Health Benefits of Green Tea

Green tea is an unoxidized tea, which gives a green hue to water when brewed. It is prepared from untreated leaves of Camellia Sinensis. It originated in the 8th century in China. It has become the most popular & healthy tea nowadays.

It contains 99.9% water and .O1 % of polyphenol extracts. Apart from its mouth-watering taste, Green tea is extremely beneficial for health. It is rich in antioxidants and nutrients.

Here are some interesting health benefits of green tea:- 

1. Green Tea can improve brain function.

  It contains caffeine and the amino acid L-theanine which help in the proper circulation of blood in the brain and makes the body active.

2. Make the liver healthy.

A clean liver plays a vital role in absorbing nutrients from food. Green tea helps in maintaining good liver by flushing toxins out and helps to get rid of diseases like fatty liver, liver failure, visceral fats, etc. 

3. Maintains a healthy heart.

Green tea helps arteries to expand, it regulates blood properly and prevents blood pressure-related diseases. 7 cups of green tea in a day can help heart patients recover fast.

4. Digestion problems

It keeps the digestive system by reducing infectious disease, inflammatory bowel, and sudden flares. Drinking 3-4 cups of it a day can help in curing problems like bloating and water retention.

5. Helps in losing weight.  

Caffeine presents in it negatively affects your body fat and results in weight loss. It is helpful in boosting metabolic rate in a short time and thus maintaining good body health. 

In order to maintain good health one should consider regular consumption of green tea. It is available in many flavors and forms such as capsules, powder extracts, and green tea leaves available in the market. 

Iced Tea Recipe & Flavor

Since the advent of iced tea the popularity of the hot beverage has risen fourfold.  The beverage in time to come will challenge colas all over the Globe. The inclusion of fruity flavors has made tea cocktails readily acceptable to the non-tea-drinking populace.      

Iced Beverage

Most of the iced beverages are sugary and include fresh fruits which is a healthy addition. But many cold beverages are also flavored with fruity syrups. This cold beverage is prepared and then sent to the chiller. It is served in long glasses, canned, or sold in bottles. 

Mint Tea

The brew-making is a challenge for the foodies' ingenuity but the iced version offers many combinations. Making iced cocktails with premium and rare leaves would be an ideal party drink. These lifestyle drinks are served as accompaniments to various foods.   

Here is an Iced Tea Recipe 

Photo Courtesy: Wagh Bakri Tea Company 

Teas: Exotic & Refreshing

It is the tea that cheers and fetches you out of boredom, fatigue, and ennui. The leaf glitters like gold in fact green gold when perfectly processed, matched, and skilfully blended. In my quest to blog on this wonderful hot beverage I as always search the net. 

There are amazing blogs on tea and scoring them will give you an idea about what to write. Well do copy no duplicates please the brew is best whence unique.  

Wagh Bakri Ginger Tea

Read about some amazing brews here:

Yak Butter Tea

Popular in Tibet, Ladakh in India, Bhutan, and Sikkim. this is brewed along with Yak Butter which is available in Tibet and Himalayan Landscape in North India. In the cold climes, butter acts as manna, an energy-driven brew, it is extremely helpful, apart from being savory.  

Also known as cha it is brewed for a very long time till a dark liquid is obtained. The liquid is then poured into a flask containing Yak Butter and some salt. Premium leaves accord wonderful taste and aroma.  

Flower or Blooming Tea

Tea leaves and flowers are bundled together which whence brewed opens up and blooms. Earlier the bundle is dried and often tied to make it stable. This brew finds its origin in the Yunan Province of China and is served in transparent containers. Many popular flowers are used for this ceremonial brew.   

Jasmine Tea

Grown in China and some other Asian countries the Jasmine flower is highly fragrant hence it is associated with tea leaves. The mix is kept together overnight or for long hours sufficient time for the leaves to absorb the aroma of the flowers. As during the process moisture is gained by the leaves they have dried all over again. 

Tealicious Tea Bags or Premium Loose Blend

While a majority of tea lovers use a bag filled with leaves it is not everyone's cup. The advantage of this packaging is that you can carry it everywhere and make an instant cup with the hassle of straining. Though the water still has to be brought to a boil the process nevertheless is much quicker.    

Discovered by accident by an American merchant Thomas Sullivan today's packaging is far more advanced than earlier, with hygiene in place. These square or hexagonal-shaped paper bags are filled with various blends of teas generally less than premium stuff because of cost but nevertheless quality driven.  

