-Dried tea will absorb odors in the refrigerator.
-You can use tea to clean mirrors and windows.
-Scented teas can double as potpourri, place them around the house or in drawers.
-Soaking your feet in tea is a good foot refresher.
-Keep a tea bag in your first aid kit to soothe insect bites.
-Use tea as a compress for swollen eyes.
-You can soothe a sunburn with a tea soaked compress.
-Sprinkle dry tea leaves over charcoal before grilling, this will add flavour to your food.
-Dried tea leaves can be used as a mosquito repellent.
-Tea comes from the leaves of a tree call Camellia sinensis. Although the tree can grow over 300 feet tall it is cut short like bush so that the leaves can be plucked easily while harvesting.
-Elevation, climate, and soil are all growing conditions that will effect how a tea will taste.
-Away of keeping tea fresher longer is to store it in airtight containers, free of moisture and out of sunlight.
-Tea is grown in India, Sri Lanka, China, Indonesia, Argentina, Kenya, Japan, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Uganda, Malawi, Turkey, Iran, Brazil and Tanzania.
-India is the world's largest tea producer.
-Most tea falls into one of three categories; black, oolong and green. Other categories include white and yellow.
-Water quality effects how the tea will taste. Spring water is recommended because of the mineral content and lack of additives like chlorine and flouride, which harm tea taste.
-Oolong tea is a partially fermented tea that is brownish in colour and usually served in Chinese Restaurants.
-Roots, stems, flowers and parts of plants are used to make herbal tea.
-Herbal tea does not come from the leaves of a tea plant, therefore, is not considered a "real tea".
-Laborers harvest tea by hand plucking the leaves, which are then dried and processed.
-Delicate, malty, smoky, full bodied, woodsy, fruity and aromatic are all words used to describe tea taste.
-Withering, firing, oxidation, grading/sorting and packing are the four steps in manufacturing tea.
-It has been proven that the consumption of tea may prevent disease.
-Darjeeling is called the champagne of teas and is grown in India's Himalayas.
-Earl Grey is a tea blend scented with the oil of the fruit called citrus bergamia.
-80% of caffeine can be removed from regular tea by pouring hot water over the leaves.
