Green tea and how it is drunk in China
Green tea has an important meaning in China It is omnipresent and drunk in large quantities. Green tea is an indispensable part of daily life in China. Almost everyone drinks it and it is sometimes taken to work in a thermos flask. China is also the country of origin of tea. And by tea, I mean the infusion from the plant Camellia sinensis In China, the tea plant has been cultivated for about 5000 years and there are still centuries-old plants. At first, the tea leaves were picked by hand from wild tea plants and only later they were cultivated. Before it became a pleasure drink, tea was used…
Matcha – the versatile green powder
Matcha is a Japanese green tea powder It’s made from the best teas. For example, from the Gyokuro. They are also called shade or half shade tea because the bushes are covered with straw mats or nets a few weeks before the harvest (in Japanese: Kabuse). The plants produce more chlorophyll and caffeine, but only a few bitter substances. Matured in this way you get a soft, not very bitter tea. These are very valuable and expensive teas. Matcha is made from the leaves, without the leaf veins, and is the most valuable of all powder teas. It is used in Japan as a tea for ceremonies. There is also…
Camellia sinensis – the tea plant
Do you like tea? I mean the tea made from the Camellia sinensis plant, which is black or green tea (today we will not talk about the yellow, blue-green and red tea) As a proverb from the Song Dynasty says: “This drink is the dew, which falls lightly from the sky.” History of tea It’s not exactly known when the tea business started. In China, the tea plant has been cultivated for about 5000 years and there are still centuries-old plants. Initially, the tea was harvested by hand from the wild plants and later it was cultivated. Before becoming a drink, tea was used as a medicinal plant. Camellia sinensis…
