Archive for May, 2007

TEA TASTER JARGON’S 6

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

DRY LEAF
SANDY containing sand.
Tags: Tea Taster

TEA GROWING – A Brief

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Legend ascribes the creation of tea plant to Daruma or Bodhidharma – the founder of Zen Buddhism. Centuries ago, the saint fell asleep while meditating near Nanking in China. He cut his eyelids when he woke up as he had punished himself. A plant came up where the eyelids had fallen. Its leaves were found [...]

THE LEGEND AND THE STORY

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Legend ascribes the creation of tea plant to Daruma or Bodhidharma – the founder of Zen Buddhism. Centuries ago, the saint fell asleep while meditating near Nanking in China. He cut his eyelids when he woke up as he had punished himself. A plant came up where the eyelids had fallen. Its leaves were found [...]

TEA GROWING FOR THE NON – PLANTER

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

The tea plant whose botanical name is “Camellia Sinensis”, if allowed to grow its own way, would rise to height of some 25 feet and flower or fruit like any other perennial semi-deciduous tree. In order, however, to produce tea on a commercial scale, saplings are planted close to each other and repeatedly pruned or [...]

TEA TASTER’S JARGON 5

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

DRY LEAF
MAKE good style.
MILLED put through cutter or mill.
Tags: Tea Taster

Chai

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

Chai (Arabic: شَاي, Hindi: चाय, Urdu/Persian: چاى, Russian: чай, Turkish: çay [1]) is the word for tea in South Asia and the Middle East, mainly northern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and the other regional countries. It is a derivative of the Chinese word cha (茶) for tea. Synonyms in other languages are the Bengali chā, [...]

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Sunday, May 27th, 2007

It may sound silly, but what is it that makes tea so popular? It is by far the most popular drink in the world today, drank by people in every country on earth. But why?
Simplicity
Tags: Tea