Tea is an infusion of dried leaves, buds and flowers that came from an evergreen bush called camellia sinensis
Believe it or not tea was medicine and foodstuff before it was a hot beverage. The chopped leaves mixed with shallot, ginger and several other ingredients was used as a medicinal gruel in southwest China, but what else did it do in China?
Tea had eventually become so popular that instead of just harvesting leaves from wild bushes, it became necessary to start the cultivation of tea. During the Tang dynasty- lasting from 618 to 907 BCE- tea spread through china and became a national beverage resulting in what is considered to be China’s golden age. During this time period, china became the world’s most wealthy and and heavily populated
Believe it or not tea was medicine and foodstuff before it was a hot beverage. The chopped leaves mixed with shallot, ginger and several other ingredients was used as a medicinal gruel in southwest China, but what else did it do in China?
Tea had eventually become so popular that instead of just harvesting leaves from wild bushes, it became necessary to start the cultivation of tea. During the Tang dynasty- lasting from 618 to 907 BCE- tea spread through china and became a national beverage resulting in what is considered to be China’s golden age. During this time period, china became the world’s most wealthy and and heavily populated