Boston Tea Party

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Boston Tea Party

Protest in 1773 by settlers in Massachusetts, USA, against the tea tax imposed by the British government before the American Revolution.

When a batch of tea (belonging to the East India Company and intended for sale in the American colonies) arrived in Boston Harbor, he was thrown over a group of Bostonians disguised as American Indians during the night of 16 December 1773. The British government, angered by this and other colonial protests against British policy took retaliatory measures in 1774, including the closure of the Port of Boston.

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WuYi tea

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WuYi tea

What Wuyi tea? It is a new weight loss crazes to hit the diet-crazy market. Wu-Yi is a trademark of oolong tea, a traditional Chinese medicine has been used in China for hundreds of years. Wu-Yi tea is known as aid effectiveness for weight loss, because of its role in the oxidation of fat. Oolong tea is recognized as a semi-oxidized version of green tea, and has many health benefits aside aid weight loss. It is not enough that you lose weight, it should be done in a safe, with little or no risk in his overall health.

Oolong has many varieties, and one of the most popular are those harvested in the Wuyi Mountains in Fujian province. Presumably, this is where the brand is named.

Wu-Yi Tea is perfect for those who want to lose weight and want to see quick results. The effectiveness of tea is worth noting when one considers the thin bodies of the entire Chinese population. That is one reason why drinking Wu-Yi has become a buzzword in the United States and other countries when it comes to weight loss.

Even if you're not dieting, you can enjoy drinking Wu-Yi because of its unique taste and distinctive aroma. The style of mixing affects the overall taste of tea, and there will be differences in color, texture and aroma of the drink itself.

What makes Wu-Yi tea slimming agent?

Wu-Yi contains polyphenols, a substance that increases the body's metabolism so that it can burn fat more quickly. Other varieties of tea contain polyphenols, but the difference is, Wu-Yi has the right amount, which plays a role in the dramatic loss amounts of weight without risking your health. Of course, tea works best if you combine it with a healthy diet and regular exercise.

Wu-Yi also contains powerful antioxidants as thearubugins and theaflavins. They are as powerful as polyphenols, and is also found in green tea. These antioxidants are told that vitamin C when it comes to destroying free radicals in the body. These led to stimulate metabolism and physical and mental well-being.

Numerous studies have supported the effectiveness of Wu-Yi tea in weight loss. These studies show that people who drink tea regularly not only lose weight but also increased energy levels. Other health benefits that come with the tea are:

"Strengthening immunity against serious diseases like cancer and heart problems
"Strengthening the bones and teeth
"In healthy, glowing skin

The effectiveness of tea depends on the size, weight, activity level and lifestyle of the person taking it. It will work faster on some people in May and make a little slower on some, particularly those with low metabolism. Wu-Yi is perfect for those who want to lose weight, but refuse to drink the diet pills on the market. It is recommended that the person should drink Wu-Ti tea without additives, just to be sure that the antioxidant qualities of the drink will not be affected.

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Japan

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Japan

Tea use broadcast in Japan on the sixth century. [27] The tea has become a drink of religion classes in Japan when priests and Japanese envoys sent to China to learn more about its culture, brought tea to Japan. Ancient records indicate the first batch of tea seeds were brought by a priest named Saichō (最澄, Saichō? 767-822) in 805, followed by another called Kukai (空海, Kukai? 774-835) in 806. He became a drink of the royal classes when Emperor Saga (嵯峨天皇, Emperor Saga?), The Emperor of Japan, has encouraged the growth of tea bushes. Seeds were imported from China and culture began in Japan.

In 1191, the famous Zen priest Eisai (栄西, Eisai? 1141-1215) brought tea seeds Kyoto. Some of tea seeds were given to the priest Myoe Shonin, and became the basis for Uji tea. The oldest book of specialty tea in Japan, kissa Yōjōki (吃茶养生记, kissa Yōjōki How to stay healthy by drinking tea), was written by Eisai. Eisai has also played a role in the introduction of tea consumption in the class warrior, who rose from political importance after the Heian period.

Green tea has become a staple among cultured people in Japan - an infusion for the nobility and priesthood as a Buddhist. Production has increased, and tea has become increasingly accessible, but still a privilege enjoyed mostly by the upper classes. The modern tea ceremony developed over several centuries by Zen Buddhist monks under the initial direction of the monk Sen no Rikyū (千利休, Sen no Rikyū? 1522-1591). In fact, both the beverage and the ceremony surrounding it played a leading role in feudal diplomacy.

In 1738, Soen Nagatani developed Japanese Sencha (煎茶, Sencha?), Literally roasted tea, which is a form of non-fermented green tea. It is the most popular form of tea in Japan today. In 1835, Kahei Yamamoto developed Gyokuro (玉露, Gyokuro?), Literally jewel of dew, by the shade of trees tea during the weeks preceding harvest. At the end of the Meiji period (1868-1912), machine manufacturing green tea was introduced and began to replace the hand of tea.

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Korea

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Korea

The first historic record of documenting the supply of tea to an ancestral god describes a rite in the year 661 in a tea that offer was made in the spirit of King Suro, the founder of the Kingdom Geumgwan Gaya (42-562). Documents of the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) show that tea offerings were made in Buddhist temples in the spirit of venerable monks.

The latitude of Korea is high and the climate is not suitable for tea growing, production of tea is light, the quality was bad and the taste is unpleasant. Koreans therefore tea leaves imported, mainly from Beijing.

During the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), the royal family and the aristocracy Yi tea used for simple rites. The "Day of tea rite" is a common ceremony the day, while the "rite special tea" was reserved for specific occasions. These terms are not found in other countries. Towards the end of the Joseon Dynasty, co-owners joined the trend and tea used for ancestral rites, following the example, according to Chinese Zhu Xi on the text of formalities of the family.