A large populace is immersing in these tea bags as a habit inculcated especially when new to the magical brew. They have never tried or want to experience the exciting World of blending the leaves which abound in variants and varieties. 

Does this mean that blending is a mathematical puzzle?

Well yes and know. If you are a master blender employed by a major tea house the art comes easy. If you are a connoisseur the art is easier what with no limitation placed by the company. But for amateurs, it needs a lot of immersion in the World of tea leaves. One has to learn the flavors and what they produce in conjunction. 

This is a full-fledged activity blending teas from all over the World and producing master blends that tingle your tongue and nostril so that you reach the peak of flavor. Believe me, you as a novice can indulge in the passionate world of blending leaves of camilia sinensis. All most all the variants and varieties are available online buy them and say Cheers!

   

Tea Manna From Heaven

A most recent study by the Japanese discovered that consuming the hot brew resulted in aging more strongly. This was unlike the case of nondrinkers who were much frailer and disabled. The old fared better as far as functional disability is concerned. 

That the tea consumers fared better than their western counterparts who were stuck with caffeine-rich coffee has proven the leaf to be a medicine alternative. With more research in place, the leaf is going to turn over more and act as an alternative medicine for those who do not consume it on regular basis.  

In India, the leaf supplements traditional medicine and offers cost-effective health solutions. As far as medical benefits are concerned green tea finds the greatest users thanks to its beneficial chemicals.  

While the manufacturers extol these virtues which are attracting more towards the brew their prime concern is to increase the consumer base targeting all audiences. 

Though iced tea has been highly successful in finding a base among teens more has to be done as cokes offer stiff competition.   

Caffeine Meter

Chai

Green Tea Soda: Courtesy Wagh Bakri Tea

Cooking With Tea - Tealicious

The wonderful hot oops and cold beverage is there for sipping right? Wrong it is there for cooking as well. Yes the leaves are added in food. Our own Indian cooking is a fine example were the leaves are added for color as in Chole.  

So take a fine blend of the leaves and start cooking. You never know, the contemporary trend is of innovation in cooking. Hook on to a food channel and discover mind boggling fusion cooking taking place. I was reading on an online portal called sunset.com  about many recipes that use the tea leaves for creating mind boggling food.    

Best types of leaves used for cooking are the jasmine flavored ones. Another wonder addition is the Darjeeling Leaf. Lapsang Souchong China.is another good choice. Genmacha and flowery Matcha from Japan. Addition of Indian Chai Masala can create wonder. So don the apron and light the stove. Here Goes!  

Here are some examples. 

Smoked Tea Duck

The crust in this case is created using the leaves and rice. This result in a crispy tealicious crust.  

Leaf Crusted Tofu

A crust of leaves is created and cooked along with mushrooms and cabbage.   

Green Tea in Soup 

Simmer in vegetables and broth the choicest green leaves and create a mind boggling soup.  

Darjeeling Dashi

Japanese soup stock with Darjeeling Leaves! Tealicious! 

Chai Spiced Cookies

Using English Breakfast Chai Leaves the extra softened bread creates tealicious cookies!

Cran Berry Green Tea Smoothie

Delicious and loaded with antioxidants. 

Black Berry Leaf Sorbet 

A refreshing desert with energizing black leaves post dinner! 

Find here recipe details at sunset Tea Recipies

Teaplomacy - Unite & Create Bonds

One of the most desired and consumed hot beverage has a magnetic charm as well. The ritual gives rises to a level of teaplomacy that enlivens and seals relationships. The process  begins with the making of chai and the wait that creates an ambiance of serenity, generates positive thoughts and vibes. This is the magic of chai as the host or the stall owner get busy brewing.     

Whence on invite there is always an air of expectancy thanks to multiple styles of brewing and mind boggling variants. Once I was surprised by cinnamon tea whence on tour. The hosts was marveling at his wife's recipe of the hot beverage, it brought my tongue tingling and the I was not disappointed.  In spite of the distance the urge is strong for another rendezvous.  

Opening Wagh Bakri Tea Lounge

Our Prime Minister always invites International Guests PMs and Presidents on a meet where the brew is the focal point. Just pour a cup for the guest and see how the magic happens. It is one of the most appeasing gesture some what similar to making a drink for a fellow. 

