| Author | Book Title |
| j. Werkhoven | Tea Processing |
| Content | Notes | Page number |
| The word tea comes from the Chinese local amoy dialect word t’e pronounced tay. | · Cantonese – ch’a “chah”>Japan, india, Persia, and Russia.
The Dutch brought the form t’e to Europe |
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| The use of tea as a beverage | · Origin in mythology and antiquity and is known for 2000 to 3000 years.
· Legendary Chinese emperoer hen Nung discovered the stimulating effects around 2700 B.C · 7th century tea had become a national drink in china> brought to japan by Buddhist monks at the beginning of the 8th century · The Mongols started a caravan trade in tea bricks from china to central Asia and beyond Siberia · First tea reached Aras in 850, The venetians 1559, English 1598 and Portuguese in 1600, · The Dutch brought the first tea to Europe around 1610 · Russia in 1618 · Paris 1648 · America middle of the 17th century · Commercial tea reached Eastern Europe after 1650-drinking coffee was already established · Tea consumption began to develop rapidly in the 19th century |
Source
Forney, j. Tea Processing. Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations Rome, 1974.