| The Origins of TeaAccording to
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| | squeezed into cakes and then roasted to a
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| mythological fables, there are many tales
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| | reddish color. These cakes were crumbled
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| of the origin of tea. The first one comes
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| | into the water and boiled, meanwhile
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| from over 4500 years ago. The Second
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| | adding onion, ginger, and orange peel.
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| Chinese Emperor Chen Sung(circa 2737-2697
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| | This tea was considered to be a good
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| BC) was sitting beneath a tree while his
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| | remedy for stomach problems, bad eyesight
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| servant was boiling some water. A leaf
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| | and many other diseases, but must have
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| from the tree above fell into the boiling
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| | been a very bitter brew indeed.Around
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| water and Chen Sung tried the brew and
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| | about the 8th Century the bricks of tea
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| liked it. The tree was a tea tree, of
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| | were now boiled with only a little bit of
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| course.Another fabled origin of tea comes
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| | salt. In the Tang Dynasty, this tea
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| from Bodhidharma, the traditional founder
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| | recipe was the national drink of the
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| of the Zen school of Buddhism. The
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| | ruling classes. Tea was beginning to be
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| Japanese claim that he brought tea with
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| | exported to Tibet, Turkey , India, and
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| him from India to China. The Indian
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| | Russia because of its easy
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| legend proclaims that after 5 years of a
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| | transportability.The first mention of tea
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| 7 year sleepless meditation exercise on
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| | outside China and Japan was by the Arabs
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| the Lord Buddha, BoddhiDharma began to
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| | in 850 AD. Some say that they introduced
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| feel sleepy. He immediately plucked a few
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| | it into Europe throught the port of
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| leaves from a nearby bush and chewed them
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| | Venice. The Portuguese paved the way for
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| which thereby kept him awake. The bush
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| | the entry of tea into Europe also because
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| was
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| | of their exploration of the sea passages
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| a wild bush tree. Another story along
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| | to China as early as the 16th Century.
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| these lines has him plucking off his
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| | Jesuit priests coming back from the East
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| eyebrows when they started drooping and
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| | brought back their tea drinking habits
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| he threw them on the ground. It is
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| | back to Portugal. The Dutch merchants got
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| reputed that 2 tea trees sprang up that
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| | in on the act as well. In 1610, regular
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| had the power to keep him awake and
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| | shipments of tea to ports in France and
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| alert.Whatever the truth is, the raw
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| | Holland were started. In the late 17th
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| leaves of the tea tree were probably used
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| | Century, the English East India Company
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| as food from the earliest times by the
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| | entered the trade.Beginnings of the names
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| native populations of Southern China. A
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| | for tea.In the 4th Century in China, the
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| chinese text of 50 BC mentions tea being
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| | Chinese word t'u was often used to
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| prepared by servants. Historians and
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| | describe shrubs besides tea. The modern
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| scholars have tea being cultivated in
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| | term for tea comes from early chinese
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| Szechuan around the 3rd Century AD. There
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| | dialect words such as Tchai, Cha and Tay.
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| are many authentic references to tea in
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| | These words were used to pertain to both
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| the Chinese dictionary circa 350 AD.In
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| | the drink and the leaf. Tea is known as
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| the 8th Century the Chinese author Lu Yu
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| | Cha or Chai in India to this day. In
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| wrote the first book on tea, the "Ch'a
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| | japan, the word Cha is used to describe
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| Ching". This book summarised all the
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| | both tea and a hot broth.Early Benefits
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| accumulated knowledge to date about tea
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| | of Tea.From the earliest times tea was
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| growing and preparation. There were many
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| | recognised and enjoyed because it is a
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| illustrations of tea making utensils.
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| | healthy refreshing beverage. Made from
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| This book succeeded in giving a major
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| | the dried leaves of the camellia sinensis
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| impetus to the drinking of tea by the
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| | plant, tea is said to have antioxidant
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| upper classes. Some say that this book
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| | properties, can fight the flu virus, and
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| inspired the Buddhist priests to create
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| | boosts the immune system.
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| the Japanese tea ceremony.Early
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| | Benefits of tea and the spiritual and
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| Processing of tea.In the 4th Century the
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| | health factors that add to our enjoyment
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| fresh green tea leaves were picked ,
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| | of the refreshing taste.
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