Not only high profile meetings it is a casual get together between friends and relatives that the hot beverage enlivens. Chai offers an event a purpose and a memorable one at that. Hence learn to brew a perfect concoction and you will be successful at making relations and cementing bonds. 

It is the chemistry that unfolds as aroma fills your nostrils and the taste that tingles your taste buds. The energizing tealicious drink never fails to deliver.    

To Chalo Chai Ho Jaye!           

Going Overboard - Hot Beverage Consumption

Though tea and coffee are wonder brews consuming beyond the limit can be harmful. The hot beverages come along with plethora of health benefits. This accrues when the consumption is under the recommended limitation. 

Tea does not contain caffeine in the same quantity as coffee does hence its consumption is advisable up to four and five cups a day. Consumption greater than this may cause loss of sleep, acidity and possible increase in heart beat. Higher levels of bad cholesterol results from drinking unfiltered coffee in excess.    

Tea is a winner as far as beneficial aspect are concerned thanks to it variants and less quantity of caffeine. But this does not mean one should consume it in excess.  Heavy caffeine consumption is linked to many ailments in our body.  

As per reports coffee contains as much as 180 mg of caffeine whilst in the other it is up to 70 mg maximum. Hence the preference is obvious. The consumption of coffee is more per person as compered to tea making the latter a better choice in obtaining the health benefits.

   

Of Tasters & Blenders

The art of discovering fine qualities of tea leaves and then blending the is the job of tasters. Hence both blend into one but a taster may not necessarily be a blender since one could be a connoisseur.    

Most of the tasters have started their carriers with major companies like Lipton, Tetley Tata, Wagh Bakri, Godrej, Dilmah, Harada to name a few.  After having years of tasting various types of leaves from major gardens of the World many of them have moved into selling gourmet brands of their own. Well developed sensory organs assist the masters on road to success.

Big companies like Wagh Bakri have their own master blenders besides the owners being themselves expert at the task. Old companies are manned by experts that have done the job themselves. The big corporates have employees which are very good at the task. Blending is done using various kinds of leaves depending upon the strategy of the processors intended for targeted audience.

A Cup That Cheers

Tea Plucking

Tea Plant

Tea Garden

Many of the experts act a jury at Golden Leaf Awards apart from many other events that highlight the World's finest hot beverages. The consumption of this hot beverage is growing day by day not only green leaf for its health benefit but largely that of black leaf for its fantastic taste and flavor.  
 

Tea Lounge - A New Concept Gaining Popularity

Environment Day Celebrated at WB Tea Lounge

Yummys at WB TL

Inauguration Photos

Wagh Bakri Tea Lounge Interiors

Girls Gathering at WB TL

WB TL

The Directors & Celebrity

High Tea Time

Welcome to WB TL

Before Wagh Bakri Tea Company started its first tea lounge in Mumbai there were none. Such sit in place  was unheard of. Gradually tea lounges came about in New Delhi and Ahmedabad. The company plans to have a chain of these lounges that are fast becoming a gathering place for the elite of the town. 

Much like Indian Coffee Houses the places differ in offering a more posh and hush hush ambiance. The old infrastructure of  ICF with its unique charm is not there nevertheless the TLs offer fantastic meeting grounds over sizzling hot cup of Wagh Bakri Teas as well Ice Tea and a vast array of snacks.  

The establishments could be found in many places in the World on lines of tea rooms. Being few in number these were closeted and frequented only by hangers on and connoisseurs.  

These urban hangouts are not only for cheers they are excellent event venues, gathering and party  places. They are eatery of sorts. The places offer exotic WB teas apart from the usual fare.   

Interesting and amazing history progression of tea from China to different world countries

Modern Tea Lounge

Green Leaf

The Brew

Sakura

When it comes to exploring the interesting history and culture of different countries, you will find an excellent amalgamation tea drinking habits. You will realize the modern necessity of a single cup of tea. Yes,this is all about the fascinating story of tea marketing, distribution and recipe variation.This has really brought tea at the extreme corner of popularity in everyone’s life.

Right from the beginning in China, it traveled to almost every country in this world. Going through Britain, America, Japan and India the flavorful leaf  tells a tale of victory over all other conventional beverages.

