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Ming Dynasty The Ming Dynasty is a time of period in which the Chinese Tea Ceremony was experiencing integration and innovation, new concepts and new norms. It was a colorful...

Qing Dynasty The Qing Dynasty is the end of the Traditional Chinese Tea Period and also the development period of the Modem Tea Ceremony And Modern Tea Sets. Tea in...

Buddhism was created in Ancient Hindustani, spread to China in the Han Dynasty, developed in China during the Jin Dynasty and Southern-Northern Period, and reached its peak popularity in the...

THE BRITISH ESTABLISHED AN INDUSTRY IN INDIA THAT, TO THIS DAY, RESPONDS TO A STRONG INTERNATIONAL DEMAND FOR TEA WHILE MAINTAINING EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY STANDARDS IN SOME OF ITS GROWING REGIONS....

ALTHOUGH TAIWAN IS A FAIRLY RECENT TEA GROWING COUNTRY COMPARED TO CHINA, WHICH HAS A 5,000 YEAR-OLD HISTORY OF TEA CULTIVATION, THE WEATHER AND AS WELL AS THE EXPERTISE INHERITED...

Tea was introduced to Japan in the eighth century by monks who had spent time in China studying Buddhism. At the time, tea was already a popular beverage in China,...

Spring water is the best for cooking tea. The river water is the second best, followed by well water. Among spring waters, the one gushing out or slowly flowing through...

This is the very first monograph on tea making in Chinese history. It was written by Zhang Youxin, also called Zhang Kongzhao, a native of Luze of Shenzhou (present-day Shenzhou...

Steaming: Before processing, the fresh tea leaves should be soaked in water and rinsed. Then, they are steamed in a steamer to get rid of the dust and reduce their...

The Classic of Tea is the first book on tea in the world. It was written by Lu Yu, founder of Chinese tea ceremony. Completed around 750 A.D., it systematically...

The Chinese character 茶(tea, pronounced as cha) evolved from the character 荼(pronounced as tu), a kind of bitter vegetable. In the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the Chinese pronunciation for tea had...

The Ancient Tea-horse Road stemmed from the traditional Tea-Horse Trade by Barter between Han and Tibetan peoples in the Tang Dynasty(618-907) and the Song Dynasty(960-1279). That were mainly tea-for-horse or...