Tea

The four basic types of true tea are: black tea, oolong tea, green tea, and white tea. The term "herbal tea" usually refers to infusions of fruit or of herbs that contain no Camellia sinensis.

Tea is a natural source of the amino acid theanine, methylxanthines such as caffeine and theobromine, and polyphenolic antioxidant catechins. It has almost no carbohydrates, fat, or protein. It has a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavor.

If you would like to buy really a good tea, here are some tips:

Green Earl Grey Tea
Made from Organic Chinese Sencha, this blend will forever change the way you perceive green tea. An exciting, original flavor, featuring notes of Italian Bergamot, Green Earl Grey is a hearty, refreshing pick-me-up with all the health benefits of green tea.

Scottish Breakfast Tea
A deeply satisfying tea, Organic Scottish Breakfast offers a natural approach to a traditional favorite. Made from a distinctive blend of three black teas - Organic Assam, Organic China Keemun, and Organic Nilgiri Dunsandale - this full-bodied, robust flavor is perfect morning, noon, and night.

White Chai Tea
This rich and wonderfully fragrant, exquisite blend combines White Bai Mu Dan Leaf with cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom, all organically grown. White tea, whose silvery buds are the least processed of all teas, contains the highest amount of antioxidants.

Huckleberry Red Herbal Tea
Mellow and naturally sweet, this delightful tea blends organic honeybush, huckleberries, and the delicate tang of orange peels with rooibus, a South African herb. Rooibus is caffeine-free and provides more antioxidants than green tea.

Amino acid = aminokyselina
Approach to = přístup, cesta, přiblížení se k
Astringent = trpký
Beverage = nápoj
Bitter = hořký
Blend = směs
Bud = pupen
Camellia sinensis = rostlina, z které se získává čaj
Cardamom = kardamon, tropická rostlina a koření
Catechin = katechin
Cinnamon = skořice
Deeply = hluboce
Delightful = nádherný, úchvatný, slastný
Distinctive = významný, význačný, charakteristický
Exquisite = nádherný, znamenitý, vybraný, vynikající, dokonalý
Fat = tuk
Featuring = s rysy
Flavor = vůně, příchuť
Fragrant = vonící
Full-bodied = hustý
Ginger = zázvor
Hearty = silný, zdravý, hojivý
Honeybush = medový keř
Huckleberry = borůvka
Infusion = odvar
Mellow = měkký, sladký, šťavnatý, zralý
Methyl = metyl
Oolong tea = tradiční čínský čaj
Peel = slupka, kůra
Perceive = vidět, vnímat, chápat, uvědomit si
Pick-me-up = lomcovák, povzbuzující drink, životabudič
Polyphenolic = polyfenolický
Processed = zpracovaný
Refer to = poukázat, upozornit, odkázat na
Refreshing = osvěžující
Robust = silný
Rooibus = tzv. “červený čaj” (bylina, křovina jižní Afriky)
Sencha = druh zeleného čaje
Silvery = stříbřitý
Slightly = mírně, lehce, jemně
Source = zdroj
Spices = koření
Steeping = namáčení
Tang = stopka
The least = nejméně
Theanine = C₇H₁₄N₂O₃
Theobromine = teobromin
Twig = větvička
Xanthine = C₅H₄N₄O₂

^{Zdroje:
www.en.wikipedia.org
www.honeybush.cz}