BOT 1200 Lecture 9: stimulating beverages pt 2
8 Mar 2017
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Black tea: withered and rolled fermented and dried. Green tea- not fermented, leaves steamed, rolled and dried. Tea dried preparation of youngest leaves of camellia sinensis and its varieties. 1752: classified by linasus as thea on the basis of the number of flower petals. Initially thea referred to cultivated tea and camellia was used for non-tea varieties. Chinese legend, shen nug accidently discovered tea. 780 ad cha ching claims shen nung discovered tea when a gust of wind blew tea leaves into a into a boiling pot of water. Other legends claims tea originated in indie price gautama brought to china. Small, growing shrub small, narrow, serrated and dark green leaves. Variation style number + degree of style fusion. 500 ad tea introduced west by turkish traders who exchanged tea for goods at mongolian boarder. 960-1127 song dynasty realized tea commercial value and actively exposed it to tibet.
