European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Food Tea time hot or cold it s a beverage for All seasons Tea is Denvered to Shoppe Epurs in he Adam Turkey Bazar. I. By Roger Modon special to stripes Magazine Tea is one of America s favorite drink i s served hot in the Winter and cold in the j summer. I suspect that to 1501 our liking Lor Lea from he English. They arc among the biggest Tea drinkers in the world. The average englishman consumes something Lite 10 pounds of him a year. Ii  ihe1 Hutch who brought Lea to Europe. Until the 19th Century Tea was grown Only in Chin and India but today plantations can be found in Russia sri Lanka Kenya and Java. Tea which is 3 Shrub of rows be a. Whcft1 there is wrong sunlight Good rain and Rood drainage the Best Ras Are Crown at altitudes higher than 6,000 act. Depending on c in Idle and rainfall Lea can be picked every couple of to Etc the slower it grows Tho Beuer inc Tea tastes. Tea docs l or directly from the Plant to the store. It ii Iho pro Cassin thai Ives the Tea the uste we Are familiar with before it is  Lea is a Reen. During Fermi Lalion the Lea eaves arc crushed to break the cell Walls and Ihnn allowed to come into Contact wish the air for several hours. Chemicals in the Tea Sidire and turn Black riving Tea its color. Alter it is ferment cd Lea is dried sorted packed and shipped to blending companies. If you re a Novice Tea Drinker he following terms should help you understand what you arc buying such Jwj the third Leaf from the Lea Slack the coarsest Grade. Pekoe the second Leaf from the Stark slightly belter in Quality. Orange Pekoc the first full Leaf from inc stalk. Flowery or Riffe Pekoe Tea from the Juil opened Bud. So Ripe Magazine june 72,1366