Guest guest Posted September 27, 2000 Report Share Posted September 27, 2000 Japanese drink green tea made from the tea leaf directly from the bush -- not fermented at all. Chinese drink red tea (they call it red in the Chinese language), half fermented with the fermentation stopped half way through. Indians (from the sub-continent) drink black tea, fully fermented to completion. Commercial teas, like all processed foods, is who-knows-what. But if you want Japanese tea, buy it at an oriental food store, and make sure it comes from Japan. Buy only loose tea -- preferably in a metal can with a tight fitting metal cap. Make tea with the leaves loose in the tea pot, which should have a built in strainer to retain them when you pour the tea into a tea cup. Tea is never made directly in the tea cup. Stay away from tea bags -- you don't know what is in them, but you can bet it's designed to make money. Tea water should have " boiled " in the past tense -- after boiling, let it sit a bit, then pour it on the tea leaves. Tea will be bitter if real boiling water is poured on the leaves. BTW, drink green tea straight -- no sweetner additives. Doesn't need them either. The name for tea in probably all oriental languages, is sometimes spelled " Tcha " or close. Message: 4 Tue, 26 Sep 2000 23:14:35 -0400 Amanda Strong <ajstrong Re: Digest Number 264 Sorry about that Chinese/Japanese thing. I probably read the e-mail too quickly. I don't think I've ever had tea in a Japanese restaurant (and I eat in one at least once a month!). Next time I go to a Japanese restaurant, I'll ask. On the Chinese tea front. I'm pretty sure it's not a black tea, but I could be wrong. Jasmine tea is sort of yellowy. Not black nor green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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