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Some Facts About Tea
關于茶的一些事實
Tea is the most popular drink in the world besides water.
和水一樣，茶是世界上最受歡迎的飲料。
There are thousands of different types of tea.
有成千種不同的茶。
All tea comes from the tea plant.
所有的茶都是采摘自茶樹。
The leaves and buds of this plant are picked several times a year, usually by hand.
這種植物的葉子和芽每年都會被摘好幾次，一般是手工摘。
After has been picked, the tea is processed into black tea, oolong tea, green tea or white tea.
采摘后，這些茶被加工成紅茶，烏龍茶，綠茶或清茶。
Black tea was invented in China during the Ming Dynasty as a way to keep tea fresh when it was transported long distances.
紅茶是在中國明代的時候發明的，當它長途運輸時，它是作為一種保持新鮮茶的方式。
As tea has to travel a long distance to reach places such as UK, Canada and Australia, it is not surprising that westerners drink mostly black tea.
當茶長途運輸到一些地方如英國，加拿大和澳大利亞時，西方人一般喝紅茶就一點也不奇怪了。
However, the majority of the world drinks green tea.
但是，世界上大多數人喝的是綠茶。
Herbal tea is prepared in the same way as regular tea but is not really tea.
草藥茶像普通茶一樣，以同種方式精煉出來，但是它不是真正的茶。
This is because it contains herbs, fruits spices, etc., instead of leaves from the Tea Plant.
這是因為它包含了草藥，水果，香料等，但是沒有茶樹的葉子。
To truly be tea, the leaves must come from this plant.
要成為真正的茶，葉子必須是來自這種植物的。
All tea naturally contains caffeine, which comes from the tea leaves.
所有的茶自然地包含有茶精，它是來自茶葉的。
Decaffeinated tea is regular tea (usually green or black) that has been processed to removes the caffein.
脫去咖啡因的茶是普通茶(一般是綠茶或紅茶)，它已經通過加工去掉咖啡因。
In recent years, organic tea has become popular, too.
近年來，有機茶也很受歡迎。
This is tea that comes from plants that have been grown without the use of any chemicals.
這是一種沒有使用化學物質的植物上的茶葉。
People believe that it tastes better and is healthier but sometimes it costs more than non-organic tea.
大家認為它更好喝而且更健康，但是有時它要比無機茶更貴。
This is because the size of the crops is often smaller.
這是因為這種植物比較小些。
