Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident? Many people believe that tea was first drunk ![]()
(几乎，差不多) 5,000 years ago. It is said that a Chinese ![]()
(统治者) called Shen Nong first discovered tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was![]()
煮沸) drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice ![]()
(气味) so he tasted the brown water. It was quite delicious. And so, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.
A few thousand years later, Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”,![]()
(提到) Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing. The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea. It also discusses where the ![]()
(最好的)tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.
It is believed that tea was ![]()
(带到) to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. In England, tea didn’t appear until around 1660, but less than 100 years later, it had become the![]()
(民族的) drink. The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century. This helped to![]()
(传播) the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world. Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without ![]()
(疑问) the ones who best understand the nature of tea.
