Tea Rituals

We’ve all heard of the 5 o’clock tea, the famous British tradition about the afternoon tea, but there are many other ones in the world. For example:

In Morocco it is impossible to spend 24 hours and not to be served hot tea. Touaregtea, or Moroccan mint tea is the heart of their culture, strongly linked to the act of hospitality. The tea is served to guests three times and each time it means a different thing: Life, Love or Death. Of course, all of them have to be drunk. 

India produces and consumes more tea than any other country in the world. Chai is the national drink and it is served on every street corner. If you ever get invited to an Indian, prepare yourself to taste a sweet and a bit spiced milk-tea.

For Chinese people, tea is synonym to life. They were the first to discover the tea leaf and have been drinking tea ever since. The art of making tea is called “Cha dao”, which was soon accepted as one of the most important traditions that Japan learned from China.

In Japan tea is an important part of the food culture. The ceremony of tea is known here as matcha, which consists of serving green tea to a small group of people in one of those popular teahouses.

There are two things that Russians love the most: vodka and tea. Today, most Russians enjoy what they call Zavarka, a strong tea prepared in a separate tea pot that allows hosts to serve the guests in several rounds.

People often say that if you want to know Argentine well, you need to try its meat, its wine and its mate. Yerba mate is the national drink of one of the most amazing countries in South America. Even though it’s not really tea, whoever travels to this country will find out that people drink it at any time of the day.

For guests across Pakistan, tea is a common drink. An element of Kashmiri culture, Noon Chai is a special blend of tea that includes a mix of pistachios, almonds, salt, milk and spices like cardamom, cinnamon and star anise. Noon Chai is typically enjoyed with pastries. More casually enjoyed is "DoodhPati," or milk tea, which involves no water.

Tea facts

Tea is the most consumed beverage in the world next to water. It’s the only beverage commonly served hot or iced, anytime, anywhere and for any occasion.

Tea is nearly 5000 years old. It was discovered in 2737 BC by Chinese Emperor Shen-Nong known as the „Divine Healer”

It is said that Shen-Nong took a rest under a tree after a long walk and lit a fire to boil water. Some tree leaves fell into the boiling water. Shen-Nong drank the water and became energetic and refreshed. After tasting 100 plants the previous day, Shen-Nong believed that he had found a medicine that “tastes bitter. Drinking it, one can think quicker, sleep less, move lighter, and see clearer.”

There are many kinds of tea, but there are all derived from just one plant: the Camellia Sinensis.

Often, when people say they are drinking tea, they are actually drinking something called a tisane. For something to be considered a tea, it needs to actually contain the leaves of the plant Camellia sinensis.

In the mid-1700s in the UK tea replaced gin as the drink of the masses, and become the nation's favorite beverage.

The art of reading tea is called "tasseography". In Asia readers of tea leaves are just as respected as astrologers.

Traditionally, milk was poured into cups before the tea to protect the china.

For centuries, tea was used only as medicine. It took almost 3000 years for it to become an everyday beverage.

Tea absorbs moisture, so it’s important to store it in sealed containers.

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I'm pretty sure that by the end of the week (that means Sunday) I will have everything done, and I can't wait for that to happen.

Kisses and Go drink your tea, I'm already drinking mine.

Let's get this started

Every morning I wake up and drink my black tea and I listen to music, different styles, different genres, so I thought that I might be able to make my input on what tea would go with certain song. In for a chill mood, or a happy one, even a sexy mood; I will try to combine my love of music with my other love for tea. I will make an effort to do this every day and I hope that you will bear with me.

Now let's talk about me.
My name is Ema, yes with only one "m", I'm special that way :). I'm 23 soon to be 24 and I'm from Romania. I studied music, piano and flute, for eight years and I hope that I can make something out of this blog, something that people will enjoy and thing it's funny, especially since I'm a funny person, at least in person though, I don't think that on paper; or better said in writing I'll be that funny at first but, I will try my best.
As for my love for tea, I think that everybody should love it; it's a warm hug and a comfy blanket when you need it. Plus it can relax you, put you in motion, even the motion of the ocean. Maybe with the passing of time some of you that don't love tea will at least learn to appreciate or appreciate the person that's drink it.
So that's about it. I'm not sure what else can I say about me since sometimes I even amaze myself with what comes out of my mouth. I'll start slow and see how it goes from here.
Thanks for listening and reading my rambles. I hope you have a great day and click on this blog more than once and give me your opinions on how should it all work.

Kisses and Go drink you tea, I'm already drinking mine.