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The legend of the Emperor "Tea" Shen Nung - Commodity Tea
China, the country's bamboo curtain is known as the origin of the development of the tea plant. This can be seen from the story of the Emperor Shen Nung, who ruled until 2737 BC. Emperor Shen Nung is unpretentious, it is also widely known as the father of traditional medicine plants typical of the days of Chinese rule.
The story of the discovery of tea plants by Shen Nung, started working in the garden of the habits of the emperor. When he tired of working, and resting under a shady tree. On that occasion, he disebuah water boiling cauldron, and without realizing it leaves a few strands of mature trees which fooled the wind fell to the cauldron that contains the cooking water.
Moments later, the emperor also drank the water was. What happened? The Emperor Shen Nung was surprised, because the water you drink more fresh and delicious than plain water. And, the emperor felt fitter body after physical labor. The next story, the experience of the emperor was also spread into the community and society to prove the efficacy of the leaves that shade tree that is now known as tea.
Meanwhile, the Japanese people also have another story about the tea. The story associated with the spread of Buddhism by a monk named Daruma. Daruma pastor living in 520 BC According to Japanese legend, the first tea tree grows from his eyelids. This happens because when Daruma was imprisoned, he fell asleep and when awake he was very angry because he was falling asleep at the time imprisoned. To avoid falling asleep again, Daruma cut off both his eyelids and threw them into a place not far from his meditation site. Not long after that, a place where both eyelids Daruma removed the tree which we refer to as tea tree and became the first tea plants of the Japanese version.
Back to China, commodity tea was introduced to the Chinese nation to the outside world during the reign of the Han Dynasty and Yuan Tang Soon. Commodity tea was introduced through a cross cultural exchange scour the Silk Road of Central Asia.
In 1644, the East India Company, a British trading company in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, opened a trading office in Xiamen. At that time, tea leaves known to Europeans as the drink is brewed with hot water. Then, in 1669, the East India Company obtained a license to commodity tea from China to England by boat Elizabeth I. The company was known to British imperial trade monopoly on tea trade until the year 1833.
In Indonesia, the tea is known since 1686. Is Dr. Andrew Cleyer, Dutch nationality who took him to Indonesia. In those days, the plants are made only as an ornamental plant dipekarangan home and in the joints of the road.
Later in the year 1728, the Dutch government began to take tea with tea seeds brought massively from China. It was to be cultivated in Java. It was not successful and had shown signs of success after 1824. Meanwhile, Dr.Van Siebold, a Dutch army surgeon, who had done research on the Japanese nature to promote cultivation of tea seeds from Japan.
The first tea plantation business in Indoneia pioneered by Jacobson in 1828, and has since become a lucrative commodity Dutch East Indies government, so that in the reign of Governor Van Den Bosh, tea became one of the plants should be planted on the people through politics forced cultivation (Culture Stetsel) . At the time of independence, the plantation and the tea trade was taken over by the government. And, now plantations and the tea trade was also conducted by private parties.
The Green, Black and Oolong
Based on the processing process, the tea can be classified into three types. Namely, green tea, oolong tea and black tea. Green tea in Popularized by the Chinese and Japanese. Green tea is tea that does not pass through the process of enzymatic oxidation. This type of tea most popular and trusted nutritious for health. In the process of producing green tea, the leaves are picked and then entered the stage of withering, then roasted to prevent the oxidation process on the leaves. Then, given a shape such as tea leaf spiral, round or curly. Formation process is also useful to set spending naturally occurring compounds and aroma during brewing. The last process is the drying of leaves, so fragrant and the color green is maintained.
Oolong tea is a tea semioksidasi enzymatic. The best oolong tea in the world are found from Taiwan, China and India. The production is, after picking, the leaves dried in the sun to wither. This process is intended to reduce levels of water and make the leaves more tender. Then leaf milled to remove the water followed by a short enzymatic oxidation process before being dried in the oven. Once processed, the color of its leaves turned into a copper color. By way of processing it, the taste of tea was light compared with green tea and black tea.
Meanwhile, black tea is tea that has enzymatic oxidation process perfectly. Black tea is known to produce a major manufacturer of Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India. The production begins with withering for 12-18 hours. This process is to reduce the water content in the leaves. After withering, performed milling. The destruction of leaf membranes during milling led to the release of tea extracts and essential oils that create the distinctive aroma.
Want Healthy Many of Drinking Tea
Nutrient content and benefits that are important in tea comes from the unique combination of various compounds such as carbohydrates, amino acids, vitamins, fats, minerals, alkaloids and polyphenols. Antioxidants in tea have 100 times the strength of vitamin C and 25 times if compared with vitamin E. Two types of vitamins are known to protect cells from damage associated with cancer, heart disease, arthritis and even aging.
In the medical world, polyphenols are always associated with the ability to inhibit and prevent the development of cancer. This is possible because polyphenols can prevent free radical damage to DNA and stop the wild cells (cancer) early on. In addition, polyphenols are also able to control the growth of cells and inhibits the uncontrolled growth of cancer. So reasonable to say that tea is a healthful beverage.
