Tea

Green tea

100

What part of the plant is used to make green tea?

The leaves

200

Where did matcha originate from?

China

300

What is one of the teas that is produced by the same plant as green tea?

Trick: All types of tea

400

Can you name one type of tea that uses green tea as it's base?

Jasmine tea or (any flower tea)

500

What is the plant that produces Green tea?

camellia sinensis 

Jasmine tea

100

What flower is the Jasmine tea made of?

Jasmine flower

200

What is the common tea base for Jasmine tea?

Green tea

300

How many years of history does Jasmine tea have?

2,000 years

400

When did Jasmine tea get wide spread?

Qing dynasty

500

In what dynasty was the Jasmine plant introduced to China?

Han dynasty

Pu-er tea

100

what type of tea does Pu-er belong to?

Dark tea

200

What is one of the benefits pu-er tea do to people?

Digestion or loosing weight

300

What is pu-er tea named after?

It's own city

400

Where was pu-ur tea first found?

The mountains of Yunnan

500

When did people start trading pu-er tea?

Tang Dynasty

Oolong Tea

100

This lightly oxidized Chinese tea’s name means “black dragon.”  

Oolong

200

Oolong teas typically have this percentage range of oxidation.

10-80%

300

Oolong is often paired with this type of dessert in Chinese culture due to its cleansing palate effect

Mooncake

400

This island produces floral, lightly oxidized oolongs such as Dong Ding and High Mountain Tea.

Taiwan

500

Oolong teas are typically steeped at this temperature range in Celsius

85-95

General

100

In Morocco, green tea is mixed with this herb and lots of sugar.

Mint

200

This term describes teas made from herbs, flowers, or fruits that don’t contain real tea leaves.

Tisane

300

What is the instrument traditionally used with chinese tea?

Gaiwan

400

The “tea bag” was accidentally invented by an American merchant named Thomas Sullivan in this century.  

20th century 1900s

500

The oldest recorded legend of tea’s discovery involves this Chinese emperor who found tea when leaves fell into his boiling water

Emperor Shen Nong