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Tea history and chinese tea culture - Xuan Tea content overview.



What is tea?  Tea is made from the leaves of the camellia sinensis plant, a plant that grows naturally in Southern China.  This one plant, based on different climates, growing techniques, and processing techniques, has been transformed into thousands of mouth-watering flavors, including the well known

categories of tea that are green tea, wulong oolong tea, chinese white tea, chinese black tea, flower teas and chinese pu erh tea.

  It is the beverage behind the five thousand years of tea history, discovered by an ancient mythical emperor with a transparent stomach, coveted by emperors, savored by aristocrats, and mused about by artists.  It has been used in international politics to both promote peace and incite war.  Chinese tea culture has a central place in Chinese culture itself. It has also found its way into nearly every region and every home on the planet, second only to water in terms of consumption.

Such a historical past has made tea into one of the most alluring and least understood of all the great products of the world.  Reading about tea history and chinese tea culture can at times be illuminating, and can at times mystifying.  At Xuan Tea's modest Tea History section we will do our best to educate ourselves and our readers about the world's favorite beverage.

Our current selection of articles includes:

Origin of the name tea

- A special translation by Xuan Tea explains the meaning of the name tea. This is the story of "Cha," the Chinese word for tea that has spread around the world.  It involves gods, goddesses, imperial guards, and wordplay.


Spread of tea

- Begins with the origin of tea - a tree in central China - and follows the spread of tea to cups around the globe. Read about the globalization of tea here.


Shen Nong

- A special insert about Emperor Sheng Nong - the discoverer of tea, a mythical emperor, the father of Chinese agriculture, the father of Chinese medicine, and general overachiever.



We are committed to constantly augmenting this section.  If you have a topic you would like to learn more about, please contact us.



 

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