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British Imperialism in China was very economic. Western countries, mostly Great Britain, exported opium grown in India and sold it to China. The British used the profits from the sale of opium to purchase such Chinese luxury goods as porcelain, silk, and tea, which were in great demand in the West. (britannica.com/topic/opium-trade) Opium was first introduced to China by Turkish and Arab traders in the late 6th or early 7th century. Taken orally to relieve tension and pain, the drug was used in limited

and music stores, hamburger restaurants and cinemas. Even though he missed his home in Cardiff. London was a place where he was happy. He was studying BioScience at the University of London and was entering his second year. He began to sip his tea and walk towards his flat’s window. He began to stare out towards the skyline and reflect on his old life in Wales. Justin had never seen anything like this before. He walked to the shelf and grabbed the Biology: Science and Life and made his way back

Increasingly Important Parts of Restaurant Revenue The simple days of restaurants offering their customers four or five soda choices, coffee, tea and milk are fading fast. Customers want more exotic, personalized and upscale beverages and not just for alcoholic drinks. Restaurants are offering custom-made fountain sodas, signature restaurant beverages, specialty iced and hot teas and even on-premises roasted and ground coffees. You can increase profits dramatically and attract greater numbers of millennials

Thien Thanh which is a Vietnamese tea company established in 1945. The owner who came from the middle of Vietnam- Hue city, this is a beautiful place where Kings of Nguyen's Dynasty lived before. Long time a ago, there were lotus lakes surrounded the palace. These lotus products which were used to made foods, teas and medicines from lotus and these products were made only for people in palaces. Nowsaday, people in hometown still growing lotus; however, they just used lotus seeds for foods and not

Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo lends incredible insights into the importance of acceptance of cultures and self examination. The West, and Americans specifically, need to learn how to appreciate and learn about cultures, without stealing the credit by claiming ownership. The Book of Tea is an exploration of this concept with specific focus on the concept of tea in Western culture. If Western society were to truly step back and examine what they hold dear, how much of it could it attribute to the

EXTRACTION OF CAFFEINE FROM TEA Abstract The method used to separate the organic compound from a mixture of compound is the extraction. It is done by the dissolving of one or more compounds in a good solvent. The solvent which was used in this experiment was 15 ml of dichloromethane into 125ml of water. Caffeine was extracted from 9.19 g of TAZO Awake English Breakfast. Caffeine is soluble in water in 2.2 g/ml at 20 C; it is more soluble than dichloromethane which has 10.2g/ml at 20 C, and the

found in many foods and beverages that are consumed regularly throughout the world. They are pigments found in plants and are a product of the metabolism of the plants (Liu, 2013). Flavonoids can be found in many fruits and vegetables as well as tea, coffee and red wine (Corcoran, McKay & Blumberg, 2012). The flavonoids protect the plant and give it color (Liu, 2013). Many studies are finding flavonoid consumption to be beneficial to human health as well. Research has found flavonoids can delay

3.3 Franchising Gong Cha is a successful international beverage franchise specializing in Tea, Coffee, and Juice. From its start in sunny southern-western Kaohsiung, Gong Cha has grown to 860+ stores across 18 countries worldwide as of 2014, with a catalogue of over fifty-seven drinks and still growing (Gong Cha, 2010). Franchising is one of the entry mode that can recommend to Gong Cha to expand to overseas. According to Daniels(2004), franchising is a specialized form of licensing

Kombucha is a fermented tea beverage originating from China during the Tsin Dynasty (approximately 220 BC) and is typically made by using green or black tea leaves. These leaves come from the evergreen shrub Camellia sinensis which is endogenous to Southeast Asia. The different categories of tea (green & black) are due to the varying levels of oxidation that the leaves go through during processing, with green tea being one of the least oxidised and black tea being the most oxidised/processed. Kombucha

coffee, it’s hard to believe that at one time tea was the beverage of choice (Savvy Decorum ). The first known record of tea being imported to England was the charter granted by Elizabeth I to the East India Company (B Malheiro ). There was a lot of stuff going on in the victorian era and the history of tea was a big part of it. According to legend, tea was discovered by Chinese emperor Shen Nong in 2737 BC. It wasn’t until the mid-1600s, however, that tea finally reached England. As supper was mainly