Famous songs about tea are “Tea for Two,” “No, No, Nanette,” and “When I Take My Sugar to Tea.”
One of Queen Victoria’s ladies in waiting, the Duchess of Bedford, is usually credited with the idea of “English Afternoon Tea.” The British invented two kinds of afternoon tea: “Low tea,” or afternoon tea served on a low “tea table,” and “high tea,” which is served on a “high” dining room table.
Black tea constitutes around 75% of the world’s tea consumption.Black tea is the most common tea beverage in the United States, the U.K., and Europe. Green tea is popular in Japan and China. Oolong and white tea are in general less popular.
All tea is made from the leaf of the plant Camellia sinensis. The specific types of tea are made by processing the tea leaves differently.
White tea is the least processed type of tea. The most “fussy” type of tea is oolong tea.
This is a very interesting fact. Even if I don't know how to recognize a black tea from white, the black tea is still one of the most used drinks in the world!