HTST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Camellia Sinensis, True History, Lu Yu
14 Mar 2018
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Unit two: a cup of tea with sugar. Hoh and mair, the true history of tea, chapter 13. Survey of tea"s transfer into european economy and culture. Pay attention to when, how, impact: tea in china. Processed leaves from which we make a drink. All tea comes from this one plant. Not 100% sure where tea comes from - in china, myanmar, and assam. Originally trees not bushes till humans started messing with it. Humans moved tea plant around and tea plant adjusted to the influence of humans. Black , green , oolong , post fermented . yellow , white. All come from same plant with slightly different variations on plant. Two global words for tea : chai and tea. Or https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=e1hh8qb3pmm (to about 10:40): tea in ancient china. One origin of tea in china about chinese emperor that had tea leaves fall in his drink. From 100 bce archaeologist found tea buried in tomb.
