Refreshing Tea

Shocking (cooking)

Shocking is a cooking process wherein the food substance, usually a vegetable or fruit, is plunged into iced water or placed under cold running water to halt the cooking process. This process usually preserves the colour, taste and texture of a fruit or vegetable.

Tea

Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by infusion of hot or boiling fresh water with fresh or cured leaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to East Asia that originated in the borderlands of southwestern China, northeast India and northern Myanmar. Tea has a stimulant effect in humans primarily due to its caffeine content.

refreshing

Adjective

1. That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
2. Serving to refresh, particularly with respect to an electronic screen, or a browser window or similar computer application.

Noun

1. The action of refresh; refreshment given or received.
2. That which gives refreshment.

tea

Symbol

1. ISO 639-3 language code for Temiar.

Noun

1. The tea plant (Camellia sinensis); a variety of this plant.
2. The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant; a variety of such leaves.