Coffee & Tea

What matters most when steeping a cup or pot of tea?

• Time

• Temperature

• Both A & B

• Neither A & B

Answer explanation

Different varieties require different water temperatures and steeping times to bring out the blend's true flavor and avoid bitterness

1. What country is the world’s largest producer of tea, producing over 40% of the globe’s tea leaves?

• China

• Japan

• India

• Sri Lanka

Answer explanation

• SRI LANKA – 300,000 TONNES

• INDIA – 900,000 TONNES

• CHINA – 2,400,000 TONNES

• JAPAN – 89,000 TONNES

Which of the follow is not one of the six main types of tea?

• White tea

• Matcha

• Black tea

• Herbal Teasan

Answer explanation

• White Tea,

• Oolong Tea,

• Green Tea,

• Pu-erh Tea,

• Black Tea,

• Herbal Teasan

Why Green tea is but not matcha?

Green tea and matcha tea are cultivated differently. Green tea is cultivated under the sun, while matcha tea is shade-grown toward the last few weeks of harvest.

And matcha is normally in powder form

1. Which of the six main types of tea contains the most caffeine?

• White tea

• Green tea

• Oolong

• Black tea

Answer explanation

• White Tea – Low: 10-15mg.

• Oolong Tea – Medium: 3–45mg.

• Green Tea – Medium: 15-30mg.

  Black Tea – High: 60-75mg.

Does green, black, white and oolong tea came from the same plant?

• True

• False

Answer explanation

They all started with the same leaves - which is from Camellia sinensis. It’s the processing of tea leaves that determines what type of tea it will become.

Tea can only be grown in alkaline soils.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Few weird plant they grow well in acidic soil. They can only grow on acidic soil.

Tea plants originally came from primeval forest which has an acidic soil. In long history of evolution and development, tea plants gradually evolved to like acidic soil. Therefore, only in an acidic soil environment, tea plants can smoothly absorb nutrients.

How does gunpowder tea earned its name?

• 1. The leaves are rolled into pellets.

• 1. It has a high caffeine content.

• 1. It was used to smuggle gunpowder.

• 1. It is highly flammable.

Answer explanation

the tightly rolled tea leaves resembled grains of gunpowder

Decaf coffee contains caffeine

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The amount is so little where it is not enough to have an effect on your sleep-wake cycle

What is the coffee capital of Australia?

• Sydney

• Melbourne

• Adelaide

• Brisbane

Answer explanation

Lots of cafés and roasteries. It is also know as the coffee capital of the world

 In France, what do people drink coffee from for breakfast?

• A bowl

• A mug

• A spoon

• A bottle

Answer explanation

It is their culture. It is easier to dip the croissant or bread in the coffee.

If you visit France as a tourist you’re unlikely to see this, because hotels and restaurants don’t use them, however if you stay at a French family’s home overnight and have breakfast with them you will see them using a bowl to drink coffee. Not too sure how true it is