Discovery

There are several stories and legends about the discovery and first sip of  this wonder brew taken by human race. The origin is indicated to Chinese Emperor, right back to 2737 BC when it was consumed by locals because of immense medicinal and herbal freshness. The plantation and distribution passed through different dynasties in China such as Zhou, Han and Tang. This is the era whence drinking this hot beverage assumed a more common form percolating down to the lowest sections of society. Of course, the beverage was exposed much to Chinese, Indian and Japanese residents as it gained early popularity. This was acceptance  as beverage and not a medicinal concoction any more.

In China and Japan the green leaf gained thrust with the creation of wide ranging varieties.Culture and trends also played a major role. In India the black leaf from Assam and Darjeeling Estates became highly popular.   

Tea Journey to England

Since tea was then very common and limited to the Chinese regions, it was possibly in the seventeenth century when it reached England. This was in the kingship session of Charles II. Of course, tea was assumed to be a royal drink at that time. It was the power and virtue of East India Company which marketed tea to  nations under its belt. However, the leaf was very expensive then and the British Government imposed hefty taxes on the consumption. This augured smuggling and black marketing which the government found difficult to control.

American Tea History

With the start of eighteenth century, special tanks, ships and containers were made to export huge quantity of leaf from China to European nations like UK. The famous Boston tea party made this leaf a symbol of protest. The destruction of leaf was done by those favoring independence from British rule in America .  

Why people love tea?

It was not the traditional trend of  tea culture which attracted people at large but also the health benefits. The brew contained  minerals and vitamins and antioxidants.  These supplied the body with vital elements initiating a cheerful countenance and warm feel.  The packaging created a transportation flexibility that lead to development of a wide range of leaves like green, white or black.

Tea has plethora of uses

It is excellent for preventing dizziness whence standing up. It use with ginger is well known for clearing bad throats and preventing cold subsequently.  

Bizarre but true the leaf acts as a meat tenderizer and to produce cheese and boiled eggs and with its flavor. Using tea leaves after the brewing process as fertilizers and to enrich the compost is hugely beneficial. Even if you are not using the leaves for these purposes you should rather throw used leaves into the potted plants of your garden. Being biodegradable the leaves act as fertilizers and enrich the soil as well. These are most popularly used in rose gardens.    

Cleaning rugs carpets and cloths is possible with tea leaves after they have been used. The leaves wipe out the greasy imprints from car glasses, window panes and what not. 

The leaves prove effective for de-stinking refrigerators, toilets, body parts etc. They are used for treating acne, blisters, scars, and so on. The brew is also a mouth freshener and  removes bad odors whence drunk in the morning or after meals.Warm tea bags whence used as patches relieve eye sore and refresh sight, 

The leaves have also been used to create strong paints used by artists as well as dyes for delicate fabrics. It is a fragrant leaf with healthy chemicals that sets your morning roaring o why not be curious and discover more uses besdies flavors.

Worlds Best Green Teas

About Green Tea Taste

The dull grassy and herbal taste needs to be acquired. The brew is first introduced as health beneficial or weight loss tea but later a taste is acquired making it habitual. Among the hundreds of varieties of this leaf few are on the list of top sellers.  

Brewing: While brewing the tea mild temperatures have to be maintained such that the aroma and taste is not lost. Over brewing may also result in bitter taste that can mar the delicate flavor of the green leaves.    

Some of the major green leaf blenders in India are Tata Tetley, Wagh Bakri, Organic India, Brooke Bond and Eco Valley. Some the finest blends popular across the globe are:  

Dragon Well Green Leaf from Zhejiang Region of Chinese Mainland

Green Tea from Mount Fuji Japan

Gunpowder from Numi Organic

Tropical Orange Leaf by Shangri La

Blackberry Mojito by Teevana

These are some of the finest leaves available online from the source. 

Tea Consumpion in UK

Tea was introduced in UK after the seventeenth century by Catherine of Braganza who was spouse of Charles II. The popularity spread fast and tea houses sprung up in UK. It was mr. Twining who first opened a tea house solely for ladies. He then went on to create more tea house to form a chain. 

Earlier the coffee house used to sell ale and gin  but soon the hot brew took over. it began to sell more than the ale and gin.  The government chose to tax ale and gin but nit tea further boosting its sales. This was a good move because most of the common populace through out drinks from their lifestyle. 

The popular afternoon or high tea was popularized by Duchess of Bedford Anna Russel.  Not forgetting to mention East India Tea Company was ordained monopoly over whole of Britain in the year 1832. Earl Gray Tea by Twinnings is the most popular blend in England now.

