Lecture 12: Stimulating Beverages 2

Question 1

____ is a small tree or shrub with persistent leaves and pruned constantly to encourage dense growth

Answer 1

Tea

Question 2

Where is tea from?

Answer 2

Tibet, India, China, and Burma; use began 4500-5000 y.a.

Question 3

True or False: The legend says that a tea leaf fell accidentally into a cup of boiling water.

Answer 3

True

Emperor Shen-Nung, ca. 5000 y.a.

Question 4

_______ is fermented

Answer 4

Black tea

Question 5

________ tea is only partially fermented; leaves are slightly withered and then slightly fermented.

Answer 5

Oolong

the smallest are called “orange pecoe”; larger leaves are “pekoe” and “souchong”.

Question 6

_____ tea is not fermented at all.

Answer 6

Green tea

Question 7

______ is produced only from certain varieties that have the young leaves and buds hairy. These are collected and treated like for green tea (no fermentation).

Answer 7

White tea

Question 8

_______ is a drink from India made from black tea mixed with spices such as cloves, cinnamon, black pepper, orange peel, nutmeg, star anise, bay leaves, vanilla

Answer 8

Chai tea

Question 9

Preparation involved a special “device”, the ______, a metal urn.
Russians were the first to use lemon in tea.

Answer 9

samovar

Question 10

True or False: Only rich people could afford tea in NA to start

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What is the famous quote mentioned from the Boston tea party?

Answer 11

“No taxation without representation,”

Question 12

The aftermath of this incident contributed to the _______and the ______.

Answer 12

Declaration of Independence

Independence War

Question 13

______ in tea reduce the risk of cancer

Answer 13

Polyphenols

Question 14

True or False: Tea lowers “bad” cholesterol and boosts immune system

Answer 14

True

Question 15

True or False: Black tea is the best because it is less processed.

Answer 15

False, green tea

Fermentation increases the levels of tannins in black tea

Question 16

Tea contains contains both caffeine and ______, which has been used to treat asthma for many years

Answer 16

theophylline

Question 17

_____ is small, tropical tree with cauliflory (develops flowers on old branches and stems).

Answer 17

Cocoa

Question 18

What is the fruit of cocoa?

Answer 18

Giant berry called a “pod”

Question 19

Where is cocoa native too?

Answer 19

Mexico, Central America and northern South America

Question 20

______ means “food of the gods

Answer 20

Theobroma

Question 21

True or False: Cultivated for its fruit (called “beans”) which are used to make cocoa powder and chocolate.

Answer 21

False: Cultivated for its seeds (called “beans”)

Question 22

According to the Aztec mythology , the god ______ gave cacao beans to the Aztec people.

Answer 22

Quetzalcoatl

Question 23

The edible properties of Theobroma cacao were discovered over 2,500 ya by the _____

Answer 23

indigenous people of Central America living deep in the tropical rainforests

Question 24

True or False: Drink made from cocoa powder suspended in water, and flavoured with chillies (Capsicum annuum), vanilla (Vanilla planifolia), aromatic herbs and honey.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

True or False: Cocoa seeds were used as money

Answer 25

true

Question 26

True or False: Columbus had actually the chance to be the first European to taste chocolate (1502) but he did not appreciate its significance.

Answer 26

True

more impressed by the peppers which Aztecs were also using extensively.

Question 27

Cocoa arrived in the British Isles in the ______, which was more or less at the same time as tea

Answer 27

1650s

Question 28

_______, a British medical doctor , was the first person to dissolve cocoa in milk.

Answer 28

Sir Hans Sloane

later sold the idea to the Cadbury family.

Question 29

True or False: , cocoa could never rivaled coffee and tea but its popularity increased after the first chocolate bar was developed in mid 19th century.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

Most of the chocolate development in the 19 century is attributed to several _______.

Answer 30

Quaker families

Question 31

_______ developed an emulsification process to make solid chocolate creating the modern chocolate bar.

Answer 31

John Cadbury

Question 32

Chocolate contains caffeine and _______.

Answer 32

theobromine

Question 33

What are 4 healthy things about chocolate?

Answer 33

Polyphenols and stearic acid in chocolate rise “good” cholesterol

Help reduce the risk of certain cardiovascular problems and also reduce blood pressure;

Boosts cognitive abilities;

Phenylethyamine present in chocolate also secreted by the brain when “in love”.

Question 34

What is the one negative societal effect of chocolate?

Answer 34

Child slavery in Africa