December 19, 2008
While I gather information on the domestication of tea, and setting aside the lovely myths about leaves floating mysteriously into bowls of hot water, one intriguing possibility is that the leaves of Camelia sinensis were originally eaten as a kind of vegetable. Here is an account from Food in China, by Frederick J. Simoons. The [...]
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December 18, 2008
1929 In addition to the camphor trees, a visit to the tea-growing station was one of the objectives of my expedition. The well-known oolong mountain tea of Taiwan was a most remarkable sight. In the mountains of Taiwan it is possible to see thickets of tea, reaching the dimensions of small trees 4-5 metres tall. [...]
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