Today the British are one of the largest consumer of this hot beverage in Europe. The brew overtook coffee sales in private coffee houses. The government tried to discourage consumption by taxing tea which however caused smuggling of the product.   

Tea Tree Oil and its Benefits

Tea Tree Oil is known as Melaleuca oil which is yellowish in color and is made from the leaves of Melaleuca plants that are found in Alternifolia that is native to Australia. These plants are not originated everywhere but the medical properties of these plants made it useful for the medical science in various ways and especially for the skin treatment. It is useful for various skin diseases and works as an antiseptic which is a best treatment for skin problems. There are various benefits of Tree Tea Oil and some of them are given below:-

•    It helps in healing and soothing the sunburn.
•    It heals up the skin infection in a natural way.
•    Relieves the itching of the person from rashes and it also reduces the rashes.
•    It can also be used as a cleaner for all purpose by filling it in a spray bottle with 1 to 2 spoons of tea tree oil and the remaining bottle with water.
•    It also treats acne.
•    It helps in prevention from lice in a natural way only by adding few drops of tea tree oil to the shampoo.
•    Sprinkling few drops of tea tree oil on beds and pets crates keeps the fleas away.
•    It removes the ticks from the body just by adding it to the skin.
•    It helps in removing skin tags.
•    It cures bad breath naturally.
•    It can also be used as homemade toothpaste.
•    It is one of an effective treatment for warts.
•    Tea tree oil soothes the skin from insect bites.
•    It also treats ringworm.
•    It helps in treating psoriasis and other skin conditions too.
•    Relieves the asthma patient or person having other breathing conditions only by adding few drops of tea tree oil to humidifier.
•    Works as an antiseptic for healing small cuts.
•    Can be used as bathroom freshener.
•    It relieves from earaches; mix 1 tsp olive oil with 1 drops of tea tree oil then mix it and after that drop the mixture into the ears then remove it by titling your head.
•    It freshens–up your laundry too by adding few drops of this oil into your washing machine then it scents your cloth in fact it could also be used to odor wool dryer balls.
•    It helps in freshen of carpets.
•    It can be used as a homemade kitchen cleaner in several ways.
•    It also cleans the mold; mix tea tree oil and apple cider vinegar then scrub the mold and place outside for sun-dry.
•    It can be used as a homemade deodorant also.
•    It is used as a treatment for the fungus infection in nails.

How Tea Processing Takes Place

The tea plant camellia sinensis is a shrub with fragrant white flowers. But the beverage is made from internode, lanceolate leaves and buds. The cultivation takes place at various locations, heights and climatic regions. This produces leaves with vast variety of flavors, shapes and size. The amount of fermentation is responsible for production of green, white or black leaf.     

During the processing after the leaves are plucked the leaves are dried to reduce water content. This process is known as withering. The dried leaves are then rolled using machines or hand. This process enable the leaf to break its cells and release aromatic compounds.  

After rolling the oxidation stage takes over. The amount of oxidation is responsible for type of leaf that will result - green, white and black. The leaves are than fired without causing a burn. This step stops the oxidation process. Hence a varying degree of the oxidation can carried out as desired.  

For processing the black variant the leaves after being plucked are left to dry for a day. The process described above takes place. After the leaves have been properly oxidized to attain the right flavor and color the leaves are sent to the hot air chambers to fix the flavor and stop the oxidation process. By this time the leaves have taken the desired shape and attained the right flavor. Moisture content has come down to two percent and the leaves are ready for packing.     

I case of green tea withering may take place but the rest of the process is skipped. The leaves are subject to pan firing immediately in order to prevent oxidation. The final stage is to roll the leaves and dry them. The amazing health beneficial green tea is ready to be packed. Due to minimum process the green tea retains most of the antioxidants and ploy phenols which are good for health.  

Wagh Bakri is one of the largest tea processing and packing company in India. Like wise there are many such concerns in India that are responsible for delivering the brew to our doorstep. 

History Of Tea

It is said and written everywhere that tea beverage was first discovered whence a leaf fell into a war cup of water. Obviously it was the Chinese Emperor  who happened to be holding the cup. This goes about five thousand years back whence Indus Civilization  was taking roots in the sub continent.

How tea came to India is little known except it was the British who initiated commercial plantation. It is quiet likely that tea plant was found in North East India from ancient times. The brew was perhaps consumed for medicinal purpose by the tribes inhabiting that region.    

