B Approaching tea cultures and hospitality

Tea and Hospitality can be seen as two sides of one medal – symbolising warmth and cosiness, security and feeling at home.

B.1 Exploring Thea sinensis – sorts, origin, and history

Bernard Ricolleau
Hartwig Bohne
Lysbeth Vink

Introduction

It is all about tea. After water, tea is the second most consumed drink in the world. Tea offers a significant variety of sorts, producing countries as well as consumption habits. In addition, the pure sorts of tea are blended and/or mixed with flavours, coincidently like the famous Early Grey or with a clear selling proposition like lemongrass green tea (Krekel, 2013).

In order to get familiar with tea, its value and history, the botanical basics, ...

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