{"id":72009,"key":"Tea","title":"Tea","latest":{"id":1207123,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T21:34:26Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Greentearound.png|center|500px]]\n\nTea is a drink, served hot or cold, with or without flavourings and garnishes. True tea derives from the tea bush or tree (''Camelia sinensis'')<ref name=\"WP\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea</ref> but over time different forms of tea have evolved from a range of other plant sources, especially in the areas of herbal, fruit and flavoured teas.\n\nTea can be made using leaves, flowers, buds, twigs.<ref name=\"WP\" /> Tea is usually made through steeping in hot water. If it is to be drunk cold, many recipes require a heated stage first to draw out the tea flavour, then the tea is allowed to cool down. However, it is also possible to cold brew some teas.\n\nThis article is a work in progress. Tea is a big topic. After all, it's the second most drunk drink in the world after water.<ref name=\"WP\" /> Feel free to help it emerge more fully.\n\n== Types of tea ==\n\nThere are many types of tea. Assuming a broader inclusion than teas from the plant ''Camellia sinensis'', the range of teas includes:\n\n* Black tea\n* Green tea\n* White tea\n* Flowering tea\n* Oolong tea\n* Red tea, rooibos\n* Herbal tea\n* Fruit tea\n* Flavoured tea\n* Cold tea, iced tea\n\n== Tea blends ==\n\n* Basic blends\n* Fruity blends\n* Smoky blends\n* Flowery blends\n\netc.\n\n== Tea packaging ==\n\nTea can be packaged as follows:<ref name=\"WP\" />\n\n* Loose tea leaves\n* Teabags\n* Compacted or compressed tea\n* Bottled or canned tea\n* Tea for tea machines\n\n== Serving tea ==\n\n* Teapot\n* Tea Set\n* Special tea ceremonies\n* Tea traditions\n\n== Making tea for sale on a small, boutique scale ==\n\n* Growing tea on a small scale\n* Choosing the right location\n* The many things to consider\n\nThis section's entry may be better as a separate article.\n\n== See also ==\n\n* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea - Wikipedia entry on tea\n* https://howtomake1.com/how-green-tea-can-help-you-lose-weight/<nowiki/>- Green Tea\n\n== Sources and citations ==\n\n<references />\n\n== Gallery of tea ==\n\n* To come\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n}}\n\n[[Category:Food]]\n[[Category:Drinks]]"}