- Tea was originally stolen from China by Britain in the greatest act of corporate espionage in history.
- Green Tea and Black Tea are from the very same plant – the only difference is in how they are cooked, similar to the difference between boiled and roasted potatoes.
- Herbal tea is not even tea at all, but an “infusion”. In this respect, chicken soup is really chicken tea.
- Tea contains more caffeine by weight than coffee.
- Tea is the most popular drink on earth, next to water.
- Prized teas are more valuable than gold by weight.
- Tea comes from a flowering camellia – Camellia sinensis – in other words, the Chinese Camellia.
- Tea drinking countries industrialized faster than coffee drinking cultures, because tea requires boiling water which kills waterborn illnesses.
- The habit of stirring sugar into tea came from Victorian England – a global empire with Caribbean colonies and a glut of inexpensive sugar.
- Tea’s proven medical benefits can save lives: it reduces stress, lowers blood pressure and heart disease risk, aids weight loss, and delivers cancer fighting anti-oxidants. Just 2 cups of tea per day may lower the risk of ovarian cancer by 46 percent in women.
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Beautiful! I’m so looking forward to reading this when it arrives. Ken
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