Tea is considered to have originated in China. But it’s the delicate, fresh-tasting green tea that became popular in Eastern society and is still the base of tea culture there today.

As tea culture spread and tea was processed for export to trade beyond regions, neighboring countries and eventually across oceans, it was discovered that the more oxidized black tea would retain its freshness and flavor better over long journeys than its minimally oxidized green tea cousin.

In the earliest days of border trade between China, Tibet and other neighboring countries, tea was fermented, dried and pressed into bricks to be used as currency. To this day, most of the black tea produced in China is exported out of the country.

Blends:

  • Earl Grey tea: Black tea with bergamot oil

  • Engl*sh Breakfast tea: Full-bodied, robust, rich and blended to go well with milk and sugar.

  • Engl*sh afternoon tea: Medium bodied, bright and refreshing. Strong Assam and Kenyan teas are blended with Ceylon which adds a light, brisk quality to the blend.

  • Irish breakfast tea: Blend of several black teas: most often Assam teas and, less often, other types of black tea.

  • Masala chai Indian spiced tea: Combines black tea, spices native to the Indian sub-continent, milk, and a sweetener such as sugar or honey

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  • mediocre_moment16 [any,undecided]
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    4 years ago

    on the outside i'm like "Hell Yeah Motherfucker :deng-cowboy:" but on the inside I'm like "hell no motherfucker :sadness: "

  • CommieElon [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I think I just broke a firefighter’s brain. He said:

    “It's a loan. It's meant to be paid back. Not my fault some people choose a career that causes them to incur an obsurd amount of debt. And if we're going to be paying off peoples' loans, let's just start paying off their mortgages too. That would be great.”

    I reply “Why should my money go toward a fire department’s budget when I never had to call the fire department? Not my fault people chose to be careless and start a fire to reveal the gender of their baby.”

  • AngelusNovus [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Why haven't the four young women of color in the House collectively known as "the squad" completely dismantled the deeply entrenched 80+ year old neoliberal project yet? Having a right wing militiaman on my podcast later to discuss this. Much to think about.

  • ElGosso [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Would like to formally thank all 37 people who upvoted my comment in yesterday's megathread where I asked for upvotes :screm-pretty: it felt very nice to get that many

  • EcoSoco [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Bernie's loss in 2016 (and maybe even 2020?) seriously made a lot of people crazy. The flirtations with Donald Trump, "Force The Vote," and now flirtations with the Boogalo Boys? What the fuck??? I'm convinced Jimmy Dore is a fascist fellow traveler.

  • Comrade_Cummies [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Was watching news about riots in Netherlands about their curfew and I saw this lady with a MAGA hat and an Obey shirt on. :agony-turbo:

  • IfIDontKnowNoOneDoes [undecided,any]
    ·
    4 years ago

    Slowly coming to the realization that while I am passionate about a lot of social justice issues, a lot of my "opinions" are things that I actually know nothing about and just picked up through hanging out in left spaces online (like this one). I think I need to learn a lot about the history of the 20th century before I ever open my mouth about a lot of topics again. I'm thinking of finding some good history podcasts in order to accommodate my tiny attention span. If anyone has any recommendations I'd love to hear them

  • BreadPrices [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Saying the left needs to concede their core beliefs in order to obtain more power is in contradiction with most communist ideologies and is a form of liberalism. People already have power, that's the point.

  • Coolkidbozzy [he/him]
    ·
    4 years ago

    I know 2 people in their early 50s who died from covid in the last 24 hours. Fuck the politicians who care more about impeaching trump than doing anything that could make this stop.