Forgot to clean your teeth? Tea contains flouride. It has been suggested that 1.5 cups of Black Tea or 1 cup of Green Tea, consumed daily, contains enough flouride to reduce tooth decay.
The Life of Tea
Black Teas, if properly stored, may retain their flavour for up to 2 years from the time it was picked. Green Teas are unfermented and are best consumed within 6 months.
Can you Believe this...
It was the year 1744 in Scotland. There was a proposal to lock up tea drinkers in jail. People in various parishes and towns started to think that tea caused certain illnesses and wanted to seperate those that drank tea from everyone else.
As an aside for this story- The people of England, at this exact same time, were embracing tea as a national drink for everyone.
Iced Tea in a Can
Canned Ice Tea was introduced to the USA in the 1990's. Iced Tea is the no. 1 selling beverage in the USA today. Its' popularity is steadily rising worldwide.
Iced Tea began at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Loius, USA in 1904. Richard Blechynden, a Britain, working in Calcutta, held a booth at this Expo to show Americans the 'proper' way to make tea. The weather at this time in St Loius was hot and humid and each day visitors would by-pass his stand in favour of those vendors selling cool refreshments.
Finally, in desperation, Richard filled tall glasses to the brim with ice and then added his hot tea. Iced Tea was a big hit then and there. His customers found it to be a cool and refreshing drink. Iced Tea became one of the most popular drinks at the Expo.
How much Tea can a Tea Plucker pluck?
Tea bushes are plucked every week or fortnight during the growing season. The top two freshly grown young leaves and buds, otherwise known as tips, make the best tea. (and the most expensive)
A 'tea-plucker' can pluck 35kg of leaves per day which equates to 3,500 cups of tea.
N.B. 'Tea-Plucker' is a real term given to people employed to hand pick or pluck the leaves from the tea bushes.
The Tea Rose
The term Tea Rose was originally the name for a rose whose perfume closely resembled that of the aroma of tea.
Tea in an Instant
Instant Tea mix (a water soluble tea) was first introduced in 1956 by Nestle Company & Standards Brands.
Tea Leaf Reading
Tea leaf Reading is also known as Tasseography. By studying the various 'symbols' or patterns left in your tea cup by the tea leaves, your fortune may be forecast. Tea Leaf Reading is actually illegal to practice in many states of Australia.
Tea Trivia part 1 >
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Tea Trivia
Everything you wanted to know about tea but were afraid to ask. I've put together some of the least known inspiring tea trivia.
Where did the saying 'Tea for Two' come from?
In the late 1800's two gentleman, named Lyons and Gluckstein were contracted to sell tea to the visitors of the Newcastle Exhibition.
They only charged two-pence for a pot which was far cheaper than the usual three-pence for a cup. Thus, the saying 'Tea for Two' came into being - meaning tea for two-pence.
The History of the Teabag
The teabag was unintentionally invented by Thomas Sullivan, a New York City tea merchant in 1908.
When sending out his various tea leaf samples to prospective retailers he sewed them in tiny individual silk bags instead of using the usual tins.
When these retailers received his tea samples they poured their boiling water straight over the bags rather than cutting them open and emptying the tea leaves into a teapot.
The ease and convenience of these tiny tea packages was quickly recognised and Thomas Sullivan was inundated with orders for what we now know as the teabag.
Teas are blended after normal manufacturing processes. The best tea is unblended and will come from single tea estates.
They started out as....
Tetley started life as a tea-packing house. Originally, two Tetley brothers sold salt and tea on horseback throughout the villages of Yorkshire.
In 1907 Thomas Twining, a weaver, opened Tom's Coffee House and used a variety of different teas to attract the aristocrats to his coffee shop. In 1717 Tom's Coffee House is converted to the first English tea shop named The Golden Lyon. Thomas Twining boldly invites women to shop at his Tea Shop. Coffee Houses of the time were frequented by men only.
Cadburys & Harrods of London were originally tea blenders
Tea Cups originally had no handles
It wasn't until Afternoon Tea and High Tea became popular with the aristocracy that handles were actually added to tea cups.
The added handles prevented ladies from burning their fingers when 'taking tea'.
Tea Trivia part 2 >
Where did the saying 'Tea for Two' come from?
In the late 1800's two gentleman, named Lyons and Gluckstein were contracted to sell tea to the visitors of the Newcastle Exhibition.
They only charged two-pence for a pot which was far cheaper than the usual three-pence for a cup. Thus, the saying 'Tea for Two' came into being - meaning tea for two-pence.
The History of the Teabag
The teabag was unintentionally invented by Thomas Sullivan, a New York City tea merchant in 1908.
When sending out his various tea leaf samples to prospective retailers he sewed them in tiny individual silk bags instead of using the usual tins.
When these retailers received his tea samples they poured their boiling water straight over the bags rather than cutting them open and emptying the tea leaves into a teapot.
The ease and convenience of these tiny tea packages was quickly recognised and Thomas Sullivan was inundated with orders for what we now know as the teabag.
Teas are blended after normal manufacturing processes. The best tea is unblended and will come from single tea estates.
They started out as....
Tetley started life as a tea-packing house. Originally, two Tetley brothers sold salt and tea on horseback throughout the villages of Yorkshire.
In 1907 Thomas Twining, a weaver, opened Tom's Coffee House and used a variety of different teas to attract the aristocrats to his coffee shop. In 1717 Tom's Coffee House is converted to the first English tea shop named The Golden Lyon. Thomas Twining boldly invites women to shop at his Tea Shop. Coffee Houses of the time were frequented by men only.
Cadburys & Harrods of London were originally tea blenders
Tea Cups originally had no handles
It wasn't until Afternoon Tea and High Tea became popular with the aristocracy that handles were actually added to tea cups.
The added handles prevented ladies from burning their fingers when 'taking tea'.
Tea Trivia part 2 >
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