The wonderful world of tea
The TEA hype, what is it all about?
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. Tea is also
rarely made from the leaves of Camellia taliensis.
After plain water, tea is the
most widely consumed drink in the world.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. Tea has a stimulating
effect in humans primarily due to its caffeine content.