The Difference of Tea Culture
between China and Britain
—— English rearch paper Group number : 5
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Date : 2010.10.18
Origin of tea culture (2)
Types of Tea (5)
Chine Tea Drinking Habits (6)
opera是什么意思The British Tea Drinking Habits (9)
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Difference of Tea Variety (12)
报关行英文Popularity of drinking tea among people in china and britain (13)
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What caud the difference of tea cultures between China and Britain? (17)
Survey (19)
Abstract：This paper centers on the comparison of the difference of tea culture between China and Britain, it includes the origin of tea, types of tea,tea drinking habits of the two country,popularity and daily u of tea and a survey conducted in a tea market.
Keywords：tea culture, difference, Britain, China
Origin of tea culture
Years of inspection and investigation by the tea specialists has already proved that the origin of tea plant is in China. Tea is indispensable in Chine life, not simply a drink, but a respository of culture, reprenting the philosophy, aesthetic views, and way of life of the Chine people.landmark
Tea plants are native to East and South Asia and probably originated around
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the point of confluence of the lands of northeast India, north Burma, southwest China, and Tibet. Although tales exist in regard to the beginnings of tea being ud as a beverage, no one is sure of its exact origins. The usage of tea as a beverage was first recorded in China, with the earliest records of tea consumption with records dating back to the 10th century BC. It was already a common drink during Qin Dynasty (around 200 BC) and became widely popular during Tang Dynasty, when it was spread to Korea and Japan. Trade of tea by the Chine to Western nations in the 19th century spread tea and the tea plant to numerous locations around the world.
Tea was imported to Europe during the Portugue expansion of the 16th century, at which time it was termed chá. In 1750, tea experts traveled from China to the Azores Islands, and planted tea, along with jasmines and mallows, to give the tea aroma and distinction. Both green tea and black tea continue to grow in the islands, that are the main supplier to continental Portugal. Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II, took the tea habit to Great Britain around 1660, but it was not until the 19th century Britain that tea became as widely consumed as it is today. In Ireland, tea had become an everyday beverage for all levels of society by the late 19th century, but it was first consumed as a luxury item on special occasion such as religious festivals, wakes, and domestic work gatherings such as quiltings.
In many cultures, tea is often had at high class social events, such as afternoon tea and the tea party. It may be consumed early in the day to
you are welcomeheighten alertness; it contains theophylline and bound caffeine(sometimes called "theine"), although there are also decaffeinated teas.
Tea is prevalent in most cultures in the Middle East. In Arab culture, tea is a focal point for social gatherings. In Iranian (Persian) and Pakistani cultures, tea is so widely consumed that it is generally the first thing offered to a houhold guest.
In Pakistan, both black and green teas are popular and are known locally as "sabz chai" and "kahwah," respectively. The popular green tea called kahwah is often rved after every meal in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Pashtun belt of Balochistan. In the Kashmir region of Pakistan, Kashmiri chai or "noon chai,"
a pink, milky tea with pistachios and cardamom, is consumed primarily at special occasions, weddings, and during the winter months when it is sold in many kiosks. In the northern Pakistan regions of Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan, a salty, buttered Tibetan-style tea is consumed.
There are tea ceremonies which have arin in different cultures, such as the Chine and Japane tea ceremonies, each of which employs traditional techniques and ritualized protocol of brewing and rving tea for enjoyment in a refined tting. One form of Chine tea ceremony is the Gongfu tea ceremony, which typically us small Yixing clay teapots and oolong tea.
The American poet Wallace Stevens, a tea-fancier, is credited by Eleanor Cook with a "delicately implicit trope of drinking tea as a metaphor for reading
(ingesting a drink from leaves)."See for instance his "Tea".
jollyrogerIn the United States and Canada, 80% of tea is consumed cold, as iced tea. In India, tea is one of the most popular hot beverages. It is consumed daily in almost all homes, offered to guests, consumed in high amounts in domestic and official surroundings and is made with the addition of a lot of milk with or without spices. It is also rved with biscuits which are dipped in the tea and eaten before consuming the tea.
Types of Tea
There are a wide range of tea products on today’s market , and China’s tea has ven main categorithirller
es : Black tea, Green tea, Scented tea, Oolong tea, Presd tea, Pu’er tea and Yellow tea . All of the tea is tea with fre sh leaves, buds and twigs procesd, processing methods, processing of the tea category is different.
1. Black tea, there are two: one is called black tea bar, including the Zhenghe and Tanyang work; one is broken black tea.
2 . Green tea processing is divided into three process: the fixation, rolling and drying.
3 . Boring yellow tea process is characterized by the formation of the key process, if not boring yellow through this process, it can not be called Yellow tea.
