History of Tea

Tea in the world with all its variations in spelling and pronunciation comes from a single source. 'Te', meaning 'tea' in the Amoy dialect of China. Chinese national from the tea, 'cha', also produced several derivatives words in the world. Tea into Europe in the early seventeenth century. Compared excess tea in terms of treatment, the Europeans prefer the aroma of coffee. Only among a small group of some of the nobility, who popularized tea.

First Discovery Tea History Historically, tea is expected to be found by a Chinese emperor named Shen Nung Empire who lived about 2737 years before Christ. Emperor Shen Nung was not only known as an emperor, but also as The Divine Healer (Healer of the Divine). Story of the discovery of tea by the emperor was not intentional when the first tea leaves of the tea plant in the garden of Emperor Shen Nung falls into the hot water that is being cooked by the Emperor.

When the tea leaves terseduh with hot water, aroma appear immediately made the Emperor very tempted to drink it. Not only savory aroma, flavor and bitterness Sepat caused by leaf tea is also very favored by the emperor because it is believed to make the body more refreshed and according to research Emperor Shen Nung, drinks tea can cure some diseases. Since then, the Emperor Shen Nung often drank tea and tea since it became very popular all over China.

For the first time in the year 780 AD a scholar named Lu Yu collect and record the findings of the benefits and uses of tea into a tea literature, namely Ch'a Ching or The Classic of Tea. The book describes the "Tea is a beverage that makes us more excited when drank, reassurance, open minds and prevents drowsiness, makes the body feel light and fresh as well as improve the ability to think". At the time of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Chinese began to brew tea with boiling water. With a little adaptation, where traditional wine pourer of Chinese who use the cover to be a perfect pot of tea.