An introduction to tea. Presented as part of the Scholar In Residence duties for the 2017-18 Academic Year at Antelope Valley College.

1. AN INTRODUCTION TO TEA:
TYPES, HISTORY & HEALTH
DR. SCOTT LEE
SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE PRESENTATION -
2018

3. WHAT IS TEA?

4. CAMELLIA
SINENSIS
ONLY
BEVERAGES
MADE FROM
THE LEAVES OF
THIS PLANT
QUALIFY AS TEA

5. CAMELLIA
SINENSIS
ONLY
BEVERAGES
MADE FROM
THE LEAVES OF
THIS PLANT
QUALIFY AS TEA

7. TISANES
INFUSIONS
HERBAL
“TEA”
ANYTHING MADE
FROM OTHER
TYPES OF PLANTS,
FRUIT, LEAVES,
BARK, ROOTS,
FLOWERS,
GRAINS, ETC.

8. VARIETIES OF CAMELLIA
SINENSIS
• Camellia sinensis var. sinensis (China Bush)
• China, Japan, India (Darjeeling)
• Camellia sinensis var. assamica (Assam
Bush)
• India (Assam), Thailand, Cambodia, Laos

9. WHAT EFFECTS TEA?
• Type of Tea
• Terroir
• Processing

10. WHAT EFFECTS TEA?
• Orthodox
• By Hand
• CTC (Cut, Tear, Curl)
• By Machine
• Low Quality

11. TYPES OF TEA

12. SIX TYPES OF TEA
• White
• Yellow
• Green
• Black
• Oolong (Blue)
• Pu-er

15. TYPES OF TEA
• Most common types are Black, Green &
White
• Difference between types is processing
• Matcha = Ground Green Tea

16. WHITE TEA
• Minimal amounts of
processing
• Uses tea buds that
have not fully
developed into leaves
• Leave have a tight
rolled appearance with
light hair

17. WHITE TEA
• Has a light sweet taste
• Common Types of White
Tea:
• Silver Needle
• White Peony
• Long Life Eyebrow
• Tribute Eyebrow

18. YELLOW TEA
• Uses Early Spring
Buds
• Wrapped in a cloth
for “smothering” or
“sealing” during
oxidation
• Only made in China

19. YELLOW TEA
• Very Rare & Difficult to
Find
• More aromatic and less
“grassy” or “astringent”
than Green tea
• Common Names:
• Huang Ya
• Jun

20. GREEN TEA
• Minimal Withering
• De-enzyming or
Fixing
• Chinese (Pan
Fired)
• Japanese
(Steamed)

21. GREEN TEA
• Taste
• Grassy
• Umami
• Floral

22. GREEN TEA
• Common Types
• Gyokoro
• Sencha
• Matcha
• Gunpowder
• Dragon Well
• Long Jing

23. MATCHA

24. HISTORY OF TEA

25. HISTORY OF TEA
• Tea was likely
consumed in
India, China,
Laos, Thailand,
Vietnam and
Myanmar.
• Cultivation began
in Yunnan
Province in
China.

26. HISTORY OF TEA
• First consumed for
medicinal purposes
during Shang
dynasty (1700’s -
1000’s BCE).
• Mixed with other
types of plants,
seeds, bark, etc.
• Kept in dried cakes
and boiled with salt.

27. HISTORY OF TEA
• Eventually
consumed in a
pure fashion.
• Always
appreciated for
its stimulation
properties.

28. HISTORY OF TEA
• During Han dynasty
(206 BCE - 220 CE),
tea spreads
throughout China.
• Average citizens
begin to consume
more tea.
• Developments in tea
processing improved
popularity.

29. HISTORY OF TEA
• During Han
dynasty (618-907)
Refinement to the
drinking of tea.
• Tea began to
combine with art
and culture.
• Creation of tea
ceremonies and
tea masters.

30. HISTORY OF TEA
• Social class
became
defined by tea
behaviors and
tea ware.
• Lu Yu writes
“The Classic of
Tea”.

31. LU YU - THE SAGE OF
TEA

32. HISTORY OF TEA
• Social class
became defined
by tea behaviors
and tea ware.
• Lu Yu writes
“The Classic of
Tea”.
• Blending of tea to
improve taste.

