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Tea is the agricultural product of the leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of the Camellia sinensis plant, prepared and cured by various methods. "Tea" also refers to the aromatic beverage prepared from the cured leaves by combination with hot or boiling water,[2] and is the common name for the Camellia sinensis plant itself. Although tea contains various types of polyphenols, "contrary to widespread belief, tea does not contain tannic acid".[3]
After water, tea is the most widely-consumed beverage in the world.[4] It has a cooling, slightly bitter, astringent flavour which many enjoy.[5]
There are at least six varieties of tea: white, yellow, green, oolong, black and pu-erh[6] of which the most commonly found on the market are white, green, oolong and black.[7] All teas are made from the same species of plant, though different varieties may be used, and the leaves are processed differently, and, in the case of fine white tea, grown differently. Pu-erh tea, a post-fermented tea, is also often used medicinally.[6]
The term "herbal tea" usually refers to an infusion or tisane of leaves, flowers, fruit, herbs or other plant material that contains no Camellia sinensis.[8] The term "red tea" refers to an infusion made from either black tea (mainly in Chinese, Korean, Japanese and other East Asian languages) or the South African rooibos plant (containing no Camellia sinensis).
News
June 27 2006 - welcome to the new TEA site - http://tea-editor.sourceforge.net. TEA 14 is out. There.
June 26 2006 Crux port of TEA 13.3, maintained by acrux.
June 24 2006 Gentoo ebuild for TEA 13.3, made by Serg.
June 19 2006 - TEA 13.3 is available from SourceForge. I have been premanently reported about the slow connection with TEA main site, so it is possible that all future source tarballs will be uploaded to the SF to improve the downloading speed.
May 11 2006 - TEA 13.3 package for Slackware, by Fred Broders.
May 10 2006 - fresh TEA packages for Zenwalk, by Michael Verret.
May 9 2006 - TEA 13.3 is out. This release is GTK 2.9/2.10-safe. What it means? It means that tabbed layout should work fine when TEA compiled agains the GTG 2.9 or GTK 2.10. But test it please ;)
May 9 2006 - TEA 13.2 packages for Fedora are available at the Downloads page. Thanks to the Michael Krylov.
May 8 2006 - TEA 13.2 is out. A bugfix release.
Processing and classification
Tea leaf processing methods
A tea's type is determined by the processing which it undergoes. Leaves of Camellia sinensis soon begin to wilt and oxidize, if not dried quickly after picking. The leaves turn progressively darker as their chlorophyll breaks down and tannins are released. This process, enzymatic oxidation, is called fermentation in the tea industry, although it is not a true fermentation. It is not caused by micro-organisms, and is not an anaerobic process. The next step in processing is to stop oxidation at a predetermined stage by heating, which deactivates the enzymes responsible. With black tea, this step is executed simultaneously with drying.
Tea harvest on the eastern shores of the Black Sea, ca. 1905-15.
Without careful moisture and temperature control during manufacture and packaging, the tea will grow fungi. The fungus causes real fermentation that will contaminate the tea with toxic and sometimes carcinogenic substances, as well as off-flavors, rendering the tea unfit for consumption.
Tea is traditionally classified based on the techniques with which it is produced and processed.[16]
* White tea: Wilted and unoxidized
* Yellow tea: Unwilted and unoxidized, but allowed to yellow
* Green tea: Unwilted and unoxidized
* Oolong: Wilted, bruised, and partially oxidized
* Black tea: Wilted, sometimes crushed, and fully oxidized
* Post-fermented tea: Green tea that has been allowed to ferment/compost