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tea
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
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© A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition 2005, originally published by Oxford University Press 2005. (Hide copyright information)
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tea A beverage prepared by infusion of the young leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of varieties of
Camellia sinensis and
C. assamica, originating from China. Green tea is dried without further treatment. Black tea is fermented (actually an oxidation) before drying; Oolong tea is lightly fermented. Among the black teas, Flowering Pekoe is made from the top leaf buds, Orange Pekoe from first opened leaf, Pekoe from third leaves, and Souchong from next leaves. Tea bags were introduced in New York by Thomas Sullivan in 1908, initially as a means of sending samples of tea to customers in muslin bags rather than tin cans.
See also
caffeine;
herb tea;
xanthines.
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Tea product listings.(Tea Buyer's Guide)
Magazine article from: Specialty Coffee Retailer; 11/1/2003; 700+ words
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Tea product listings.
Magazine article from: Specialty Coffee Retailer; 12/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...Gold Hill Espresso & Fine Teas Golden Moon Tea Grace Tea Company, Ltd. Himalayan...Roastery, Inc. Lindsay's Teas Lisa's Tea Treasures Little Tea House...Gold Hill Espresso & Fine Teas Golden Moon Tea Grace Tea Company, Ltd. Himalayan...
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Product listings.(Specialty Tea Buyer's Guide)
Magazine article from: Specialty Coffee Retailer; 11/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...Trading Corp. Elmwood Inn Fine Teas Empire Tea Services Florapharm Tea USA Gemini...Trading Corp. Elmwood Inn Fine Teas Empire Tea Services Florapharm Tea USA Gemini...Trading Corp. Elmwood Inn Fine Teas Empire Tea Services Florapharm Tea USA Gemini...
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Product listings.(Specialty Tea Buyer's Guide)(Buyers guide)
Magazine article from: Specialty Coffee Retailer; 11/1/2006; 700+ words
; Loose-Leaf Tea 101 Black Adagio Teas A. Holliday & Company...Imperial Porcelain & Tea Elmwood Inn Fine Teas & Benjamin Press Empire...Zhong Guo Cha (Middle Kingdom Tea) 102 Green Adagio Teas A. Holliday & Company...
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Tea time for your health.
Magazine article from: Ebony; 7/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...hot, can ruin a good cup of tea. Black teas brew best with water at the boiling...gram scale to weigh your loose tea because some teas have small or broken leaves and...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Oolong Tea: Oolong teas (between black and green teas...
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Lipton Tea Product Fact Sheet.
PR Newswire; 5/23/2005; 700+ words
; ...Traditional Teas, Ready to Drink Teas and Ice Tea Mixes. NEW AOX(TM) Seal...Lipton(R) Green and Black Teas, including tea bags, New Green Tea Iced...Unlike some other decaffeinated tea products, Lipton(R) Teas are decaffeinated naturally...
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Tea Up a Relaxing, Refreshing and Healthful Holiday Season
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 12/7/2005; 700+ words
; ...of Canadians associate tea-both black and specialty teas-with health benefits...basis. Traditional Black Tea Still a Favourite, But Specialty Teas Gaining Ground For people...specialty teas-hot herbal teas, hot green tea and hot flavoured black...
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Tea evolution: Numi takes loose-leaf tea to the next level--art.(new product profile)(Numi Tea)
Magazine article from: Stagnito's New Products Magazine; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...fascinated by Artisan Teas' beauty." Of course, Artisan Blossoming Tea is more than just...realized because the tea products are solely full leaf teas, and also contain...popularity of loose-leaf teas, as consumers become tea connoisseurs and seek...
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Iced tea and chai: plenty to choose from, little to like.(Nutrition Comparison)
Magazine article from: Environmental Nutrition; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Mojito Green 0 0 SWEETENED ICED TEAS Arizona Green Tea with Ginseng and 70 17 Honey...90 19 Sweet UNSWEETENED ICED TEAS [check] Honest Tea, Organic Black Forest 0 0 Berry...0 (refrigerated) [check] Teas' Tea, Green Jasmine 0 0 TEA-JUICE...
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Flavored teas-the next growth segment? (Column)
Magazine article from: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal; 10/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...the other flavored black teas." Of the tropical tea flavors, passion fruit is...a vanilla or Irish cream tea. Flavored teas are not to be confused with...months.) 2. Decorate the tea. When making flavored teas, add color and decoration...
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Tea
Book article from: Plant Sciences
...States), fresh green tea beverage is tinted...hence its name. Other teas from Camellia sinensis...leaf or its extract. Tea Processing All Camellia sinensis teas are from the growing...supply mainly black teas. The world's largest importers of tea are the United Kingdom...
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Tea Bag
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...enterprising merchant, wrapped samples of tea leaves in silk bags and sent them to...specially treated filter paper. Herb teas, caffeine-free and cultivated from...for medicinal purposes. Raw Materials Tea bags are composed of two main ingredients...
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Tea Industry
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...leaves). Although tea can be grown in a...conditions, the best teas are grown at altitudes...is similar to black tea but with a much shorter...fermentation process. Oolong teas, which account for...water as “ tea, ” only...this designation. Teas made with herbs and...
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Tea Plant
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...hot drink, are not true teas. Next to water, tea is said to be the most...addition to black and green teas, other major classes of tea are produced as a result...Regardless of the type of tea, virtually all commercial teas are blends of several...
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Tea Trade, Prerevolutionary
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
TEA TRADE, PREREVOLUTIONARY TEA TRADE, PREREVOLUTIONARY. The Dutch in mid-seventeenth-century New Amsterdam were the first people in North America to drink tea. The habit caught on more slowly among the British colonists who succeeded...
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