Tea. What associations does this word provoke? Hearth, home, friends, cafes, careless meetings… This list can be enormous. We use this word very often, we drink tea, we buy tea, we make it, and so WHAT IS IT?

First of all, tea is a delicious beverage, made of specially treated tea-lives. As a rule, they are poured with hot water, special processes occur and tea is ready. Various flowers, herbs, fruits and spices can be added to tea.

Secondly, tea is a plant. To tell the truth, this statement must occupy the 1st place, but… I just cant put it before the process of tea-drinking. So, tea is an evergreen plant. Tea plant grows only in warm types of climate, a tropical one will be OK. Moreover, tea of high quality can be achieved only when plantations are located at the elevations (1000-1500 meters).

The third point, tea is just a word, possessing its own spelling, cases and pronunciation. It considered to be of Chinese origin and was written as THEE.

Interesting facts, as it turned out, tea is not a bush, it is a tree, but, people dont allow it to grow. What is more, such an innocent word as tea can have a little bit queer meaning: marijuana or even a break in a cricket play.