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| Lin Min DEFYING threats from modern culture, gongfu tea, an old tradition of preparing and serving tea with small tea sets and special skills, still flourishes in its homeland in the Chaozhou area of eastern Guangdong Province, and southern Fujian P……read more |
| According to Chinese legend, tea was discovered by emperor Shen Nung in 2737 B.C.E. While boiling water one morning, leaves from a nearby plant fell into the pot. He liked the taste and discovered that not only did this new infusion of herbs quench……read more |
| Of historical note, tea is nearly 5,000 years old and was discovered, as legend has it, in 2737 b.c. by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water. In the 1600s tea became popular throughout Europe and the A……read more |
| In spite of its early discovery in Asia, tea was unknown to Europeans until the 16th century. The first western reference to tea was in a 1559 volume of travel literature entitled Voyages and Travels, compiled by Giambattaista Ramusio (Jonnes 1982:……read more |
| Tea Drinking Methods Beginning to Take Shape in the Tang Dynasty From south west China along the Yangtze River, tea entered the Tang Dynasty when Lu Yu lived, during which time it went through barbaric, prosperous and declining stages over thousands……read more |
| Dragon Well tea has a long history. The earliest record of the tea may be found in a book by the tea expert of the Tang dynasty Lu Yu, the first book on tea in the world. According to this book, Dragon Well tea was first planted in two famous temple……read more |
| Teapots: One Possible Historical Overview According to Chou Kao-ch'i, author of Yang-Hsien ming hu hsi, an account of Ishing (Yixing) teapots, early in the sixteenth century, the potters at Ishing, a few miles up to Yangtze from Shanghai, became fam……read more |
| A popular proverb in China says: Better to go without salt for three days than without tea for a single day. Sipping tea is part of the daily life of most Chinese and China is the home of tea. Chinese knowledge of tea-shrubs goes back nearly 6,000 y……read more |
| It is believed that tea was discovered in 2737 b.c. by Shen Nong, a Chinese Emperor. There are two different stories of how tea was discovered. According to Chinese literature, Shen Nong was the founding father of today's Chinese herbal medicine and……read more |
| The Discovery and Use of Tea Tea trees originated in China land and this middle Kingdom was the first to utilize leaves of such tree. The book on herbal medicine Shennong Materia Medica states: shennong came across seventy-two toxicated herbs dialy……read more |
| FROM BOILING WATER TO REFRESHING GREEN TEA According to Chinese legend, the story of tea began in 2737 BC. Emperor Shen Nung, who was known as the Divine Healer, always boiled his water before drinking it. He had observed that those who boiled their……read more |