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1. Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of the Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to East Asia. After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world. Tea has a stimulating effect in humans primarily by its caffeine content. Tea originated in the region encompassing today's Northeast India, north Myanmar, Southwest China and Tibet, where it was used as a medicinal drink by various ethnic groups in the region.

2. The term herbal tea refers to drinks not made from Camellia sinensis: infusions of fruit, leaves, or other parts of the plant, such as steeps of rosehip, chamomile, or rooibos. These may be called tisanes or herbal infusions to prevent confusion with "tea" made from the tea plant. Next to water, tea is the most commonly consumed beverage in the world. This is a good news because tea offers important health benefits. Its benefits were first discovered by the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung who declared that it gave one vigour of body, contentment of mind and determination of purpose. Today there is ample proof that tea in its many forms possesses a number of health benefits from supporting the immune, system to reducing the risk of cancer, to helping prevent tooth decay.

3. What makes tea such a healthy drink ? The star compounds are called catechins. Those are antioxidants , that help prevent cell damage by harmful molecules called free radicals.

4. Tea can be black, green and red and is derived from a warm-weather evergreen tree known as Camelia Sinensis. The more processing, tea leaves undergo, the darker they become. Green tea is the least processed tea. It is simply steamed quickly and offers the maximum healing powers because it isn’t fermented. It also helps prevent tooth decay and aids weight loss.

Questions :

1. Who was the first person to discover the benefits of tea ? (Choose the correct option)
a. European political leader Shen Nung
b. European Emperor Shen Nung
c. Chinese Emperor Shen Nung
d. Chinese political leader Shen Nung

2. State the types of tea and its derivation.

3. According to the passage which word means ‘helps’? ( Hint last para )
tell fast the 3rd answer​

Answers

Answered by ishita0307
2

Answer:

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1 ) C hain

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