Talk:Black tea

message: This articles says, "Traditionally, black tea was the only tea known to Western culture." However, the article on Sweet tea says , "The oldest known recipe for sweet ice tea was published in 1879 in a community cookbook called Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree. This recipe calls for green tea. In fact, most sweet tea consumed during this period was green tea. However, during World War II, the major sources of green tea were cut off from the United States, leaving them with tea almost exclusively from British-controlled India which produces black tea. Americans came out of the war drinking nearly 99 percent black tea." Which is correct? WilliamBarrett 21:31, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Considering the Sweet Tea claim is actually sourced (from the cookbook), I say we remove the sentence. It's entirely too sweeping anyway.--Scott5834 22:39, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Tea in the West

message: I would like to note that I think and it is probably common sense that varieties refer to different tasting teas i.e. Keemun v. Darjeeling (there is a biological variety there too, is this case) and types refer to their common processing. This is less confusing that the current setup which is. --Iateasquirrel 04:38, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Varieties Vs. Types

message: I've made the varieties list look more like the other articles, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Tea/Type Guidelines for guidelines, add comments to the talk page.--Iateasquirrel 05:43, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Varieties 

message: Just to explain the new formatting. It's alphabetical, thats why China comes first. There will probably need to be some discussion on how far to go creating new articles on types of tea. --Iateasquirrel 00:20, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  new formatting 

message: These use the word 'liquors' several times and appear to be a description of the leaves.  Is this the right word?  The link points to distilled beverages.  PerlKnitter 17:11, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: "liquor" in tea jargon refers to the tea-infused hot water after steeping, but I agree it's confusing since the more common use of "liquor" among the general public is for distilled alcoholic beverages. --Delirium 05:33, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ceylon classifications 

message: Tea of all kinds has no calories, sodium, or carbohydrates (although sometimes you see "less than 1g" on a package). Tea is considered an "empty drink" because it has no basic nutrients.
--Moop stick 16:39, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nutritional Information 

message: I just read that in Chinese culture black tea is generally considered to be "very inferior" to green tea.  Is this correct?  If so, this should be added to the article.  Also, tea experts out there, could you please look at the above comment and add to the article accordingly?  Badagnani 09:43, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure if this is true. There are lots of famous "red teas" (as it's known in China). If you can find a reputable source for this, feel free to add it to the article. Scott5834 15:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

text: In China the teas viewed as the most sophisticated and refined are invariably greens and oolongs. That doesn't mean black tea is considered bad, per se, but it's not the kind of thing you serve at formal occasions or to guests you wish to impress. Flourdustedhazzn (talk) 22:49, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

text: I would also be very interested to learn more about cultural perceptions and tastes toward different kinds of tea around the world. If anyone has any sourced research about it, please add your knowledge to this article. I find from my experiences in Xinjiang that the local Turkic-speaking cultures also prefer black tea, which they also call "red tea," kizil chay, in the same way that neighboring cultures do. Particularly in southern cities like Kashgar and Hotan, Uyghurs drink black tea flavored with flowers (gul chay) or spices (chay dora), while Uyghurs and Kazakhs in northern Xinjiang like brick tea brewed with milk with a pinch of salt as part of the traditional breakfast (etken chay). They find green tea too bitter, while local Han people seem to find black tea too bland or too strong, or at least, inappropriate for certain times of days or certain seasons. I'm very curious to find out the history behind black tea and why it's not as popular among East Asians as it is in the rest of the world. How did this state of affairs come to be? --124.119.124.109 (talk) 13:11, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: My wild, unreferenced speculation would be that the preference for black tea in the West would have to do with the tea trade in the age of sail. Black tea has a longer shelf life, hence may have been preferred for export. Back tea became the entrenched norm in the west. By contrast, shelf life wasn't a concern in traditional tea producing regions, so preferences for different varieties would have developed due to different taste/cultural preferences. 124.176.52.133 (talk) 00:00, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inferior to green tea in Asia? 

message: The information here seems to conflict with the information on the Orange pekoe and Dust (tea) pages. This page says that B.O.P. and B.O.P.F. are 
much sought after/the most sought after, whereas the other two pages seem to say that B.O.P. and the fannings are a low-grade product. The orange pekoe page does mention that there are different grading systems for CTC, orange pejoe, and "orthodox" teas, but not what the differences are. Any experts care to make this all more clear? --75.35.5.141 05:01, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This has been rectified Basejumper123 16:58, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Classification 

message: Is the oxidation of black tea enzymatic browning? Tom Harrison Talk 12:43, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oxidation question 

message: Near the end of the page on the Gallery section. The image bears the following description : Black Tea in cup. View tea power.
Whats is meant by power here? Since there is visible tea powder in the bottom of the cup is this a typo?
Otherwise, maybe the description could be clarified because it seems puzzling at first glance.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bleakcabal (talk • contribs) 18:02, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question about image description in Gallery 

message: Just noticed this section appears two times. I'm not an Wikipedia editor at all, so yeah I can't make changes.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.26.30.5 (talk) 15:43, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh yes you can, just click the "Edit" button! Jpatokal (talk) 02:28, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manufacturing 

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message: Some history would be interesting/informative. No mention of the invention of the process of converting green tea into black tea for instance.84.93.82.20 (talk) 16:54, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: The big table(s) early in the article (at Varieties and Names, and maybe also Blends) are really off-putting when trying to just read the basics about the topics.  The readability is very poor this way... people won't want to interrupt a basic overview to read an entire table packed with difficult proper names, nor will they want to have to scroll down 5 pages to just get past the table. 
I'd like to recommend moving the large table(s) to the end of the article and keeping the main body of the article readable in a straight pass without having to resize screens or scroll around to comprehend a section.  If it's desired to keep the introduction of sub-topics in their current order, then each section might just give 2 short examples, in flowing text, and then link to "see table A for a more complete list".  The first introduction of a thing doesn't need to include a comprehensive index of the things. DKEdwards (talk) 03:44, 6 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tables vs. Readability  

message: Has anyone considered adding to the article with information on harvesting practices surrounding the tea industry?Danauca (talk) 21:03, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Harvesting  

message: please stop inserting this. We don't care what "low-quality research" says. We care what high-quality research says.  Please look at WP:MEDRS and WP:DUE. PepperBeast (talk) 15:47, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Low-quality research