Geography of tea

I have mentioned the fact that there are 6 main types of tea, but i now want to look at them in a bit more depth. to recap, the six main types of tea are Black, White, Green, Oolong, Yellow and Pu'er tea. There is over 3,000 variations of these types altogether. As all tea is made from the same plant, the difference comes from the level of oxidation. White tea is a pale yellow colour, it has a similar consistency to green tea. It is also sometimes known as China White and Fujian White. White tea is said to be an unoxidized tea as the processing is minimal and enzymes in the tea leaves are not killed. They do in fact experience slight oxidisation naturally when they are sitting out, which is more than green tea experiences. Green tea is a green colour. It is very popular due to all its health benefits including lowering your cholesterol, fighting cancer, fighting against plaque and killing mouth bacteria and many more. Green tea is also known as an unoxidized tea, sometime...

Rize tea After researching the worlds biggest tea drinkers I was surprised to see Turkey come out as the worlds biggest tea drinking country. Morocco was second and Ireland was third followed by the UK and fifth was Mauritania, a country in North Africa. In Turkey the most popular tea is rize tea. Rize tea is a variation of black tea. It originates from Turkey and is traditionally served strong with a few lumps of sugar. Tea is drunk throughout the day, there is no time which is more popular to drink tea. For Moroccan people, the most popular tea is Moroccan mint tea. The main ingredients include sugar, mint and loose Chinese gunpowder tea. It is served in ornate and traditional Moroccan cups. Moroccan tea is drunk throughout the day, but especially at meal times. An average person living in Morocco drinks from 3 to 10 cups of tea a day. Moroccan mint tea Black tea with milk I was surprised to see Ireland come in at thir...