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Tea Trivia
It takes years for tea to grow on land where lightning has struck or humans have lived. The largest tea bush discovered was 100 feet high and thought to be more than 1700 years old. It was found growing wild in China. The first commercial flavored tea, Constant Comment®, was introduced by Ruth Campbell Bigelow in 1944. The first advertisement for tea appeared in a British newspaper in 1658. England's acceptance was slow, but lasting.1 "The Agony of the the Leaves" refers to when hot water is poured over tea leaves so that the flavor, tannins and caffeine can be released. Tea contains between one-third and one-half as much caffeine as coffee. Drinking 4.7 cups of tea a day may reduce the risk of stroke in men. Aside from water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world with a per capita consumption of about 0.12 liters a year. The 1997 wholesale dollar value of the U.S. ready-to-drink iced tea market was 1.7 billion. Experienced tea pickers collect up to 70 pounds of tea a day by hand. Until the Sixth Century, tea was consumed primarily as a remedy for headaches, kidney trouble,poor digestion, ulcers, and to guard against "the noxious gases of the body and lethargy."
One tea bush will produce tea for at least 50 years. The first tea bag was sold by John Horniman in an attempt to deter the reusing of tea leaves. Ancient tea drinkers added salt to their cup. In 1610 Japanese Green Tea was introduced to Holland as an exotic medicinal beverage. 87% of U.S. Southerners say they drink tea and over 80% of this consumption is iced tea. There are more than 3,000 different types of tea all derived from Camellia Sinensis. Per capita consumption of caffeine for U.S. adults is approximately 200 mg. daily. Tea drinkers have healthier arteries. Tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world next to water. Americans consume about 127 million cups per day; 95.5 million are over ice. There are 3,000 varieties of tea, but all come from the Camellia sinensis evergreen plant. Tea was discovered in 2737 B.C. by Chinese Emperor Shen-Nung, when tea leaves blew into his pot of boiling water. Iced tea was created in 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.
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1666, the cost of purchasing one pound of tea in Holland was between $80 and $100.