Tea Part I
Tea Part I
Tea Part I
• Introduction
• Black Tea
• Tea is the most widely consumed of ancient
beverages.
Taxonomically
• Chinese variety C. s. sinensis
• Assamese variety C. s. assamica
Conventional teas
1. Totally fermented Black tea
2. Raw or unfermented Green tea
3. Partially fermented Oolong
(red & yellow) tea
• Manufacture Steps
– Plucking
– Withering
– Leaf distortion
– Fermentation
– Firing
– Grading
– Packing, and storage
• The rolling technique wrings out the juice from the leaf
and twists the leaf.