Due to the peculiarities of tea leaf processing, a variety of types of tea are created. Black large-leaf tea is a scattering of dark brown or black. When brewing, the drink acquires a rich infusion of orange or dark red color.

Tea (Camelia Sinensis) & ndash; perennial evergreen shrub with a taproot system. The leaves are alternate, short-leaved, leathery, shiny, oblong-elliptic, sharp-toothed along the edge, up to 7 cm long and up to 4 cm wide, dark green above, light green below.

& laquo; Oolong & raquo; & mdash; this is the European version of the Chinese word & laquo; ulun & raquo;, which means & laquo; Black dragon & raquo;. Oolongs (oolongs) occupy an intermediate place between unfermented green teas and fully fermented black teas. The fermentation rate of classical oolong is 40-50%.

During the collection of white tea, special attention is paid to leaf selection. Usually for white tea they collect only sa & shy; my young semi-decayed leaves of the first harvest, half-covered with short white hairs of an open tea kidney (& laquo; buy xoa & raquo; & mdash; & laquo; white cilia & raquo;). For elite white teas, either only one apical leaf (more precisely, tipsa) is collected; or tipsa plus another leaf following it.

The main task in the production of green tea is to preserve the medicinal natural biologically active substances of fresh leaves in such a way that they can be released into a cup of tea during brewing. Just this goal is served by the entire technological chain of making green tea.

Tea has a complex positive effect on the body, heals it, and does it gently and gradually. Tea & ndash; not a drug in our usual sense. This is more of a prophylactic.

Chinese tea culture has been going back more than 4,000 years, and it was China that gave the world the best and most valuable varieties of tea. He also taught to drink tea aesthetically, turning the ceremony into a real meditative ritual. In order to thoroughly study Chinese tea, life is not enough for some, but by analyzing the main classification, even an ignorant person will be able to understand what's what.

This divine drink is mentioned in ancient Chinese manuscripts from 2,700 BC. Most scientists consider China to be the birthplace of tea. The appearance of tea is covered with many legends, and who knows, maybe one of them & mdash; past.