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Tea

Tea. Camellia sinensis. Hannah Lindquist. http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/ chinese-tea/chinese-tea-art.htm. Outline. Background History of tea Early history Introduction to Europe Development of tea industries Tea consumption Tea cultures Health effects Tea today

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Tea

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  1. Tea Camellia sinensis Hannah Lindquist http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/ chinese-tea/chinese-tea-art.htm

  2. Outline • Background • History of tea • Early history • Introduction to Europe • Development of tea industries • Tea consumption • Tea cultures • Health effects • Tea today • Tea production • Environmental impacts of production • Transnational corporations • Alternative strategies

  3. Background:Camellia sinensis http://www.equalexchange.coop/india http://www.kokomotea.com/culturestatic-1.php

  4. Early History of Tea • How old is tea consumption? • Legend: 2732 B.C.E. • Chewed by monkeys and humans • Religious importance • Originally cultivated in monasteries as a medicinal herb • Introduction into secular society • Diffusion through Asia • Tea bricks as currency • Introduction to Japan at end of 6th century Yak butter tea http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_ark/3843728507/

  5. Tea Comes to Europe • Tea is introduced to Europe in 1610 • European tea trade with China becomes easier in the late 1600s and early 1700s • Improvements in sea travel • The joint stock company • British tea trade with China • East India Company • Excise taxes on tea imports • Smuggling

  6. Development of Tea Industries • Gaining independence from the tea trade with China and developing tea estates • Influence of the industrial and agricultural revolutions • Dutch • British: India, Ceylon, Africa Assam Ceylon (Sri Lanka) http://www.thp.org/where_we_work/south_asia/india/map/assam

  7. Tea Cultures • Japanese tea ceremony • Development of British tea culture • Originally a luxury commodity • Displacement of coffee • Effects on women • Proletarian hunger-killer Japanese tea ceremony http://www.holymtn.com/tea/Japanesetea.htm

  8. “The Tea Gardens,” 1778 “The Afternoon Tea Party” http://www.teaspirit.com/2006/12/10/the-afternoon-tea-party-frederic-soulacroix/ http://www.beatricehohenegger.com/_font_face__garamond___font_size_4__br_liquid_jade__the_story_of_tea_from_east_t_57579.htm

  9. Tea Cultures • Creation of markets in India • Tea consumption today in the U.S. An Indian billboard advertisement for tea http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030115/biz.htm

  10. Tea and Human Health • Studies on effects of tea consumption on: • Cancer incidence • Heart disease incidence • Other health effects http://www.saidaonline.com/en/newsgfx/green-tea.jpg

  11. Tea Production Today • World production • Growing and harvesting tea • Processing tea • Labor

  12. http://faostat.fao.org/site/567/default.aspx#ancor

  13. Top exporters in 2007: Kenya, China, India, Sri Lanka http://faostat.fao.org/site/342/default.aspx

  14. Tea Production Today • World production • Growing and harvesting tea • Processing tea • Labor

  15. Lipton tea estate in Kenya http://www.liptont.com/tea_experts/sustainability/national_geographic.aspx

  16. Tea Production Today • World production • Growing and harvesting tea • Processing tea • Labor

  17. Withering Trays used for fermentation Rolling http://hojotea.com/item_e/b07e.htm

  18. Tea Packing Company http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org/pages.asp?page_id=30&parent_id=18

  19. Tea Production Today • World production • Growing and harvesting tea • Processing tea • Labor

  20. Environmental Impacts of Tea Production • Loss of biodiversity • Soil • Agrochemicals • Fuel for tea processing http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/289001/108338/A-farmer-spraying-pesticide-on-tea-leaves-in-Sonepur-India http://discoveringkorea.com/2008/12/03/boseong-green-tea/

  21. Transnational Corporations • Unilever • Tata Tea http://www.tata.com/images/article/tata_tea_packs.jpg http://www.liptont.com/our_products/tea_explorer/index.aspx

  22. Sustainabili-TEA:More than a predictable pun I found on Bigelow’s website?

  23. Ethical Production

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