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Hello, everyone. I am Niharika. Welcome back. Well, in today's lesson, we are going to look at types of tea.
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So, what comes to your mind when you think or talk about tea, well, the aroma, the taste, tradition, or social gathering?
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Well, all these beautiful elements are associated with the wonderful beverage called Tea.
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So, in today's lesson we are gonna look at the different types of tea, in fact, the most popular ones in the world
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because many people have no clue how to serve different types of tea or how a type of tea should be taken.
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So, that's what you are gonna learn, and let's get started.
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The first one is English Breakfast.
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Well, English Breakfast is one of the most common type of tea that you would find in the world.
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Well, it was initially just called as Breakfast Tea and it was developed by the tea master.
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He was, in fact, a Scottish tea master, his name was Drysdale.
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So, Drysdale was the one who developed this type of tea, and, in fact, it is a blend of fine black teas including the Keemun Tea.
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So, why the name English Breakfast?
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Well, eventually this type of tea was extremely popular in England,
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so the London, you know, tea shops or the tea stores renamed it to English Breakfast
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because it is said that the aroma of this tea is very similar to a fresh hot toast from the oven.
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So, well, maybe that's exactly the reason why it is named as English Breakfast Tea.
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And how this tea should be served? Well, it should be served with milk or lemon.
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But please do not mix lemon and milk together because that would curdle the milk, right?
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So, either it can be served with milk or with lemon, okay?
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Now let's have a look at the second one, Irish Breakfast. Well, surprisingly, Irish are great tea drinkers.
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Well, I learned it when I was looking for the information about tea. I didn't know that.
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So, Irish people are great tea drinkers and they brew their tea very strong.
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So, the flavor of Irish Breakfast Tea is extremely robust, and because of its strong taste, people tend to add sugar, and, of course, it's taken with milk.
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But never with cream; cream is for coffee, okay?
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So, you add milk and sugar to this type of tea.
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In fact, you know there's a saying among the Irish people
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that "A perfect cup of tea should be as strong to drop a mouse from it."
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Pretty interesting, right?
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So, that's a famous saying, so, yes, the aroma of Irish Breakfast Tea is extremely robust and strong. Okay?
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The next one, Earl Grey.
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Well, that's one of my favorites.
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Well, Earl Grey Tea...well, there was this man named Earl Grey,
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who was also a Prime Minister years ago under William IV.
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Well, of course, this type of tea is named after him.
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The reason because it's believed that a Chinese Mandarin offered a blend of black tea in order to influence trade relations.
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So, that's a possibility that why this type of tea was named as Earl Grey.
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So, in fact, it is a mix of black tea, it's the blend of black tea and bergamot oil.
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And it's served plain, without sugar, without milk, without cream; it's just served plain.
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Okay, that's Earl Grey for you.
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And the next one that we have is the Darjeeling Tea.
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Well, Darjeeling Tea is grown in the mountain areas of India.
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And the high altitude, the mountain altitude, and the misty, the very gentle misty rains are perfect combination to grow this unique flavor, or a light-flavored tea.
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So, Darjeeling Tea is extremely light-flavored.
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And, in fact, even this tea is to be taken without milk, there are a few people who like Darjeeling tea to be served with a dash of lemon.
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But without lemon, without milk, this tea is just perfect because it has a unique aroma that people love it.
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So, that's Darjeeling tea for you.
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Another type is Oolong Tea.
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Well, Oolong tea belongs to China.
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It was grown in China but now it's very much grown in Taiwan, and it's called as Elegant Tea.
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In fact, it has another name to it as well.
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It's also known as Champagne of teas.
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So, again, Oolong tea has this amazing aroma; it's across between black tea and the green tea, and it has a very unique aroma to it.
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In fact, the tea leaves are fermented.
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They are fermented to achieve this delicious fruity aroma or delicious fruity taste to it.
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So, if you haven't tried Oolong tea then you should because it's different and it's just amazing.
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And, the next one, Green Tea.
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Well, I am gonna explain Green Tea and White Tea together because they are pretty similar to each other.
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Both the tea are made out of Camellia sinensis plant, okay, which is famously known as the tea plant.
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And they are very lightly processed so that the leaves of this type of tea, they are made out of Camellia sinensis plant.
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They are very lightly processed to prevent oxidation, and they are lightest and the purest form of the teas.
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And, in fact, has extremely wonderful health benefits.
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So, if, in case you are very concerned about your health, you wanna be fit, you want glowing skin, then Green Tea and White Tea are just perfect. Okay?
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And then the last one that we have for you is Masala Chai.
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It's also called as Indian Tea with spices, and it is prepared by boiling water, milk, and the tea, of course.
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It's either in the form of tea bags or tea powder, and a lot of spices are added while boiling this, cardamom, cinnamon, pepper, and even ginger.
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So, all these spices are added in order to make the Masala chai.
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It's delicious; it has a very different aroma, a very Indian aroma to it, and also has a lot of health benefits.
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So, if you are suffering from high cholesterol or if you have bad sore throat, then this chai is perfect. Okay?
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So, it's either called as Masala Chai or it's called as Masala Tea or Tea with Indian spices. Okay?
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Alright, so, this brings me to the end of this lesson.
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These are the types of tea; if you had no idea, well, I hope this lesson is helpful to you and now that you know these are the types of tea.
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Go ahead, make a delicious cup of tea for yourself.
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I will be back with a new lesson 'till then, you take care.