The fifth contribution of tea to mankind – Tea.com

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China is the origin of the tea tree, however, the contribution of the Chinese tea industry to mankind, mainly lies in the earliest discovery and utilization of tea this plant, and its development and formation into our country and the East and even the whole world of a splendid unique tea culture. GZH Tea Network

China’s tea industry, the initial rise in Ba Shu, and then to the east and south by spreading, so that all over the country. In the Tang Dynasty, it spread to Japan and Korea, and was introduced to the West in the 16th century. Chinese tea, tea, tea, tea drinking customs and tea-making technology, is with the Chinese and foreign cultural exchanges and commercial trade and spread to the world. The earliest tea was introduced to Japan and Korea, and then to Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and other countries by the southern sea route, and then to European countries and then to the American continent in the 16th century, and then to Persia and Russia from the north. GZH Tea Net

Western countries language species “tea” word, mostly from the sea trade port of Xiamen, Fujian and Guangdong dialect “tea” pronunciation. It can be said that China gave the world the name of tea, tea knowledge, tea cultivation and processing technology, the world’s tea, directly or indirectly, with China’s tea inextricably linked. “The British expert on the history of Chinese science and technology, Joseph Lee once said:” Tea is China following gunpowder, paper, printing, compass four major inventions, the fifth contribution to mankind.” GZH Tea

Tea is popularized by people, and people are famous with tea. Now there are more than 50 countries on five continents planting tea, 120 countries importing tea from China, most of the world’s population of more than 5 billion people like to drink tea, tea and tea culture covers the globe. GZH Te a Net

The United States is known as the coffee kingdom, but about half of the people drink tea, surprising. In the American market, there are hundreds of Chinese oolong and green teas, but they are mostly cold tea in cans. This also highlights the fact that Americans drink tea, seek efficiency and convenience, do not want to waste time and action for brewing tea, pouring tea residue, they also seem to be reluctant to appear in the teacup any traces of tea. Favored to drink instant tea, summer to a cup of ice-cold cold tea, feel cool in the heart, very comfortable. GZH Tea Net

In the United States, tea consumption accounts for the second place, second only to coffee. Americans and Chinese people drink tea differently, most people like to drink iced tea, rather than hot tea. Drinking, the first cold tea in the ice, or beforehand, cold tea into the refrigerator ice good, smell the cold nose, sipping cool teeth and mouth, suddenly feel the chest cool, such as the spring breeze. Unfortunately, because of this tea to drink, to cool mainly, there is no Chinese tea steeped in that kind of taste, that kind of warmth, that kind of leisure, the mood of drinking tea is also greatly reduced. GZH Tea Network