MastersTalk Brief Tea Quiz 02

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MastersTalk Brief Tea Quiz 02

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Which of the following tea productions sites (as of 2020) is not a part of the UN Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)?

Pu’er (China)

Shizuoka (Japan)

Hadong (Republic of Korea)

West Lake or Xi Hu (China)

As of 2020, the list of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) includes  four tea growing locations: Pu’er traditional tea agrosystem (China), traditional tea-grass integrated system in Shizuoka (Japan), Fuzhou jasmine and tea culture system (China) and traditional Hadong tea agrosystem, Hwagae-myeon (Republic of Korea).

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Which two tea-like drinks are made from the leaves of the Holly (Ilex)?

Kuding and Butterfly-pea flower tea

Rooibos and Kuding

Karkade and Yerba mate

Butterfly-pea flower tea and Karkade

Yerba mate and Kuding

Yerba mate is made of leaves of Ilex paraguariensi. Kuding is made of Ilex latifolia and Ilex kaushue leaves. Karkadé (carcade) — from crimson or deep magenta-colored calyces (sepals) of the roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) flower. Butterfly-pea flower tea — from flower petals or even whole flower of the Clitoria ternatea. Rooibos — from Aspalathus linearis.

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Albino teas are tea cultivars whose leaves get noticeably lighter in color under certain conditions. As a result of what external factors can such ‘lightening’ occur?

With a lack of sunlight and an excess of fluorine

At the exposure to intense sunlight and low temperatures

After a special pruning called ‘vara y pulgar’

Such lightening occurs strictly periodically, every other year

All albino tea trees can be divided into two groups: photosensitive and thermosensitive. Photosensitive cultivars have light-colored young shoots during the time of the year when the sun is most active, and when there’s less sunlight, their leaves become darker and acquire usual green color. Huangjinya, Yu-Jin-Xiang and Jinguang are photosensitive albino cultivars. Young leaves of thermosensitive albino tea trees are lighter in color when air temperature is cool, but when it raises up to 20-22°С, the leaves become greener. Anji Baicha and Xiaoxueya are thermosensitive albino cultivars. Vara y pulgar is one of the of the ways to prune vine that is common in Spain.

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What is skiffing?

The process of puerh tea maturation under the horse saddle

Transportation of finished tea by small boats set adrift

A traditional trade for steppe nomads which consisted in attacking tea caravans

A form of tea tree propagation used by nomadic peoples in northern Vietnam

A form of tea plant trimming

Skiffing is a form of seasonal trimming of tea bushes, it can be done manually, with special knives, or mechanized.

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Which of the listed below is not a name of tea produced in Japan?

Wakarima-Sencha

Awabancha

Ishizuchi-Kurocha

Batabatacha

Goishicha

Awabancha (阿波番茶, 阿波晩茶, Awa-ban-cha, Tokushima prefecture, east of Shikoku island), Goishicha (碁石茶, Go-ishi-cha, Kochi Prefecture, in the south of Shikoku island), Ishizuchi-kurocha (石鎚, Ehime Prefecture, in northwestern Shikoku) and Batabatacha (バタバタ茶, Batabata-cha, Toyama Prefecture, north of the central part of Honshu Island) are Japanese post-fermented teas (Kurocha, 黒茶). Wakarimasen (わかりません) stands for “I don’t understand”, and Wakarima-Sencha is a made up name concocted by the compilers of the Quiz.

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How does the British Centurion tank relate to tea?

Tank crewmen called these tanks Lapsang Souchong for their characteristic smell of engine oil

For a short period of time, after they were retired, these tanks were used as a base for tea harvesters in highland plantations

The crew of these tanks were called ‘kettles’ because of a peculiar shape of their helmets

The tanks of this model were the first ones to be equipped with standard facilities to make tea without leaving the tank

On June 13, 1944, British force stopped for morning tea and a spot of maintenance in the crossroads town of Villers-Bocage, 18 miles from Caen (France). The British officers held an impromptu briefing in a nearby house while the crews of the squadron’s armored vehicles began brewing tea and were unexpectedly attacked by German tanks. In the first 15 minutes of the battle the British lost 14 tanks, nine half-tracks, four gun carriers and two anti-tank guns. It turned out that during the Second World War, more than a third of British tank crewmen were killed or injured outside the tanks, e.g. while making tea or eating. The Centurion was the first British tank in which tea could be made without leaving the tank. Boiling Vessel, an electric device for boiling water and cooking/heating hot food inside the tank, was installed in its tower.

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