Tea Trivia

• The first definitive book on tea, ‘THE CH’A CHING’ is written by Lu Yu in 800 A.D.
• In the year 1680, the concept of adding milk to tea was developed in Europe.
• Tea remained popular in France for only 50 years, being replaced by a stronger preference for wine, chocolate and exotic coffees.
• Until the sixth century, tea was consumed primarily as a remedy for headaches, kidney trouble, poor digestion, ulcers and to guard against “the noxious gasses of the body and lethargy.
• The first samples of tea reached England between 1652 and 1654.
• In 1904, at St. Louis World’s Fair in the United States, a tea plantation owner served the first “ICED TEA”. It was the hit of the fair.
• Four years later, Thomas Sullivan of New York, developed the concept of “Bagged Tea” to avoid the mess of tea leaves in kitchens.
• Experienced tea pickers collect up to 70 pounds of tea a day by hand.
• One tea bush will produce tea for at least 50 years.
• A single pound of tea will yield about 180 cups of brewed tea.
• Every 100 kg of fresh leaves makes 13 kg of black tea.

*Content taken from various Research papers and internet.