An introduction to Japanese tea ritual. By Jennifer L. Anderson. pp. xvi, 348, illus. NY, State University of New York Press, 1991. US $16.95(paperback).

Macfarlane, Daniel

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“…Tea is a beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over the cured leaves or leaf buds of the tea plant Camellia sinensis . Based on the degree of fermentation, tea can also be classified into three major types: unfermented green tea, fermented black tea, and semi-fermented Oolong tea [11]. Tea is the second most consumed beverage after water and is thought to have a variety of health benefits [11,12].…”

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“…Based on the degree of fermentation, tea can also be classified into three major types: unfermented green tea, fermented black tea, and semi-fermented Oolong tea [11]. Tea is the second most consumed beverage after water and is thought to have a variety of health benefits [11,12]. It contains characteristic polyphenolic compounds known as catechins, namely (-)-epicatechin (EC), (-)-epigallocatechin (EGC), (-)-epicatechin gallate (ECG), (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), (+)-catechin (C), and (+)-gallocatechin (GC), plus a small amount of (-)-catechin gallate (CG) and (-)-gallocatechin gallate (GCG).…”

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Effects and Mechanisms of Tea Regulating Blood Pressure: Evidences and Promises

Wang

Huang

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Nutrients

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Cardiovascular diseases have overtaken cancers as the number one cause of death. Hypertension is the most dangerous factor linked to deaths caused by cardiovascular diseases. Many researchers have reported that tea has anti-hypertensive effects in animals and humans. The aim of this review is to update the information on the anti-hypertensive effects of tea in human interventions and animal studies, and to summarize the underlying mechanisms, based on ex-vivo tissue and cell culture data. During recent years, an increasing number of human population studies have confirmed the beneficial effects of tea on hypertension. However, the optimal dose has not yet been established owing to differences in the extent of hypertension, and complicated social and genetic backgrounds of populations. Therefore, further large-scale investigations with longer terms of observation and tighter controls are needed to define optimal doses in subjects with varying degrees of hypertensive risk factors, and to determine differences in beneficial effects amongst diverse populations. Moreover, data from laboratory studies have shown that tea and its secondary metabolites have important roles in relaxing smooth muscle contraction, enhancing endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity, reducing vascular inflammation, inhibiting rennin activity, and anti-vascular oxidative stress. However, the exact molecular mechanisms of these activities remain to be elucidated.

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Effects and Mechanisms of Tea Regulating Blood Pressure: Evidences and Promises

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Huang

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Nutrients

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“…Its history spreads across multiple cultures over thousands of years. So far, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world [2]. Every year, a large amount of readymade tea comes from several main producing areas to fit the global demand.…”

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Intelligent Tea-Picking System Based on Active Computer Vision and Internet of Things

Zhang

2021

Security and Communication Networks

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Intelligent farming machines are becoming a new trend in modern agriculture. The intelligence and automation allow planting to become data-driven, leading to more timely and cost-effective production and management of farms and improving the quality and output of farm products. This paper presents a proposal for developing a type of intelligent tea picking machine based on active computer vision and Internet of Things (IoT) techniques. The intelligent tea picking machine possesses an active vision system for new tip positioning and can automatically implement tea picking operation in the natural environment. The active vision system provided with a cross-light path of projection and camera is designed according to the actual characteristics of picking surface, where new tips can be recognized by referring to the color factor and their height information is easily acquired by fringe projection profilometry. Furthermore, the machine attaches wireless communication equipment to transmit the real-time status of the tea picking process to an intermediary platform and eventually to the Internet for extensive data analysis. The data such as color factor and quantity of new tips collected through IoT can be used for different quality and production evaluations. The focus of this paper can promote the automation and intelligence of tea pickers and agricultural machinery.

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“…The receptacles used to drink tea are an integral part of the tea-drinking process (Li, 1993) and influence consumers' expectations concerning the tea beverages prior to their consumption (Li et al , 2020). Despite the popularity of tea worldwide and the possible health benefits of tea drinking (Macfarlane and Macfarlane, 2004; Pan et al , 2017), surprisingly few studies have been conducted to investigate the influence of receptacles on the tea-drinking experience. Traditionally, ceramic cups have often been used to serve hot drinks such as tea in fine restaurants or at home (Schifferstein, 2009).…”

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Receptacle interacts with consumers’ need for touch to influence tea-drinking experience

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Peng

Spence

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PurposeThis study was designed to investigate how the material properties of the tea-drinking receptacle interact with a participant's motivation and preference for extracting and using information obtained via haptic perception, namely the need for touch (NFT), to influence his or her tea-drinking experience.Design/methodology/approach72 blindfolded participants were instructed to sample room temperature tea beverages served in a cup that was made of ceramic, glass, paper or plastic. They were then asked to rate how familiar they were with the taste of the beverage, to rate how pleasant the taste was and to specify how much they would like to pay for it (i.e. willingness-to-pay ratings).FindingsThe material of the receptacles used to serve the tea exerted a significant influence over the pleasantness ratings of the tea and interacted with the participants' NFT, exerting a significant influence over their willingness to pay for the tea. Specifically, high-NFT participants were willing to pay significantly more for the same cup of tea when it was served in a ceramic cup rather than in a paper cup, whereas the low-NFT participants' willingness to pay for the tea was unaffected by the material of the receptacles.Originality/valueOur findings suggest that consumers may not be equally susceptible to the influence of the receptacle in which tea, or any other beverage, is served. Our findings also demonstrate how the physical properties of a receptacle interact with a consumer's motivation and preference to influence his or her behavior in the marketplace.

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An introduction to Japanese tea ritual. By Jennifer L. Anderson. pp. xvi, 348, illus. NY, State University of New York Press, 1991. US $16.95(paperback).

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Effects and Mechanisms of Tea Regulating Blood Pressure: Evidences and Promises

Effects and Mechanisms of Tea Regulating Blood Pressure: Evidences and Promises

Intelligent Tea-Picking System Based on Active Computer Vision and Internet of Things

Receptacle interacts with consumers’ need for touch to influence tea-drinking experience

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