The British also created a commercial demand for this hot beverage. They did this by initially distributing free packets of leaves to the Indians. Before the introduction of tea people used to drink milk for breakfast. This changed dramatically and we are now addicted to the brew or rather it has entered our daily habit. 

The dramatic spread of tea cultivation in Asia is well known. China and Japan grow exotic varieties of green leaf while India is known to be a mass producer of black leaf. Nevertheless India grows some exquisite variety of leaves like the Darjeeling, Assam and Nilgiri premium teas.

The country consumes most of the cultivation within itself.  But does export whence the crop is robust. India also exports some fine blends of its premium teas to many countries.

Earl Grey Tea Some Facts

A tea blend flavored with fruity peels or rinds define Earl Grey blend.  The most popular is the one in which Bergamot Orange Peel Oil is used incidentally the orange is grown in Italy. Similarly some of the flavorings used are blue cornflower blossoms, pieces of citrus peel in Russian Earl Grey which often contains lemon grass and rooibos in Red Earl Grey. 

Other varieties of this blend are Lavender Lady Grey and Citrus Lday Grey which are a combination of Earl Grey with Lavender and Saville Oranges. Subsequently many variations of this famous blend were created.  

These blends are named after an English Aristocrat called Charles Grey. The creation of this blend is probably a hypothesis some attribute it to an accidental development. Traditionally the oil of Bergamot flavoring is applied to black tea.  

This blend is widely used as flavoring for cakes, pastries, sauces and many kinds of chocolates.  

Tea Lounge - Creating a Sense of Comunity

The coffee houses in Jabalpur and elsewhere had a unique character and some still do.  One could laze around for hours and chat along over a cup of coffee and puffs of cigarette (No more puffs now). They became a meeting ground for groups till they where turned into family restaurants.    

Any way this way or that way people still group around in many coffee houses like they used to do in the yesteryear. The coffee house drew and shaped the character of the people who became a community some with a purpose, some with a movement and some just whiling their time away.  

This idea was adopted by the tea lounges that emerged in the recent times. Jonathan Spiel's tea lounge in NY has so impressed the entrepreneur that he was invited by a Kuwaiti businessmen to open a franchise in his country.   

The tea lounges serve many varieties of teas steeped and brewed as per taste. Some also sell exotic loose form of teas to the visitors. Unlike the coffee houses with plain an simple decor the tea lunges are jazzed up to the tee. The fantastic ambiance emulates coffee shops in five star resorts that are the hanging grounds of jet set.    

Wagh Bakri House has been at the forefront of this in India. The tea company has opened lounges in New Delhi & Mumbai. These keep all the promises that they make and are an instant hit with the youngsters. These popular tea lounges in India also serve cookies and light snacks like sandwiches and samosa. There is one more lounge in Mumbai at Bandra and one in Aurangabad City. More such joints are in offing.        

The lounges sell fine tea blends including the masala chai spiced up with cardamom, lemon grass, ginger, cinnamon etc. The snacks list runs large and include traditional items like bhakerwadi, dhokla, khandvi besides paneer puff, chilli paneer roll, sandwiches, hot dog and burger etc.   

Tea Grading

It means tea leaf grading. The highest is referred as orange pekoe while the dust or fanning is the lowest in the rung. The leaf buds and the number of associated leaves determine the quality of the lot. The grading system is recognized more in India, Sri Lanka and other tea producing nations other than China.     

The size and wholeness influences the taste and clarity of the brew hence they are the standards of judgement.  The leaves are processed and dried during the time of grading. Orange Pekoe hence consists of whole leaves of a specific size these are considered in the Western Trade as medium grade black leaves. the new flushing with a terminal bud and young set of leaves receive the highest grade. During the grading the mesh which usually ranges from size eight to thirty mesh plays a major role.     

High grade of Pekoe Tea  from fresh flush usually consists of a terminal bud and one or two young leaves.  The flavor consists of scent of natural surroundings and a sweet bitter taste. Hence the rejects obtained during the selection or grading process are leftovers termed as fanning. The further grading leads to leftover fine pieces of leaves known as dust.  The dust is the lowest grade of tea and hence most economical.  Albeit dust of high quality leaves can be more expensive than whole leaf poor quality produce.   The demand for dust and fanning is most among the poor in Asian countries and commercially the chai wallahs or tea stalls in India.