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The document discusses the various types of tea, specifically the China and Assam varieties, their origins, and domestication history. It highlights the health benefits of tea, including its anti-carcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective properties, as well as its role in reducing the risk of coronary heart disease. The document also touches on the historical trade of tea and its consumption patterns.

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The document discusses the various types of tea, specifically the China and Assam varieties, their origins, and domestication history. It highlights the health benefits of tea, including its anti-carcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective properties, as well as its role in reducing the risk of coronary heart disease. The document also touches on the historical trade of tea and its consumption patterns.

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BFPT IV: 2019/2020

FP 411: Plantation and Estate Crops


Technology

Lecture 6: TEA

Reading Assignment:
Yukihiko Hara (2001). Green tea : health benefits and
applications. Marcel Dekker, Inc.

Martin Mutambuka (PhD)


TEA - Camellia sinensis
Family - Theaceae
Genus - Camellia
Species - sinensis
Groups of Tea
China type - C. sinensis var. sinensis
◦ Northern slope of the Himalayan Mts
◦ Elevated altitudes, semi-humid forest
◦ Bush with small erect leaves with many
serrations
◦ Flowers are borne singly
◦ Greater tolerance to drought and low temp.
◦ Main tea produced in China and Japan
Groups of Tea
Assam type - C. sinensis var. assamica
◦ Southern slopes of the Himalayan Mts
◦ Found in humid dense forest
◦ Tree
◦ Leaves are larger with less serrations, less
erect, and tend to droop at tips
◦ Leaves lighter green color
◦ Flower in clusters of 2-4
Origin and Domestication of
Tea

Assa
m China

183
1930 3
s
Trade with
Europe
1600s
Tea Domestication
China type domesticated in south China
◦ 4000 years ago?
◦ Spread throughout China and Japan
Trading with Europe beginning in early
1600s
◦ Earliest maritime explorations by the
Portuguese and Dutch
◦ England enters trade with East India Co in
mid to late 1600s
East India Trade Co monopoly on tea
trade ends in 1833
Tea Domestication
Assam region initial area of
domestication of Assam tea
◦ Late 1800s
● South India
● Sri Lanka (esp. after rust destroyed the coffee
industry)
● Java and Indonesia
◦ 1930s
● Equatorial highlands of Central and East Africa
Current Assam tea is a hybrid type
derived from the initial mixed
plantings in NE India
Tea Production
Tea Importations

Much of production consumed locally


World tea market share in 2009

Courtesy: http://www.vietnam-tea.com/overview.html
Teas and health benefits
Tea as a panacea
Anti-carcinogenic activity
◦ Lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, skin cancer; stomach,
pancreatic, oesophageal, and colon cancers
Anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties
◦ Dental and oral diseases
◦ AIDS
Neuro protective properties
◦ Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases
Health Benefits of Tea
Reduce risk of Coronary Heart
Disease
◦ Epidemiological studies
◦ Lowers blood levels of LDL cholesterol
Flavonoids are antioxidants
◦ 95% polyphenols in tea are flavanoids
◦ Higher anti oxidant activity than Vitamin
A, C or E - but with less bioavailability
◦ Combat free radicals >> reduce risk of
cancer
Much of benefits not experimentally
confirmed
Courtesy: http://www.cookscorner.net/Tea/Antioxidants.html
Flavonoids and other components in tea
Flavonoids in tea

Green T. Black T

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