Category: Culture
Created by: U2Chinese
Number of Blossarys: 2
English (EN)Li Shizhen who writes the Bencao Gangmu said that: tea is bitter and cool…can best dissolve internal heat which is the root of all diseases. Internal heat is checked by the cooling effect of tea when ...
China now is the second largest tea producer in the world, next to India. In recent years, tea no longer dominates home beverages in China. It faces to the challenge of the foreign cola and coffee. ...
Zhejiang Province is best known for its Longjing Green tea cultivated at the West Lake in Hangzhou. People who live there say the best Longjing tea is produced from leaves gathered in early April. It ...
The Oolong tea mainly grow in the Fujian and Guangdong provinces, many people are fond of drinking it, a half-fermented tea of dark brown color, the heavy fragrance of fresh flowers mingled with ...
Tea was introduced and knew into North America by early settlers but was heavily taxed by the British, eventually resulting in the well-known Boston Tea Party of 1773. Nevertheless tea has never ...
The tea earliest reached Europe around 1610 on Dutch ships. Tea became so prevail in Dutch high society that “the craze for tea parties resulted in the ruin of many homes.” Tea became popular in ...
The Tang Dynasty was golden age of tea when the beverage spread wide. Relations with Japan in the subsequent Song Dynasty took tea to Japan. Chinese researchers say Japanese tea ceremony was ...