33. “Sometimes such items as onion, ginger, jujube
fruit, orange peel, dogwood berries, or peppermint
are boiled along with the tea. Such ingredients may
be merely scattered across the top for a glossy
effect, or they can be boiled together and the froth
drawn off. Drinks like that are no more than the
swill of gutters and ditches; still, alas, it is
common practice to make tea that way.”
The Classic of Tea by Lu Yu

34. TYPES OF TEA

35. OOLONG TEA
• Oxidation Varies
• Complicated
Processing
• Uses large leaves
• Leaves are Bruised
to Rupture Cells
• Bruising can Occur
Many Times

37. OOLONG TEA
• Taste
• Floral
• Bright
• Milky
• Fruity
• Can Very Greatly

38. OOLONG TEA
• Common Types
• Milk Oolong
• Oriental Beauty
• Fancy Formosa
• Four Seasons

39. PU-ERH TEA
• Fermented
• Usually Fully
Oxidized
• Contains Bacteria
• Probiotic
• Prized for Heath
• Age is Valued

40. PU-ERH TEA
• From Yunnan
• Taste
• Earthy
• Rich
• Sheng (raw)
• Natural Fermentation
• Shou (ripe)
• Induced Fermentation

41. BLACK TEA
• Most Popular
• Grown Most
Places
• Fully Oxidized
• Often Scented or
Blended

42. BLACK TEA

43. BLACK TEA
• Grades of Indian
Tea

44. HISTORY OF TEA

45. HISTORY OF TEA
• Began the trade of
tea in compressed
bricks.
• Created trading
routes to Tibet,
Mongolia, and
Siberia.
• Tea came to Japan
through Zen priests
and Buddhist monks.

46. HISTORY OF TEA
• During Song
Dynasty (960-
1279), tea
continued to be
mixed with art and
hospitality.
• Tea became
graded by quality.
• Creation of
powdered teas.

47. HISTORY OF TEA
• Development
of fine
porcelain tea
ware that
would
influence
ceramics in
Japan and
Europe.

48. HISTORY OF TEA
• Ming Dynasty
(1368-1644)
moved into whole
leaf tea only.
• Developed tea
processing
techniques
leading to current
types of tea.

49. HISTORY OF TEA
• Japan
• Continued developing powdered tea
(Matcha)
• Developed tea culture and practices
(Chanoyu)

50. HISTORY OF TEA
• Europe
• Dutch were the first major importers of
Chinese tea
• France, Germany (1650), England (1658)
began to drink tea

51. GARRAWAY’S COFFEE
HOUSE

52. HISTORY OF TEA
• England
• 1669 - English East India Company begins importing tea
from China through India
• 1815 - Tea discovered growing in Assam valley in India,
but England ignores it
• 1848 - England steals tea bushes, seeds and tea growers
from China and starts farms in Darjeeling
• 1850’s-1900 - England develops the Assam Bush as a
separate type of tea.

54. HISTORY OF TEA
• World
• 1878 - Dutch Grow Assam in Java
• Tea Production Spreads to:
• Africa
• Indonesia
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Over 40 Other Countries

55. MAJOR TEA PRODUCING
COUNTRIES
1. China
2. India
3. Kenya
4. Sri Lanka
5. Turkey

56. HEALTH BENEFITS OF
TEA

57. HEALTH BENEFITS OF
TEA
• Flavonols
• Catechins (EC, ECG, EGC, ECGC)
• Theaflavins
• Thearubigins

58. HEALTH BENEFITS OF
TEA
• Help Suppress Growth of Some Tumors
• Reduce Cholesterol
• Reduce Weight
• Anti-inflammatory

59. • The Modern Tearoom - The Blvd
• Tea Trekker - Online Store
• Harney & Sons - Online Store
• Vital Tea Leaf - San Francisco
• Wing Hop Fung - LA County
• Mandarin Oriental Tea Lounge - Las Vegas
• Gold Leaf Spice & Teas - Salinas

60. • Words for Tea