By eating as many as six cups of tea every day, your body will absorb as much as 70 mg of protein. While the carbohydrate content of a cup of tea without sugar of 4-5%, so the tea is a low-calorie beverage that is right for people who want to consume a diet or maintain weight. Just because the content of tannin in green tea is higher than black tea, it is advisable to lose weight should eat more green tea. Ability to decompose fat tannins.
Tea is categorized in beverages due to caffeine content in it. The content of caffeine in tea is 60 mg per 100 ml. Tea caffeine absorbed by the intestine and enter the bloodstream through a complex process and very slow so that the reaction was much lighter than other caffeinated beverages. So it is no exaggeration if we drink tea in the morning and afternoon to get the refreshing effect.
Green tea extract significantly improves the combustion energy as much as 4% when compared with placebo use. Therefore, green tea has the ability to increase the burning of calories and fat resulting in weight loss. By eating as much as 4 cups of green tea per day, can burn more than 80 calories are buried in the body.
Drinking tea regularly means you've given 400-2000 ppm of about 280 mg of magnesium daily adequacy recommendation. In addition, the mineral fluoride is needed in maintaining healthy teeth and gums, also plays a role in bone metabolism. The notion that tea can make teeth look dull it was not true.
Because it turns out that tea contains fluoride to maintain a healthy mouth and expel tartar. Tea can reduce the virus in the oral cavity and harmful bacteria that cause gum disease and tartar. Addition of fluoride in tea is also able to strengthen tooth enamel and prevent tooth decay. Donations fluorine from tea to the needs of approximately 90-350 mg daily.
Drinking tea can also prevent osteoporosis in women after menapause, in the presence of vitamin K in tea. Drinking tea regularly can meet the requirement of vitamin K, especially for women aged 20 years and over. People who drink tea regularly have a denser bone mass. In addition, women aged over 55 years every day of black tea at least twice, 54% less likely to develop atherosclerosis attack than those who did not drink. Meanwhile, the tea also makes the circulation of blood to be smooth and clean. Tea can also reduce blood cholesterol levels and lower blood pressure. From the results of the study, showed that people who drank 2-3 cups of black tea per day had less risk of a heart attack than those who did not drink tea. This is due to tea helps improve the arterial abnormalities working when people suffer from heart disease.
For diabetics, the content of polyphenols in tea is also beneficial to help lower blood sugar levels. Besides tea also help to slow the aging process. This is as a result of antioxidants contained in tea, especially green tea. Antioxidants prevent the production and accumulation of active oxygen and lipid peroxide in the body. Antioxidants in tea also facilitate the artery sends blood to the heart and entire body. And protect the body from the effects of pollution and can boost the immune system and ward off invasive infections.
'Well, you want healthy? Let's drink tea.
Tea Rituals Between Art and Peace
Japanese-style tea lovers, believing in every meeting between people has a special meaning. According to them, the tea ceremony occurred a balance between the microcosm and the macrocosm. To achieve that balance, in the ritual of tea minun required to remove the element of worldliness. Like, is not allowed to wear jewelry. And, looking at all the tea drinkers had a degree and the same social level.
Tea ceremony designed Japanese style, performed in a room called the chashitsu. Guests diperilakan tea lovers in the room called machiai (waiting room). The host or called teishu, the ritual was aided by an assistant and called hanto. The task of a hanto guide the guests enter one by one and headed tsukubai (barrel made of stone) and then clean your hands and mouth. Then they went into the tatami room and see the flower arrangements and calligraphy tools that will be used by the host.
In general, tea banquet circuit consists of three stages. Namely banquet called Kaiseki, banquets koicha tea (strong tea) and tea banquet usucha (weak tea). At this stage of Kaiseki, the guests were served food in a tray with chopsticks, there are available three types of dishes such as rice in a bowl ceramic, misop who served in a bowl and covered with raw fish with pickled simple.
Second, the core of Japanese-style banquet tea. The tools used are all art items including bowls for tea itself. At this stage, water was prepared in a jar called mizusashi. Green tea powder known as usucha stored in small containers called natsuke is placed in front mizusashi. The original tea Japanese without any preservative and is guaranteed free of pollution because it is planted on a high plateau.
Then enter the host by bringing the cup (tea bowl) along with chasen (shaker tea) chakin (cotton cloth) is white specifically for drying bowls, and also chashaku (teaspoon) is made of bamboo-shaped flat, which ends melengkuk resembles a spoon. This tool is used to take tea powder.
All sequences done in silence making tea and blended with a graceful hand host. Ranging from cleaning the bowl, discard the water used to fold the napkin into a nice scenery to enjoy.
With this ceremony, not just a warm body that will be felt, but we also will feel the warmth of the relationship of togetherness. because, in this ceremony there is no difference, between poor and rich, but all have the same goal, namely to enjoy a delicious cup of hot tea.
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