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unusual facts about tea leaves


Betty Draper

In the episode, "Tea Leaves", Betty and her family are now shown to be living in a large Victorian estate in Rye, New York.


Caddy spoon

A caddy spoon is a spoon used for measuring out the dried form of tea leaves, that are commonly called tea.


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Ciliwung

By the end of the 18th century, Doctor Thunberg still prescribed tea leaves instead of boiled water.

JoWonder

Her JoWOnder and the Psychic Tea Leaves is a 45-minute performance in the tradition of a Victorian Seance, using the supernatural as subject matter performed at The belfry of St Johns on Bethnal Green, part of First Thursdays organised by Whitechapel Art Gallery.

Longjing tea

Some tea makers take fresh tea leaves produced in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces and process them using Longjing tea techniques; and some merchants mix a small amount of high grade with low grade tea, and sell it as expensive high grade.

Tea blending and additives

Osmanthus: In China, osmanthus tea (called guì huā chá, 桂花茶) is produced by combining dried sweet osmanthus (Osmanthus fragrans) flowers (guì huā, 桂花) with black or green tea leaves in much the same manner the more familiar jasmine tea combines jasmine flowers with tea leaves.

Tea processing

Rather the steamed tea leaves were first pulverized into a paste form, with the paste then formed in moulds and slowly dried into brick tea, a technique well described by Lu Yu in his work "The Classic of Tea".