Q 01/05

Tea is brewed from the leaves of which plant species?

A) Camellia sinensis

B) Ilex paraguariensis

C) Coffea arabica

D) Aspalathus linearis

Answer · why

A) Camellia sinensis

The others are yerba mate, coffee and rooibos, none of which is technically tea.

Q 02/05

After plain drinking water, which is the most widely consumed beverage in the world?

A) Coffee

B) Beer

C) Tea

D) Milk

Answer · why

C) Tea

Global production reached 29.8 million tonnes in 2022, nearly half of it from China.

Q 03/05

Chinese legend credits the discovery of tea in 2737 BC to which mythical emperor?

A) Huangdi

B) Shennong

C) Fuxi

D) Yu the Great

Answer · why

B) Shennong

In the story a few leaves blew from a nearby tree into his pot of boiling water and changed its colour and taste.

Q 04/05

Tea drinking may have begun for medicinal purposes in which Chinese province?

A) Fujian

B) Zhejiang

C) Yunnan

D) Sichuan

Answer · why

C) Yunnan

The probable centre of origin of the plant is near the source of the Irrawaddy River.

Q 05/05

The Classic of Tea, an eighth-century treatise on tea and its preparation, was written by whom?

A) Lu Yu

B) Li Bai

C) Confucius

D) Sen no Rikyu

Answer · why

A) Lu Yu

The book describes how the plants were grown, the leaves processed and the drink prepared.