Tea Names

If you are a person that enjoys a good hot or cold cup of glass of tea you know what a variety of teas are out there.

Households where tea is served to family or guests generally have more than one kind of tea on hand. Tea can be served with cream and sugar or plain, it can also be served with ice in a tall glass on a hot summer day. Here are some categories of teas you have to choose from:

• Black Teas
• Green
• Organic
• White
• Herbal Teas
• Boutique Teas.

Breaking down each of the categories mentioned we then have:

• Afternoon tea
• Blackberry tea
• English Breakfast tea
• Ceylon Cinnamon Orange tea
• Earl Grey tea
• Spiced Chai tea
• Chamomile tea
• Honey Ginseng tea
• Lemon Berry tea, Cherry tea
• Green tea
• Green tea with pomegranate
• Mountain green tea
• White tea
• Citrus tea
• White tea with pear
• Green tea with Mango
• Raspberry Hibiscus tea

This is only a partial list of the flavors of tea available under the categories we mentioned. 

Companies that pick and provide the teas for consumption are: Tetley, Oolong, Swee No Touch Kee, Lipton, and many more.

When the Chinese first introduce tea to the western world some four hundred years are they called it Kia, it later became known as cha in the Chinese. In the west it started out being called te’ and later became tea as we know it today. Since its discovery it has been a Chinese tradition to make tea with fresh leaves in boiling water.

Prior to the fifth century A.D. tea was primarily used as a medicine for various ailments. It was the Chinese upper class that started the tradition of giving tea as gifts and of drinking tea at special social occasions. These customs soon reached Japan.

During the seventeenth century tea came to Europe by way of the Portuguese and Dutch sailors. The tea found its way to the auction block where it was purchase to resell to the aristocrats and the wealthy who could afford it. Tea was then very high priced and could not reach the public at large.

It is interesting to know that dry tea contains more caffeine than coffee, by weight. However, more dry tea is used than coffee in making the drink so, a cup of tea when brewed actually contains less caffeine then the same size cup of coffee.

There is much controversy surrounding the health benefits of tea. Animal studies have shown that there are some health benefits to tea however, the doses that are used in the studies are larger that what would normally be ingested by humans. If the equivalent levels were to be ingested by humans tea could be harmful to the health of humans. Contrary to the belief of much tea does not contain any tannic acid with which to cure ailments.

As we have mentioned earlier, tea is a relaxing beverage and should be served with dignity and with a ritual like flair. If being served at a social function it should be served with all of the necessary accessories in order to be enjoyed properly. A true social tea is a very dress up affair and the tea is not consumed wearing blue jeans only in your Sunday best.