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When was it invented?
一次偶然发明
你知道茶,世界上最受欢迎的饮料(次于水),是偶然发明的吗?
许多人认为最早饮用茶是在大约5000年前。
据说一位名叫神农的中国统治者首次发现茶可以作为一种饮料。
有一天神农在户外正烧开水。茶树上的几片叶子掉进了热水里,
过了一会儿,水里散发出一股怡人的香味,于是他品尝了这棕色的水,水非常香醇。
就这样,世界上最受欢迎的饮料之一茶被发明了。
数千年后,“茶圣“陆羽在他的《茶经》一书中提到了神农。
该书描述了如何种植茶叶以及泡茶。
它还讨论了最好的茶叶在哪里生产以及使用什么样的水来泡茶。
人们认为茶是在公元6至7世纪传播到了朝鲜和日本。
在英国,直到约1660年茶才出现,但不到100年,茶已成为全国的饮料。
中西方的茶叶贸易始于19世纪。
茶叶贸易有助于把茶叶和茶树传播到全世界更多的地方。
尽管很多人现在了解茶文化,但毫无疑问,中国人才是最了解茶本质的人。
An accidental invention
Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented
by accident?
Many people believe that tea was first drunk about 5,000 years ago.
It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was first to discover tea as a drink.
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One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire.
Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time.
It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water.
It was quite delicious, and so, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.
A few thousand years later, Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”, mentioned Shen Nong in his book
Cha Jing.
The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea.
It also discusses where the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.
It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries.
In England, tea didn’t appear until around 1660, but in less than 100 years, it had become
the national drink.
The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century.
This helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world.
Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without doubt the
ones who best understand the nature of tea.
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