Stoneware is common, mostly ceramics, mainly in the provinces ovens, porcelain rare imperial porcelain dragons with the most rare. The first type of tea used in tea ceremonies were heavily relied on the black tea cakes, the equivalent of aged pu-erh tea still popular in China. However, import of tea plants by Buddhist monks has a more delicate series of teas in Korea, and the tea ceremony. Green tea, "chaksol" or "chugno," is most often used. However, others such as teas "Byeoksoryung" Chunhachoon, Woojeon, Jakseol, Jookro, Okcheon and chrysanthemums tea, persimmon tea leaves, tea or mugwort May be served at different times of the year.

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United Kingdom

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United Kingdom

The import of tea in Britain began in the years 1660 with the marriage of King Charles II with the Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza, where she brought to the court in the habit of drinking tea. The same year, Samuel Pepys records drinking "one China drink which I had never drunk before." It is likely that the first imports via Amsterdam or by sea vessels on the east.

Regular exchanges began to Guangzhou (Canton). The trade is controlled by two monopolies: the Chinese Hongs (commercial) and the British East India Company. The Hongs acquired tea "tea men" who developed a supply chain in the mountains and in the provinces where tea was grown.

The East India Company brought many products, including tea is just one, but it was to prove most effective. It was originally promoted as a medicinal tonic or drink. At the end of the seventeenth century, tea was seen as a drink, but mainly by the aristocracy. In 1690, nobody would have predicted that by 1750 would be the national drink tea.

The escalation of tea import and sales over the period 1690 to 1750 is mirrored closely by the increase in the import and sale of sugar cane: The British were not only drink tea but sweet tea. Thus, two of Britain's trading triangles were to meet in the cup: sugar from Great Britain's commercial triangle encompassing Britain, Africa and the Caribbean and tea triangle including Britain, India and China.

Britain has had to pay China for its tea, but China has little need for British goods, so it was paid with money metal. Critics of tea at this time would recall the damage to Britain by the richness of this metal loss. As an alternative, Britain began to produce opium in India and China forced to trade tea for opium production in several treaties after the opium wars. Tea has become an important lubricant of Britain in world trade, contributing to Britain dominant position globally by the end of the eighteenth century. So far tea is regarded as a symbol of "British", in particular England, but also, for some, as a symbol of British colonialism.

Tea is now grown commercially on the continent to the United Kingdom Tregothnan in Cornwall.

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India tea

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India tea

The culture of tea in India has somewhat ambiguous origins. Although measuring the popularity of tea in ancient India is unknown, it is known that tea is a wild plant that India was indeed brewed by the people of different regions.

Legends Indian credit the creation of tea, known in the modern sense of Bodhidharma (ca. 460-534), a monk born near Madras, India and the founder of the Ch'an (or Zen) sect of Buddhism. Interestingly, the old tales Japanese credit the origin of tea and Bodhidharma.

The Singpho tribe and the tribe Khamti also confirm that they were the consumption of tea since the 12th century.

The first reference to tea in India was in the ancient epic Ramayana, when Hanuman was sent to the Himalayas to bring the Sanjeevani tea for medicinal use.

The next recorded reference to tea in India dates back to 1598, when a Dutch traveler, Jan Huyghen Van Linschoten, noted in a book that "Indians eat the leaves as a vegetable with garlic and oil and boiled leaves to make an infusion. "

The same year, another reference to tea in India was recorded by a different group of Dutch explorers.

In 1877 a booklet written by Samuel Baildon, and published by W. Newman and Co. Calcutta, he wrote, "... various merchants in Calcutta were discussing the possibility of imported seeds China booming in Assam, where a native of the province now see a tea said:" We have the plants grow in the wild in our jungle. "It is established that the Assamese noble, Maniram Dutta Barua, (also known as Maniram Dewan) showed British surveyors existing fields used for growing tea and wild tea bushes more and Also in the jungle Assamese .

In an article published in The Cambridge World History of Food (Kiple & Ornelas 2000:715-716), Weisburger & Comer summarize the history of tea in India since the beginning up to 2000 times:

The culture of tea started there [India] in the nineteenth century by the British, however, has accelerated the point that India is now the world's leading producer, 715, 000 tons and ahead of the China 540, 000 tons, and of course, tea from Assam, Ceylon (from the island nation known as Sri Lanka), Darjeeling and are famous throughout the world. However, because the Indians on average half a cup per day per capita based, fully 70 percent of India immense harvest is consumed locally.

In general, even if India is the first in the world in tea technology, methods used for harvesting vary depending on the type of tea and terrain. Fine-leaf tea is pulled by hand, scissors in hand and are used on mountain slopes and other areas where the tractor-mounted machine can not go. A skilled worker using scissors to the hand may harvest between 60 and 100 kg of tea per day, while cutting machines between 1000 and 2, 000 kg. The latter, however, are generally applied to lower-quality teas that are often in bags. The tea "fluff" and waste processing is used to produce caffeine in soft drinks and medicine.

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica (2008): "In 1824 tea plants were discovered in the hills along the border between Burma and the Indian state of Assam. The British introduced the cultivation of tea in India in 1836 and in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1867. At first they used seed from China, but later the seeds of the plant of Assam have been used. "

It is obvious that the West accounts of the history of tea in India and Eastern accounts differ not only in small details, but in the major facts. Current research is underway to resolve the issue, but research to date has been largely not.

India is the largest producer of tea for nearly a century, but was displaced by China as a leading producer of tea in the 21st century . Indian tea companies have acquired a number of images foreign companies, including British tea brands Tetley and Typhoo. India is also one of the biggest tea-drinking nation. However, per capita consumption of tea in India remains a modest 750 grams per person each year due to the large population base and high levels of poverty .

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