{"title":"9 Fascinating Facts For Tea Lovers","description":"\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 30px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.capitalteas.com\/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=11122\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalteas.com\/v\/vspfiles\/assets\/images\/virgsang.jpg\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e9 Fascinating Facts For Tea Lovers\t\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003e#1 All true tea comes from varieties of the Camellia plant.\n\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eCalling any other brewed herb beverages a “tea” is a misnomer. Chamomile, hibiscus and valerian root are often referred to as teas, but they’re actually herbal infusions. Likewise, any fruit based teas should technically be called \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalteas.com\/Fruit-Tisanes-s\/59.htm\"\u003e“tisanes.”\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003e#2 Tea is more popular than coffee around the globe.\n\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen you envision a morning mug or an afternoon pick-me-up, coffee might be the beverage that comes to mind. However, the most popular beverage worldwide (other than water) is actually the humble tea leaf! Iced tea is more popular than hot tea in America, where cold beverages are often preferred.\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003e#3 The origin of adding milk to black tea is a topic shrouded in mystery. \u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eSome tea historians believe that the addition of milk to porcelain China prior to pouring in the hot tea was a protective measure to prevent the glass from breaking. Others claim it was to cut the bitterness of low quality tea leaves. \u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003e#4 When to add milk is a debate topic that gets pretty heated.\n\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere’s a serious tea drinker’s debate about whether or not to pour the milk in during steeping, or after steeping is complete. We won’t take sides!\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003e#5 Earl Grey’s unique flavor comes from bergamot oil.\n\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eBergamot is a citrus fruit with a bitter and lightly sour flavor. However, it’s most famous for it’s role in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalteas.com\/Organic-Earl-Grey-p\/200.htm\"\u003eEarl Grey\u003c\/a\u003e tea. Despite Earl Grey’s current popularity, it was initially used to mask poor quality tea flavor and was generally looked upon unfavorably.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003e#6 English Breakfast tea is not grown in England.\n\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eDespite the name, the UK does not grow tea. The ever popular English Breakfast tea is actually a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalteas.com\/Capital-Breakfast-Organic-p\/2040.htm\"\u003eblend of tea leaves\u003c\/a\u003e from various tea growing regions, such as Assam, Ceylon, and Kenya. Up until very recently, all teas were imported into the British Isles. But, modern farmers are attempting to change this now!\n\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#7 China and India are the leading tea producers worldwide.\n\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eRoughly 75% of the tea grown annually is produced between these two powerhouses. Kenya comes in at number three, producing approximately 300,000 tons, one-third the amount reported from India.\n\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003e#8 Tea bags were invented in America… by accident!\n\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cinline\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eAn American tea merchant in the early 1900s was distributing his tea samples in small, silk bags. Some of the recipients believed this was a convenient, disposable replacement for their usual metal strainers. The rest is history!\n\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003e#9 Bricks of tea were once used as currency.\n\u003c\/inline\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cinline style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eTea was, and still is, incredibly valuable. It is a medicine and a food product. In the past, tea was even used as a form of payment! Pressed and stamped fermented \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalteas.com\/Pu-erh-Teas-s\/190.htm\"\u003epu-erh\u003c\/a\u003e tea, which kept well, was the tea of choice for such transactions.\u003c\/inline\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/1t7aeh-fx.myshopify.com\/collections\/9-fascinating-facts-for-tea-lovers.oembed","provider":"Capital Teas","version":"1.0","type":"link"}