![]() ![]() Tea plants are native to East Asia and the probable center of origin of tea is near the source of the Irrawaddy River from where it spread out fan-wise into southeast China, Indo-China and Assam. ![]() Tea plant ( Camellia sinensis) from Köhler's Medicinal Plants, 1897 These may be called tisanes or herbal infusions to prevent confusion with tea made from the tea plant. They are the infusions of fruit, leaves, or other plant parts, such as steeps of rosehip, chamomile, or rooibos. The term herbal tea refers to drinks not made from Camellia sinensis. During the 17th century, drinking tea became fashionable among the English, who started to plant tea on a large scale in British India. Portuguese priests and merchants introduced it to Europe during the 16th century. ![]() It was popularised as a recreational drink during the Chinese Tang dynasty, and tea drinking subsequently spread to other East Asian countries. Īn early credible record of tea drinking dates to the third century AD, in a medical text written by Chinese physician Hua Tuo. Tea has a stimulating effect in humans primarily due to its caffeine content. There are many different types of tea some have a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavour, while others have vastly different profiles that include sweet, nutty, floral, or grassy notes. After plain water, tea is the most widely consumed drink in the world. Tea is also rarely made from the leaves of Camellia taliensis. 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 Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northern Myanmar. Longjing green tea being infused in a gaiwanįirst recorded in China in 59 BC, though probably originated earlier ![]()
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