Talk:Tea blending and additives

Split?
Just as a thought, this topic could support two articles, one on the art of 'constructing' a blend of just teas, and one on the various additives to tea. Having known a tea trader, I've some idea of just how complicated the former is, and how relatively little it has in common with the peppermint teas et al. Alternatively the blending bit could go into the main Tea article, and this one could be renamed Flavoured teas or something - thinking about it, that would be my preferred option at this stage. FlagSteward 09:47, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Lychee/Vietnamese lotus flower
It's not clear that lychee and Vietnamese lotus flower teas are all made with artificial (synthetic) scents, or have always been. For the lotus, it's documented that the tea was actually deposited overnight in actual lotus blossoms growing in lakes. I believe information about these two should be added. Badagnani (talk) 03:23, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Orchid flowers
Black tea mixed with orchid flowers is not uncommon, but is not mentionned in this article. 76.10.128.192 (talk) 16:20, 11 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes check.svg Done — Paleo  Neonate  — 20:26, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

no, citation is NOT needed for triviality
"the process may also sometimes be used to cover and obscure the quality of sub-standard teas.[citation needed]"

i strongly diasgree with the citation needed tag and suggest to remove it from the sentence. Because, how would you find a citation for that? you would need some particular case when a vendor was accused and proven guilty of the use of aromas with the deliberate intent to disguise the tasteless, undesirable quality of the product used in the process. that will never happen, mostly because theres no legal sanction against selling a product that does not taste as good as the other products in the market, or has no taste whatsoever.

addition of the aroma implies in itself that the product became better sellable by that, otherwise no vendor would spend time and money by doing that. if there is a lowest quality product that still falls within legaly allowed limits, and this product does have an aroma added to it, there you have the proof of this happenning, thougs the marked sentence of the article mentioned the possibility, not the actual case-by-case provability of this.

if one really doesnt like the tone of the sentence, you could change it to sg like "it is more widespread to use added aromas in the lower -price segment of teas than in the expensive ones that are thought of as higher quality", or something similar.

okay maybe "substandard quality teas" can be changed to "teas of the lower quality segment". 176.63.176.112 (talk) 12:38, 29 October 2016 (UTC). 176.63.176.112 (talk) 18:51, 29 October 2016 (UTC).