This book comprehensively covers various stories from history, culture, society, famous paintings, movies, and fairy tales, which emerged as black tea permeated our lives through tea time and brought about great changes, allowing us to glimpse the humanities of the world through black tea.

Additionally, 'Tea Time in Famous Paintings' and 'Tea Time Around the World', focusing on the West, clearly show the enormous paradigm shift that British tea brought to the world's lifestyle culture.
Through this, we can see that black tea was not simply a beverage, but a motif that left a great mark on world history.
Next, 'World's Most Famous Tea Destinations' provides a great deal of interest to countless readers who enjoy traveling the world.

This book is expected to further enhance the 'humanistic understanding of tea' by introducing background knowledge on the history, culture, society, and art of tea to those who are entering the 'world of British tea' for the first time as 'British black tea' is experiencing a 'second tea renaissance' around the world, or to those working in the food and beverage industry who are deeply interested in the 'food culture of British black tea' that is emerging as a new trend.

Age of Exploration and Tea
The tea tree, Camellia sinensis, an evergreen tree in the Camellia genus of the Camellia family, is known to be native to Yunnan Province, China.
And there are records of tea leaves being used for medicinal purposes around 2700 BC.
Afterwards, green tea was created by processing tea leaves and became widely distributed throughout China, mainly in Zen temples.
By the 8th century, it had spread to Japan.
As trade between the East and the West became more active during the Age of Exploration starting in the 15th century, tea gained attention from Westerners as a uniquely Eastern beverage culture.
The first Westerner to publish information about tea in a book is known to be Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485-1557) of Venice.
He wrote Navigations and Travels in 1545 after interviewing many travelers.
Among them, there is the following description about tea, heard from a Persian merchant.

“Tea is a bitter drink.
In China, tea is drunk by pouring hot water over tea leaves in a bowl, leaving the tea leaves behind, but in Japan, tea leaves are ground into powder and then poured into hot water.
“Oriental people always enjoy drinking it and believe that it has medicinal properties.”

Afternoon Tea in the Victorian Era
Afternoon tea, which is said to have originated in the 1840s in England with the Duke of Bedford, has grown into a traditional British culture.
During this period, there were also major changes in the British diet.
Dinner time, which used to be around 5 p.m., has been moved to between 8 and 9 p.m.
So, Duchess Anna Maria (1783-1861) developed the habit of feeling hungry around 5 o'clock in the evening, ordering her servant to bring tea to her room, and then eating it with buttered bread...
The custom of afternoon tea, which was loved by the upper class, later took the form of a 'home party' among the middle class.
A home party is a casual, informal social gathering.
It is a kind of informal tea gathering where the host informs friends or acquaintances of the schedule in advance, and the guests visit according to the time.
There were many families who held invitation-only gatherings on a certain day of the week in the afternoon. On this day, visitors were allowed to visit without prior appointment, so it was also very useful as a meeting place.
The average stay was 15 to 20 minutes, and it is said that many women visited four or five homes a day.
We made the most of our short time together, especially by making plans for afternoon tea and dinner and introducing new friends to each other.
_From Chapter 1, History of Black Tea

Black tea tastes different depending on the cup
One of the greatest pleasures of drinking tea is choosing a teacup.
Although teacups are prized for their beauty, their shape actually has a significant impact on how you perceive the flavor of the tea.
Teacups sold for black tea today come in a variety of shapes.
Depending on the shape of the teacup, the angle at which the tea flows into the mouth or the concentration of the tea changes, which makes it feel like the taste has changed as the part of the tongue that is stimulated changes.
A teacup with a low height and wide rim means that when drinking black tea, you tilt the cup at a smaller angle, and the black tea slowly rolls over the tongue in a wider manner, stimulating the area that perceives the astringent taste more.
People who dislike bitter tastes are not suitable for drinking black tea, which is characterized by a bitter taste.
However, if the height is low, the color of the tea becomes transparent, and if the rim is wide, the fragrance spreads richly, so this type of teacup is recommended for those who value the flavor of black tea.
On the other hand, a tall teacup with a narrow rim means that the tea has to be tilted at a large angle when drinking black tea, and the black tea flows down the throat before it even enters the mouth and tastes bitter.
Black teas with a pleasant aftertaste and a bitter taste can be delicious to drink, but drinks with little character and a light body can leave a feeling of something being lacking.
Therefore, just because you have an expensive teacup, it doesn't mean you can enjoy black tea deliciously.

_Chapter 3 Black tea is one of the basic methods we use.

Enjoy delicious milk tea
Let's find out how people around the world enjoy milk tea.

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It is well known around the world that the British love milk tea.
Today, 95% of black tea consumed in Britain is milk tea.
"How to Brew the Perfect Cup of Tea", published by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2003, also became a hot topic in the East.
According to this announcement, to make delicious black tea, we need the ingredients of 'Assam tea leaves', 'sweet water', 'cold, fresh milk', and 'white sugar', and among them, 'milk' is said to be the one that ultimately determines the taste of milk tea.

● Netherlands
In the Netherlands, there is a record that the ambassador of the East India Company was invited to a banquet for the emperor held in Guangdong Province, China in 1655, where he drank tea with warm milk and salt.
In the Netherlands, where black tea consumption is declining these days, milk tea is rarely found.
Most of the milk used in black tea-based milk teas at tea shops and other establishments is high-temperature pasteurized milk.

Romania
Milk tea, a popular drink in Romania, is characterized by containing not only milk but also brandy in addition to black tea.
Plum brandy 'Chukur (?uic?)' and pear brandy 'Williamine' are also well-received as they go well with milk tea.
High-temperature pasteurized milk is used.

● China
After the Opium Wars, many British people moved to China, and the habit of drinking milk tea naturally came with them.
However, the Chinese did not originally have the habit of drinking milk, and there were few dairy farms in China from which to obtain milk, so fresh milk could not be obtained.
For this reason, 'condensed milk' was stored and distributed in cans in 1856, and 'evaporated milk' in 1885, and from then on, milk tea using condensed milk rather than fresh milk became more common.

● Taiwan
Taiwan, like China, was a country unfamiliar with milk.
Therefore, the spread of milk tea culture is relatively recent.
Tapioca milk tea, made with condensed milk imported from Hong Kong, is very popular today.
High-temperature pasteurized milk accounts for the majority of the milk market.


● Yugoslavia
In Yugoslavia, 'nut milk tea' is very popular.
Milk tea is made by boiling walnuts and tea leaves, which are local specialties.
The finishing touch is a nutritious milk tea topped with whipped cream and lightly toasted walnuts, loved by locals.

● United States
Even the United States, famous for its iced tea, is a country with low milk tea consumption.
In the United States, high-temperature pasteurized milk accounts for the majority of the market.
In some rural areas along the east coast, where British influence was strong, they still enjoy British-style milk tea made with pasteurized milk.

● Pairing black tea with food
The process of matching a drink to food to create a refreshing sensation in the mouth while simultaneously enhancing the taste of the food is called 'pairing'.
In France, pairing is expressed as 'mariage'.
This is a term that refers to a fantastic harmony of food and drink.
Pairing a strong, aromatic black tea with delicate food may remove the oiliness of the food, but it can also take away the original flavor of the food.
However, in pairing, the most important thing is to harmonize the taste and aroma, and to create a new aesthetic by making both the food and drink go well together.
When eating delicate rice, serve clear soup rather than soup, and when eating meat dishes, serve clear soup seasoned with salt. These are common practices at the dinner table, and they also apply to tea time… … .
_Chapter 3 Black tea is one of the basic methods we use.

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