The motherland of black tea is considered to be China. According to the Chinese epos the tea plant grew from the eyelids of a clergyman. He accidentally fell asleep during his prayer and as a punishment he decided to cut his own eyelids. Up to the present in Chinese and Japanese the notions of “tea” and “eyelid” coincide.
It is difficult to say whether this epos coincides with the reality, but the fact that tea intrusion into the human life was determined from above, goes without saying. One of the reasons that tea is the most spread drink on the earth, as for about two billion people consider it to be a food of first demand.
The Chinese people presented the word not only with the name of the tea, but they also thought how to use it. At present the 98% of the word tea trade constitutes the black tea, which is the combination of magnificent taste and smell. During its production black tea undergoes a complete kneading which determines its black colour and the odour of resin or balsam. Each black tea type is unique both for its quality and for its appearance and smell.
Though black tea has been studied for many centuries, it became known only comparatively lately what the ingredients of it are. At present there are known for about 300 ingredient parts of black tea, the most important of which are considered to be salts, essential oils, amino acids, alkaloids, segments. It is of interest that black tea contains almost all the alphabetic system of vitamins, such as the provitamin A (carotene), vitamin B-1(thiamine), B-2 (riboflavin), vitamin PP (nicotinic acid), vitamin P and vitamin K.
The “Mega Ararat” company imports black tea from the Republic of Georgia, where the cultivation of that precious plant was begun still in the 19th century by the Chinese. Georgian tea has won fame all over the world and has got many international awards.
Those who drink tea must be aware that it is not only pleasant but also very useful. Tea, in particular, spurs the synthesis of gastric juices, improves appetite, digestion. Some ingredients of tea widen the blood vessels of heart and brain, improve respiration.