HOS101
FOOD & BEVERAGE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Topic 6 – Hot Beverages (Tea and Coffee)
, Tea
• What is tea?
• History
• Types of tea
• Tea production
• Brewing and serving
• Quiz
, What is Tea?
- Tea is made by infusing the oxidised leaves of the Camellia Sinesis plant.
- All tea comes from one plant; a member of the Camellia family.
- A small evergreen shrub cultivated to a height of 7 to 8 feet, wild up to
30 feet high.
- The tea plant needs a hot, moist climate. It grows in temperatures
ranging from 10 -30 degrees.
- The leaves that are ready for picking are a yellow green colour and are
the new shoots of the tea plant (the top two leaves and bud).
, History of Tea
– According to legend the first cup of tea was brewed in 2737 B.C. when dried leaves
landed in a boiling cup of water served to the Chinese Emperor Shen Nong. He found
the drink refreshing and invigorating.
– 804AD two monks celebrated for returning the Camellia Sinesis plant to Japan
successfully.
– Around the 1600s Portuguese and Dutch traders brought tea to Europe.
– In 1662 a Portuguese princess, Catherine of Braganza travelled to England to marry the
King, Charles II. She introduced tea to the English who have been in love with tea ever
since.
FOOD & BEVERAGE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Topic 6 – Hot Beverages (Tea and Coffee)
, Tea
• What is tea?
• History
• Types of tea
• Tea production
• Brewing and serving
• Quiz
, What is Tea?
- Tea is made by infusing the oxidised leaves of the Camellia Sinesis plant.
- All tea comes from one plant; a member of the Camellia family.
- A small evergreen shrub cultivated to a height of 7 to 8 feet, wild up to
30 feet high.
- The tea plant needs a hot, moist climate. It grows in temperatures
ranging from 10 -30 degrees.
- The leaves that are ready for picking are a yellow green colour and are
the new shoots of the tea plant (the top two leaves and bud).
, History of Tea
– According to legend the first cup of tea was brewed in 2737 B.C. when dried leaves
landed in a boiling cup of water served to the Chinese Emperor Shen Nong. He found
the drink refreshing and invigorating.
– 804AD two monks celebrated for returning the Camellia Sinesis plant to Japan
successfully.
– Around the 1600s Portuguese and Dutch traders brought tea to Europe.
– In 1662 a Portuguese princess, Catherine of Braganza travelled to England to marry the
King, Charles II. She introduced tea to the English who have been in love with tea ever
since.
