planting tea in Darjeeling.
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- Chinese small-leaf-type tea was introduced into India in 1836 by the British in an attempt to break the Chinese monopoly on tea.
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- Traders from other nations then sought to find another product, in this case opium, to sell to China to earn back the silver they were required to pay for tea and other commodities.
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- The need to address the issue of British trade deficit because of the trade in tea resulted in the Opium Wars.
- The popularity of tea played a role in historical events – the Tea Act of 1773 provoked the Boston Tea Party that escalated into the American Revolution.
- by the late 19th century tea had become an everyday beverage for all levels of society.
- The price of tea in Europe fell steadily during the 19th century, especially after Indian tea began to arrive in large quantities;
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- In Britain and Ireland, tea was initially consumed as a luxury item on special occasions, such as religious festivals, wakes, and domestic work gatherings.
- The British government removed the tax on tea, thereby eliminating the smuggling trade, by 1785.
- The British government removed the tax on tea, thereby eliminating the smuggling trade, by 1785.
- Tea smuggling during the 18th century led to the general public being able to afford and consume tea.
- English drinkers preferred to add sugar and milk to black tea, and black tea overtook green tea in popularity in the 1720s.
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- Tea, however, was not widely consumed in the British Isles until the 18th century and remained expensive until the latter part of that period.
- and Catherine of Braganza took the tea-drinking habit to the English court when she married Charles II in 1662.
- Tea was sold in a coffee house in London in 1657, Samuel Pepys tasted tea in 1660,
- Peter Mundy, a traveller and merchant who came across tea in Fujian in 1637, wrote, "chaa – only water with a kind of herb boyled in it".