Once upon a time, a very long time ago, in particular 3,000 to 4,000 years ago in ancient China, humans discovered the allure of tea. As legend has it, in 2732 B.C., Emperor Shen Nung discovered tea when the leaves from a wild tree blew into his pot of boiling water. The Emperor was instantly curious about the delightful aroma of the resulting brew, so he sipped some. Legend further discloses that the Emperor described a warm sensation as he consumed the intriguing potion. The Emperor named the brew “ch’a.” In this way, the gift of tea was born unto humankind. Upon our own elucidation about tea, we additionally learned that before the mid-17th century, green tea growers in China discovered that they could conserve their tea leaves. They did so through a unique fermentation process which resulted in Black Tea, a tea that eventually moved to the forefront of all other teas.