DID YOU KNOW?

Facts About Tea

1: Tea is the second most consumed drink in the world, second only to water.

2: Black tea, green tea, oolong tea, puer tea and white tea all come from the same plant: Camellia Sinensis. Sri Lanka specialises in black tea production.

3: The different tea types are only created due to different processing methods. For example, black tea is highly oxidised / fermented white tea is only minimally processed. Taste and appearance differ greatly depending on each processing method.

4: Herbal infusions are not teas at all, they are correctly called “tisanes”.

5: Tea Tasting is very much like wine tasting. When tasting the teas we are looking for specific characteristics in the flavours, the mouth feel, the tannins, the nose…and yes, we are supposed to spit it out once tasted, but we think that’s a waste of great tea (and wine for that matter).

6: The less processed the tea leaf, the greater antioxidants. This means that green tea has more antioxidants than black tea, and white tea (the least processed of the teas) has the most antioxidants of all!