Tea

Tea (dialectal pronunciation of 茶 cha), a beverage made from brewing herbal leaves in boiling water, invented in China
== In NSHBA ==
=== XDS ===
The tea was emerald green and a bit thick, but it had no fragrance. It was a top grade tea, with all its flavor concentrated within.
== Trivia ==
* 'Tea' is a loanword from Chinese into English. Tea is the pronunciation of the Chinese word 茶 in certain dialects of South China such as Min (闽) in Fujian. Tea became a loanword in the Portuguese and Dutch languages when European sailors traded with coastal cities in China and in Southeast Asia.
* The northern pronunciation of 茶 cha spread along the continental Silk Road through Central Asia to the west and became a loanword chai/chay in various other languages such as Persian, Russian, Arabic, etc.
== See also ==
*Wine
==References==
Category:Consumables