https://padlet.com/Jie_Peng/ChineseTea 茶和茶道 en-us 2018-05-03 13:33:03 UTC 2026-02-04 01:43:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/40792828/5e9673b999d95d67a254deac61b9365a/__.png 760967 https://padlet.com/Jie_Peng/ChineseTea/wish/257675026 Dates back to about 2732 BC...

• According to legend tea was discovered when the wind blew a leaf into Emperor Shen Nung's boiling water. He was interested by the aroma that was created and decided to investigate.
• The Chinese word 茶 (Chá)  originated from the Chinese character that meant to investigate.
• The Chinese character for tea 茶 was established in 200 B.C.  by a Han Dynasty Emperor who ruled that when referring to tea, a special written character must be used to illustrate wooden branches, grass, and a man between the two.
• This character would serve to show how tea brought humankind into balance with nature in Chinese culture.

http://www.coffeeteawarehouse.com/tea-history.html

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• Over 1,000 types of tea in China but there are five main types: Green Tea, Oolong Tea, Dark Tea, Black Tea, Yand White Tea.
• Green tea is a type of tea that is made from Camellia sinensis leaves that have not undergone the same withering and oxidation process used to make oolong teas and black teas. Was the only type of tea in China until around 1650 AD.

  

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• Black tea was discovered while Chinese tea workers were trying to learn a new way to preserve the tea leaves through fermentation. The resulting tea kept its flavor much longer than green tea and better equipped for the journeys required to export it.

  

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• Oolong Tea is a traditional Chinese tea produced through a process including withering the plant under strong sun and oxidation before curling and twisting.

  

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• White Tea made from the youngest and most tender hand-picked leaf tips and buds which give the tea its white color.

  

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• Dark Tea is any tea that goes through a secondary fermentation process.

  

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http://www.thechineseteashop.com/whitetea.html
https://www.splendidtable.org/story/chinas-dark-tea-ancient-yet-largely-unknown-to-americans
https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-tea/tea-classification.htm

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