TEA POEMS

Tea that helps our head and heart.
Tea medicates most every part.
Tea rejuvenates the very old.
Tea warms the hands of those who're cold.
  ~Jonker, Amsterdam, circa 1670

We had a kettle; we let it leak:
Our not repairing made it worse.
We haven't had any tea for a week...
The bottom is out of the Universe.
  ~Rudyard Kipling

TEA FACTS

Tea breaks are a tradition that have been with us for approximately 200 years

80% of office workers now claim they find out more about what's going on at work over a cup of tea than in any other way

By the middle of the 18th Century tea had replaced ale and gin as the drink of the masses and had become Britain's most popular beverage

Tea contains half the amount of caffeine found in coffee

The number of recommended cups of tea to drink each day is 4, this gives you optimal benefit

Tea was created more than 5000 years ago in China

Tea is a natural source of fluoride that can help protect against tooth decay and gum disease

The first book about tea was written by Lu Yu in 800 A.D

Tea firstly appeared in Europe thanks to Portuguese Jesuit Father Jasper de Cruz in 1560

Tea has potential health maintenance benefits in cardiovascular disease and cancer prevention.
96% of all cups of tea drunk daily in the UK are brewed from tea bags

Apart from tourism, tea is the biggest industrial activity in India

98% of people take their tea with milk, but only 30% take sugar in tea

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Japanese Tea Ceremony