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Gyorgy Sajo
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(Mike Thadman) wrote in message . com>...
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(Gyorgy Sajo) wrote in message . com>...
> > I am very puzzled by the fact that albeit people in China do not drink
> > red tea, they do produce and export a lot of it for the West. Who and
> > why invented the red tea in China, and when did it happen? Was it a
> > special invention for or by the Europeans? Was it red tea at all that
> > the first Dutch ships carried to Europe - or was it the tea the
> > Chinese used to drink, for example some kind of oolong?
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> > Thanks for any answers,
> > Gyorgy
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> My understanding of red tea was that it was created in Africa, I think
> southern Africa, and it was called Rooibos meaning red bush. But I
> could be wrong. Maybe that's why they don't drink red tea. Plus it's
> not really a tea since it doesnt come from the tea plant.
I was actually talking about the tea which the Chinese call red tea,
and which is called black tea in the West.
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