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The Chinese high-mountainous province Fujian in which tea «White monkey» grows, is the leader in cultivation of raw materials for a tonic. For tea manufacturing select the most gentle kidneys with the first leaf. The collected not braided leaves and young kidneys dry directly open-air. The dried up leaflets the bends and the form remind a tenacious monkey’s tail. Probably it also became the reason of the name of the given grade of tea. Because in the east of monkeys carry to one of the most esteemed animals helping the person to struggle with harm. Read the rest of this entry »

Still 4800 years ago there were mentions of such drink, as the Chinese tea. Nevertheless opening of tea we are obliged by one of the basic figures of the Chinese mythology, to a spiritual primogenitor of the Chinese nation of ShenNunu. There is a legend that ShenNunu traveling across Heavenly Empire, studied grasses to be able to distinguish medicinal from poisonous and by that helped people, will recover from illnesses. Read the rest of this entry »

The Ceylon tea enjoys wide popularity among the present fans of this drink. Each person who considers itself as the true judge of tea, well knows that the Ceylon tea is a high quality tea from the Ceylon which now name Sri Lanka. Any Ceylon tea practically under the characteristics very much reminds the Indian tea to experts. Nevertheless, in it there is a highlight which does the Ceylon tea by one of the best teas of the whole world. Thanks to a good climate Sri Lanka has all possibilities, allowing to make exclusively quality tea and the same taste. Read the rest of this entry »

Experts assert that those people who constantly use tea aren’t inclined to completeness. And to this fact the explanation is found. At tea leaves there are special substances, and they are responsible for blocking of process of mastering of fat in our organisms. Read the rest of this entry »

In Mongolia apply one of the most ancient ways of preparation of tea. It is extended also among Kirghiz, Kalmyks, the Buryat. Such way tea in Russia has extended in the end of a XVII-th century then it named «bogdoski tea». The drink structure, except tiled green tea, includes milk, oil, a flour, salt. The grade and the tea kind is invariable, all other components can vary. We will tell, oil can be diluted with baked beef or mutton fat, or at all be absent; a flour sometimes mix with millet or rice, and it is admissible both wheaten, and barley, and a rye flour. Milk in broth add both cow, and goat, camel. Prominent feature of this drink is a milk considerable quantity that it is possible to explain shortage of water in saline steppes. Sometimes broth completely prepare on milk, only a few diluting with its water. Tea on-mongolski salt, often put bell pepper, add a nutmeg or a bay leaf. Read the rest of this entry »

For the Central Asian tea tradition is characteristic to drink tea in the big company, therefore fans of tea drinking always gather in tea which in the east name «chayhana». During a feast people communicate, discuss news, have a rest. Read the rest of this entry »

In solemn occasions at the tea use very long and difficult ritual is used. For the first time difficult ceremonial at tea reception has appeared in Buddhist sect a zen. In XII century in monasteries of this sect the philosophy according to which smothering the person was generated should be improved, develop constantly. The person absorbed by subtleties of tea ceremony, forgot for a while about difficulties and problems of life and completely concentrated on the sensations.
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About antiquities and up to now mankind recognizes salutary action of tea on an organism. In the book “Mahzan-al-Advija” (“the Treasury of medicines”) are given words of the Tadjik doctor of a XVIII-th century that tea “strengthens forces of an organism and spirit, raises, are raised by mood. It also strengthens a stomach and sexual ability at people with cold nature”. Read the rest of this entry »

Scientists assert what to warn disease in cool winter time will help good tea about which we already told. In a case if to drink it daily even if epidemic that possibility with might and main storms to be ill or catch a cold thoroughly goes down. It is possible to name other protecting method medical Together with pepper it also possesses considerable number of the necessary properties — and increases immunity to illnesses, thus fine warming. In ancient manuscripts there is a large quantity of descriptions of treatment by honey. Read the rest of this entry »

Really, the sugar added in tea, especially in small doses, promotes improvement of taste of tea infusion, and various the sugar, entering in a small amount in tea leaf structure, in the course of manufacture of black tea participate in formation of its aroma, as at thermal processing. On the other hand, too big doses of sugar worsen taste of tea infusion, muffle specific tea aroma. Besides, researches of German scientists have shown that sugar acts in a role of an absorber of vitamin B1 when we put excessive quantity of lump sugar in infusion. Read the rest of this entry »