Extended reading read the article and leaflet from a magazine . about tea t china's gift to the world. T is currently the world's most popular drink only after water. However, there was a time when tea was known only to the chinese. So how did tea originate in china? And how did you get to conquer the world to the extent that people often described something they really like as their cup of tea? While we know that tea drinking started in china, its true origin remains something of a mystery. Legend has IT that about five thousand years ago, should known came across tea when dried leaves blue into a part of boiling water. Following his discovery, tea was used as medicine included in neils and later offered as a refreshing drink to officials in noble man. Eventually, IT became a drink enjoyed and embraced by all chinese people over the years. As tea drinking became an important part of china's rich culture, the love of t inspired many people to write about IT. The great tongue poet dew full described his tea drinking experience in poetic language on the high place. The setting sunder shine in the spring breeze, I sip my tea sweden fine luu, a team master, wrote the classic of t, which remains the earliest and most famous detailed study on t in the world, covering everything anyone could possibly want to know about chinese t IT is then not surprising that the beauty of t was eventually revealed to a wider world. When the tony song dynasty needed strong tibetan horses, N, T, enjoy enormous popularity among the tibetan people. The tea horse road was born. Porters Carrying backbreaking loads of tea breaks made their way through dangerous snow covered mountain passes in the most terrible weather conditions to trade situ and union t for horses. Over time, the gift of tea was further delivered to western ia. Meanwhile, differences a routes also helps spread tea to other parts of the world. As early as the tune dynasty japanese months came to study in china and took with t seeds and tea making customs. When returning to japan around the sixteen hundreds, tea was shipped to europe from china by portuguese and dut sea traders. The well known writer in yutang summed up the power of tea when he said, there is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life. Tea drinking is not just about refreshing the mind and body, but also about appreciating the harmony between men and nature. From hillsides to teacup growing tea, tea plants grow best in warm, humid regions with well drained soil. Consequently, they grow well on steep hill sides where heavy rain can easily drain away. China boasts many tea growing areas, which can be divided into four distinct regions. Among them, the southwest tea growing region is the oldest, while the region south of the yank's I river produces the most t in china. Tea bushes are grown in rose and cut to a height of about one meter. To allow tea pickers to easily harvest tea leaves. IT takes up to five years for a tea bush to come to maturity, at which time the button top leaves are picked every few days. The tea picking season may start as early as february and extend until late november. The process of turning tea leaves into the tea we love to drink is both complicated and highly technical. There are commonly between two and seven procedures involved in the processing of the fresh tea leaves. Any addition or exclusion of these stages may result in a different type of tea, Green, yellow, White, black or rule t actually, all these different types of tea can be made from a single tea plant. Tea can be enjoyed in many different ways. For example, the english drinks their tea with milk, the japanese enjoyed powder Green tea, and in miracle tea is preferred. Tea drinking has also become part of many country's culture. The english have their afternoon tea, and in china, rightly li, regarded as the birthplace of T, T, drinking, can be both the common daily and the near ceremony experience.