tea

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  • 1: a widely cultivated shrub (Camellia sinensis of the family Theaceae, the tea family) native to China, northern India, and southeastern Asia and having glossy green leaves and fragrant white flowers
    b: the leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of the tea plant prepared for use in beverages usually by immediate curing by heat or by such curing following a period of fermentation

  • 2: an aromatic beverage prepared from tea leaves by soaking them in usually boiling water

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          2 Archival description results for tea

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          'Ceremonial tea'
          GB 235 HJH/2/2/5/3 · Part · 28-29 March 1949
          Part of Mr. John Herbert Hicks Collection

          1 black and white photograph mounted on thick black paper. NOTE: rough dates derived from subject descriptions in Hicks' 'Index of negatives' found in his itinerary (GB235 HJH/4/1)

          Photograph of tea pot on ground sat beside an urn (possibly filled with hot saffron rice as described in HJH/1/1/17) and a woven basket that is presumably a flagon containing water, tea or another drink. Further back sits another basket and some food.

          Writing on the back.

          [TRANSCRIPTION]

          Ceremonial tea

           Hicks, John Herbert
          Thomas McNab letters
          GB 235 MNT · Series · 1845 - 1846

          7 letters from Thomas McNab to his family, including his father, William McNab plus 2 photocopies of Jane McNab Petry, Thomas's daughter, and family gravestone.

           McNab, Thomas