The origin of tea

China
August 28, 2008 11:16pm CST
Chinese history has a long record of tea,has been unable to identify exactly what is in the end is ,but generally there is the argument of the times.And also can find evidence to show that,indeed in many pasts of the word's tea-drinking habits of the past-from China.Therefore,many people think that tea is the fist Chinese people ,in other parts of the world's tea-drinking habits,the habit of the cultivation is directly or indirectly from China-past.But some people can find evidence that the habit of tea drinking is not just the invention of the Chinese people in the world of tea is also a number of other local inventions,such as India,Africa,1823,a British invasion forces of majors in India found a large wild tea tree,which was the birthplace of tea that started in India.China of course has a wild tea tree records,are concentrated in the southwestern region,the records also includes the Gansu.Hunan,the individual districts.Tea tree is a very ancient Dicotyledon,and is closely related to people's lives. At the national level,also on the origin of tea in first debate,several said.Many people believe that in Yunnan,there is a serious scholars in the study after research concluded that.Yunnan's Xinhuangbanna is the origin of tea.Artificial cultivation of tea began in the earliest written records of the Western Han Dynasty Mengshan tea.This "Sichuan Tongzhi"in the set.
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
29 Aug 08
Thanks for all that wonderful information on tea. I love drinking tea on the winter. I am more of a coffee drinker all year, but tea appeals to me when is cold. Welcome to mylot and good luck.
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@besthope44 (12123)
• India
5 Jun 10
You are master of history of tea
@joyadalia (1408)
• Philippines
29 Aug 08
Wow, pretty strong history for such a common daily thing . This is good so that we will also know how tea came to be . Welcome to MyLot.