Every January, we celebrate New Year's Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We also celebrate National Bath Safety Month, National Oatmeal Month, and the less known National Hot Tea Month.
Tea dates as far back as the 10th century and has been a popular beverage in many cultures. Now,we pride ourselves in knowing plenty of tea time trivia! Such as:
●5000 years ago, the Emperor of China was the first to enjoy hot tea by steeping leaves from the herb Camelia simensis, a warm-weather evergreen. To this day, all tea comes from the Camellia sinensis plant.
●Today, tea is the world’s second most popular beverage consumed, second only to water.
●Americans drink 50 billion cups of tea each year.
●The first tea bags were created by Thomas Sullivan in 1904, and made of silk.
●The difference between Black, Green, and Oolong tea is a result of the changes that occur during the actual processing of the tea leaves.
·Green tea is not oxidized at all—the leaves are steamed, rolled and dried while black tea is allowed to oxidize for two to four hours.
·Oolong tea falls somewhere between green and black teas, as the tea leaves are only partially oxidized.
●Black Tea is the most commonly consumed tea in the world accounting for approximately 80% of all consumption. In the United States well over 90% of the tea consumed is black.
●Herbal teas do not come from Camellia sinensis, but are an infusion of leaves, roots, bark, seeds or flowers of other plants. Most of them are caffeine free but as they are mixed with Camellia sinensis leaves, they may contain caffeine.
●Like wine, each tea takes its name from the district in which it’s grown, and each district is known for producing tea with unique flavor and character.
●The caffeine content of tea is 40 mg in one cup of tea as compared to 99 mg of caffeine in a cup of coffee.
●Black and Green teas contain a certain type of antioxidant called flavenoids.
●To be labeled “decaffeinated,” the caffeine content per cup of tea must be approximately 5 mg.
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