They are to prevent the tea bushes from freezing over in the winter. They stir up the atmosphere so cold air can't settle at the bottom. I imagine since places famous for tea (like Shizuoka) don't ever get all that cold, all the air needs is a little stir to keep the leaves from freezing.
One of the better online stores to purchase electric tea pots is the English Tea Store. They have electric tea pots ranging in price fron $15.00 to over $100.00. Their website is englishteastore.com.
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Tea initially became popular within the aristocracy in japan.
The simple answer is yes, although Japan does produce major quantities of tea most of this tea is green tea. They import many different teas such as black teas and white.
Electric tea pots are common gifts for those who are tea enthusiasts. Along with the pot usually comes several different flavors of tea to try out along with it!
Yes, they do. Some schools in Japan have clubs for children to learn about and how to do Tea ceremonies.
Japan. They like their tea.
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The practice of drinking tea was brought to Japan by a monk who had spent time in China, and the practice of tea ceremony as we know it developed over the ensuing 400 years.
No. It was from Taiwan.
tea was so healthy that it made people live longer